FOR UNTO US
A CHILD IS BORN

Recorded in New College Chapel, Oxford
9-11 January 1989
Playing time : 63'00"   DDD

from Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

1     Hark! the herald angels sing

descant & last verse harm. by David Willcocks

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

2     For unto us a child is born (Messiah)

Franz Gruber (1787-1863)

3     Silent night, holy night

William Byrd (1542-1623)

4     O magnum mysterium

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

5     Hodie Christus natus est

arr. Andrew Carter (b. 1939)

6     Angelus ad virginem

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

7     O magnum mysterium
8     Hodie Christus natus est

arr. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

9     This is the truth sent from above

Francis Poulenc

10   Quem vidistis pastores
11   Videntes stellam

Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)

12   Noël X

Martin Hallows(organ)

Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630)

13   Quem vidistis pastores

Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

14   Videntes stellam

Basque carol, arr. Pettman

15   Sing lullaby

Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)

16   Puer natus est

Oliver Johnston (b.1975)

17   Lute-book lullaby

Piae cantiones (1582)

18   Of the Father's heart begotten

descant & last verse harm. by David Willcocks