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Live from the University Chapel of St Andrews in Fife

Kate Molleson introduces seasonal music and poetry from the historic St Salvator’s Chapel in the heart of Scotland’s oldest university town with live music from the Chapel Choir.

Join Kate Molleson live from St Salvator's University Chapel in St Andrews on the east coast of Fife, as she welcomes the arrival of the Christmas season on the feast day of Scotland’s patron saint. Joining the celebrations are folk duo Catriona McKay and Christ Stout performing live on harp and fiddle, and St Salvator's Chapel Choir fill the air with glorious choral music, and carols to mark the start of the Advent and Christmas season. Poet and writer Don Paterson talks to Kate about St Andrews as a place of pilgrimage, and Scottish language performer Len Pennie nods at Christmas and Hogmanay traditions with her own poem. Sound of Cinema presenter, Edith Bowman, shares her love for West Sands Beach, made famous as a location in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire, and we could not celebrate St Andrew's Day without the sound of bagpipes.

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Sun 30 Nov 202516:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Trad.

    Highland Laddie; Black Bear

    Performer: Marshall Allan.

  • Leroy Anderson

    A Christmas Festival

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
    • RSNO: A Family Christmas.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Chris Stout & Catriona McKay

    For the Generosity of Aird

  • Frederick Delius

    Sleigh Ride (Winter Night)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Delius in Norway.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5.

  • Trad.

    In dulci jubilo

    Music Arranger: Robert Lucas Pearsall. Choir: St Salvator’s Chapel Choir. Conductor: Claire Innes-Hopkins.

  • James Oswald

    Snowdrop (Airs for the Seasons, Winter)

    Ensemble: Rezonance Baroque Ensemble.
    • James Oswald: Airs for the Seasons.
    • Leaf Music.
    • 38.

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: Ivb. Balulalow

    Performer: Camilla Pay. Choir: Tenebrae. Singer: Victoria Meteyard. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, chorale-prelude BWV.650 (Schübler chorale)

    Performer: David Goode.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Organ Works – Trinity College Chapel, Cambri.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 506.

  • Trad.

    Little Drummer Boy

    Music Arranger: Harry Simeone. Music Arranger: Katherine Davis. Music Arranger: Henry Onorati. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Crouch End Festival Chorus. Conductor: David Temple.
    • The Greatest Christmas Choral Classics.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 13.

  • Chris Stout & Catriona McKay

    Voar / A Love for All Seasons

  • Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    Romance (Carol Symphony)

    Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra of London. Conductor: Barry Rose.
    • Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony: Pro Arte, Barry Rose.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

  • Claude Debussy

    The Snow is dancing (Children's corner)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.

  • Trad.

    Gabriel's Message

    Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Choir: St Salvator’s Chapel Choir. Conductor: Claire Innes-Hopkins.

  • Gustav Holst

    In the bleak midwinter

    Choir: St Salvator’s Chapel Choir. Conductor: Claire Innes-Hopkins.

  • Traditional arr Charles Wood

    Ding dong Merrily on high

    Choir: St Salvator’s Chapel Choir. Conductor: Claire Innes-Hopkins.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Snow Maiden Op.12 (Prologue: Introduction)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.
    • Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.

  • Trad.

    Here We Come a-Wassailing

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Music Arranger: John Rutter. Music Arranger: Luc Vertommen. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Brass at Christmas.
    • Naxos.
    • 109.

  • Karine Polwart

    The Parting Glass

    • Still As Your Sleeping.
    • Hudson Records.
    • 4.

  • Mykola Leontovych

    Carol of the Bells

    Composer: Peter J. Wilhousky. Music Arranger: Richard Hayman. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Christmas Classics.
    • Halle.
    • 8.

  • James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: St Salvator’s Chapel Choir. Conductor: Claire Innes-Hopkins.

  • Trad.

    Ellenor / Bonnie Dundee

    Performer: Marshall Allan.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Nov 202516:30
    BBC Radio 3