Maddy Prior, acc. Bill Badley (lute): Ane Sang of the Birth of Christ (Balulalow) (3 mins) Album: Carols & Capers Park Records PRK CD9
:: Track 2
Hovhanness: Symphony No. 22 ('City of Light'), movt. 2 ('Angel of Light') (3 mins 45 secs) Seattle Symphony, cond. Alan Hovhaness Album: Hovhaness: Mount St. Helens Symphony/City of Light Symphony (comp. 1971, rec. 1992, issued 1993) Delos 2 CS 3137
:: Track 3
Da Day Dawis/Christmas Day ida Moarnin: Bonnie Rideout (fiddle), Maggie Sansone (hammered dulcimer) (4 mins 20 secs) Seattle Symphony, cond. Alan Hovhaness Album: A Scottish Christmas Maggie's Music MMCD215
BACKGROUND
Old World (Scotland) and New World celebrations of Christmas: Track 1 is a 16th century Scottish carol; Track 2 is by the American composer Alan Hovhaness, who describes it as "a memory of a childood vision I had...I was always affected by Christmas"; Track 3 is two Shetland Christmas fiddle-tunes interpreted by American musicians.
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