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A Christmas Collection presents a stockingful of seasonal music for the festivities songs, carols, and special arrangements. Choosing the programme was not easy as there is so much Christmas repertoire, but one piece was inevitable, and Keith Roberts blazing big-band arrangement does it more than justice at last Rodolfus meets Rudolph.
The Rodolfus Choir, celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2003, consists of some of the most talented young singers from all over the UK. Recent appearances have included a performance in 2000 of the Bach B minor Mass with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (broadcast on Classic FM); another return to the Gloucester Three Choirs Festival in 2001; and in summer 2002 the Grove Park Festival in Chiswick and the Dublin International Organ and Choral Festival. The choir will tour the United States in 2003.
| Track | Duration | Title | Composer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01:27 | Deck the hall | Welsh trad, arr. Roberts |
| 2 | 02:09 | There is no rose | Paul Spicer |
| 3 | 03:35 | Hymn to the Virgin | Benjamin Britten |
| 4 | 04:52 | The clouded heaven with Nicholas Collon (organ) | Judith Bingham |
| 5 | 04:46 | There is no rose | Simon Whalley |
| 6 | 03:19 | This is the truth | English trad, arr. Hussain |
| 7 | 01:31 | A Christmas blessing | Ralph Allwood |
| 8 | 04:25 | Stille Nacht | Franz Gruber, arr. Allwood |
| 9 | 02:07 | Still, still, still | Andrew Gant |
| 10 | 04:05 | The Lamb | John Tavener |
| 11 | 03:22 | The darkest midnight in December | English trad |
| 12 | 02:23 | Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer | J. Marks, arr. Roberts |
| 13 | 02:18 | Ding dong! merrily on high | French Tune, arr. Allwood |
| 14 | 03:53 | Bethlehem Down | Peter Warlock |
| 15 | 02:09 | Balulalow | James Burton |
| 16 | 01:50 | Jingle bells | J. Pierpont, arr. Allwood |
| 17 | 02:59 | lully, lulla, thou little tiny child | Kenneth Leighton |
| 18 | 01:50 | We wish you a merry Christmas | Trad, arr. Allwood |
| 19 | 02:31 | How far is it to Bethlehem | Trad, arr. Rice |
| 20 | 2,53 | We three kings | John Henry Hopkins, arr. Allwood |
| 21 | 05:30 | Auld lang syne | Scottish trad, arr Rice |
| 22 | 03:05 | Wonderful Christmastime | Paul McCartney, arr. Rice |
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