A Seasonal Journey

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

• John Clare

  St Martin’s Eve

• 00:01

  Johann Sebastian Bach

  Zion hört die Wächter singen (Cantata No 140)

  Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

  • J.S. Bach, Cantatas Vol 12: Gardiner.
  • Soli Deo Gloria.
  • 22.

• Karen Maitland

  Stir Up Sunday

• 00:06

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  The Nutcracker, Op. 71/ Act 2: No. 12d Trepak

  Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.

  • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker.
  • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • 16.
• 00:07

  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  The Nutcracker, Op. 71/ Act 2: No. 12e Dance of the Mirlitons

  Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.

  • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker.
  • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • 17.

• William Bottrell

  A Madron Feast

• 00:09

  Trad.

  Helston Furry Dance

  Music Arranger: John Graham Donaldson. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • Folk Music of England.
  • Soho.
  • 5.
• 00:11

  Trad.

  The Cherry-Tree Carol

  Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.

  • Collegium.

•  Charles Dickens 

  A Christmas Tree

• 00:13

  Franz Liszt

  Adeste fideles (Weihnachtsbaum)

  Performer: Leslie Howard.

  • Liszt Christmas Tree: Via Crucis; Chorales.
  • Hyperion.
  • 4.

• Judith Kerr

  Mog’s Christmas

• 00:17

  Trad.

  O Tannenbaum

  Music Arranger: Nat King Cole. Singer: Nat King Cole. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.

  • The Christmas Song.
  • Capitol Records.
  • 6.

• Robert Herrick

  Wassail the Trees

• Anon

  Wassailing songs from around the UK

• 00:20

  Trad.

  The Gower Wassail

  Ensemble: Steeleye Span.

  • The Lark in Morning - The Early Years.
  • Transatlantic.
  • 6.
• 00:21

  Trad.

  Somerset Gloucestershire Wassail

  Music Arranger: Dave Guard. Music Arranger: Wilbur Schwandt. Ensemble: The Kingston Trio.

  • Christmas with the Kingston Trio.
  • Capitol Records.
  • 3.
• 00:22

  Philip Lane

  Wassail Dances: Vivace

  Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.

  • Hely-Hutchinson: Carol Symphony.
  • Naxos.
  • 11.

• Kirkwall Ba

   Town and Country (BBC Radio 4 TX 20.12.1960)

• 00:24

  Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita

  Ceffylau [Horses]

  • ARC.

• J Ceredig Davies

   Mari Lwyd - Folk-lore of Mid and West Wales 

• 00:30

  Ralph Vaughan Williams

  Fantasia on Greensleeves

  Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.

  • Chandos.

• Laurie Lee

  A Village Christmas

• 00:36

  Trad.

  Coventry Carol

  Music Arranger: Benjamin Rimmer. Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.

  • Coventry Carol (Arr. Rimmer for Saxophone & Ensemble).
  • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • 1.

• Christine Rosetti

  Advent

• 00:39

  William Byrd

  Vigilate

  Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Hyperion.

• Floella Benjamin

  Coming to England

• 00:43

  Claude Debussy

  The Snow is dancing (Children's corner)

  Performer: Steven Osborne.

  • Hyperion.

• Brian Bilston

  The Good Old Days

• Winifred Holtby

  South Riding

• William Marshall

  The bishop who banned York’s Yuletide

• 00:47

  Trad.

  Cold Winter

  Performer: Kate Rusby.

  • The Frost is all Over.
  • Pure.
  • 7.
• 00:49

  Arcangelo Corelli

  Concerto Grosso No.8 in G minor, Op.6: Mvts 5 & 6

  Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Performer: Alba Roca. Conductor: Amandine Beyer.

  • Corelli: The Complete Concerti Grossi.
  • Zig-Zag Territoires.
  • 1.

• Katrina Porteus

  The Mizzletow

• 00:56

  John Rutter

   All the Stars Looked Down

  Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Daniel Hyde.

  • Kings College Cambridge.
  • KGS0069.
  • 2 .

•  George Mackay Brown

  Miss Tait and Tommy and the Carol Singers

• 01:00

  Trad.

  Balulalow

  Performer: George Shearing.

  • Christmas with the George Shearing Quintet.
  • Trelarc.
  • 13.
• 01:02

  Trad.

  Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

  Performer: Rossini Hayward.

  • Naxos.
  • 8.574269.
  • Tr5 .

• MR James

  Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'

• 01:04

  Benjamin Britten

  String Quartet No.2 in C major, Op.36: 2nd mvt

  Performer: Barbirolli Quartet.

  • Nimbus.
  • NI6165.
  • Tr .
• 01:07

  George Frideric Handel

  Messiah, Pt. 1: 1. Sinfonia

  Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.

  • Handel: Messiah.
  • Linn Records.
  • 1.

• Theresa Lola

  Look at the Revival

• 01:11

  Peter Cornelius

  The Three Kings

  Singer: Dingle Yandell. Choir: VOCES8.

  • Christmas.
  • Signum Records.
  • 17.