Tracks
- 1 The Shropshire Wakes or Hey for Christmas
- 2 This day our Saviour Christ was born
- 3 Orlando Gibbons: Another for Christmas Day
- 4 Balulalow - Ane sang for the birth of Christ
- 5 John Attey: Sweet was the song the Virgin sang
- 6 William Drummond: The Angels' Song
/The Angel's voice
- 7 Coventry Carol: As I outrode
- 8 A carol for Christmas Day at night
- 9 The little barley-corn
- 10 Robert Smith: A carol for St Stephen's Day
- 11 A carol for St John's Day
- 12 Henry Purcell: A carol for Innocents' Day
- 13 A carol for New-Year's Day
- 14 The new year's gift
- 15 Henry Lawes: A willow garland sent
for a newyeers-gift
- 16 Wassail, wassail
- 17 A carol for Twelfth Day/Robin
/Robert Herrick: Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve
- 18 Thomas Farmer: A carol for Candlemas Day
- 19 Orlando Gibbons: Nunc Dimittis
- 20 Christmas' Lamentation
- 21 The world turnd upside down
- 22 Edmund Nelham: Let's dance and sing
- 23 A song when the Rump was first dissolved
/A hue and cry after Christmas
- 24 The Merry boys of Christmas
- 25 Matthew Locke: Old Christmas returned
Performers:
Passamezzo
- Eleanor Cramer - Soprano, Bass Viol
- Robin Jeffrey - Lute, Theorbo, Tenor
- Alison Kinder - Viols, Recorders
- Tamsin Lewis - Renaissance Violin, Alto
- Richard Mackenzie - Lute, Guitar
- Michael Palmer - Actor, Baritone
- Peter Wilcock - Bass
Sheet music for most of the music on this cd is available
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Old Christmas Returned
Price: from £15.00
Track extracts
Extracts available on Soundcloud:
Balulalow - Ane sang for the birth of Christ
A carol for Twelfth Day/Robin
A song when the Rump was first dissolved
Matthew Locke: Old Christmas returned
Review
This is a delightful programme, performed with enthusiasm and expertise
Review of the CD by Andrew Ashbee published in The Consort
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