Carols for Choirs 4

50 carols for sopranos and altos (suitable for boys', girls', or women's choirs). It contains mostly simple arrangements of the best-loved carols, some less well-known ones, and four original pieces by Britten (2), Rutter, and Hadley. Most of the Christmas hymns are presented in two versions; for choirs only, unaccompanied, and for choir and audience/congregation, with accompaniment. Orchestral accompaniments for many of the carols are available on hire.

Willcocks: Adeste fideles; Willcocks: Angels, from the realms of glory; Willcocks: Angelus ad Virginem; Kocher/Willcocks: As with gladness men of old (2 versions); Kirkpatrick/Willcocks: Away in a manger; Willcocks: The cherry tree carol; Rutter: Coventry carol; Rutter: Deck the hall; Willcocks: Ding dong! merrily on high; Rutter: Donkey carol; Willcocks: The first Nowell; Willcocks: Gabriel to Mary came; Rutter: Gabriel's message; Willcocks: God rest you merry, gentlemen (2 versions); Willcocks: Good King Wenceslas; Wood: Hail! blessed Virgin Mary; Mendelssohn/Willcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing (2 versions); Willcocks: He smiles within his cradle; Rutter: The holly and the ivy; Willcocks: How far is it to Bethlehem?; Willcocks: I saw three ships; Hadley: I sing of a maiden; Rutter: Il est ne le divin enfant; Pearsall: In dulci jubilo (4-part version); Rutter/Pearsall: In dulci jubilo (3-part version); Rutter: The Infant King; Sullivan/Willcocks: It came upon the midnight clear; Rutter: King Jesus hath a garden; Rutter: The Linden tree carol; Ballet/Rutter: Lute-book lullaby; Rutter: A Merry Christmas; Rutter: Nativity Carol; Britten: A New Year carol; Willcocks: O come, all ye faithful; Willcocks: O come, O come, Emmanuel; Willcocks: O little town of Bethlehem; Gauntlett/Willcocks: Once in royal David's city (2 versions); Rutter: Past three a clock; Rutter: Personent hodie; Willcocks: Quelle est cette odeur agreable; Rutter: Quem pastores laudavere; Willcocks: Rocking; Goss/Willcocks: See amid the winter's snow; Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol; Rutter/Pont: Star Carol; Gruber/Rutter: Stille Nacht; Willcocks: Sussex Carol; Britten: There is no rose; Rutter: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Willcocks: Unto us is born a son; Woodward: Up! good Christen folk, and listen; Rutter: A Virgin most pure; Willcocks: While shepherds watched