THE NOEL CONSORT, a songbook for mixed choir based on traditional carols
The Noel Consort (book I)
words Lucas Lossius (1508-1582)
melody Michail Praetorius (1571-1621)
words Edward Caswall (1814-1878)
melody John Goss (1800-1880)
words John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
melody from «Piae Cantiones» (1582)
words Mary MacDonald (1817-1890)
Traditional Gaelic melody
words Samuel Scheidt (1597-1654)
trans. Percy Deamer (1867-1936)
melody from Samuel Scheidt’s «Tabulaturbush» (1650)
words Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876)
Traditional English melody
words Joseph Mohr (1792-1848)
trans. John Freeman Young (1820-1895)
melody Franz Grüber (1787-1863)
words Philips Brooks (1835-1893)
Traditional English melody
words St Germanus (c.634-c.734)
trans. John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
German carol melody
words John Francis Wade
trans. Frederick Oakeley (1802-1880)
melody John Francis Wade (1711-1786)
words Sabine Baring-Gould (1843-1924)
Traditional Basque melody
words Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
melody Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
words: Traditional English
Traditional English melody
words William James Kirkpatrick
melody William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921)
The Noel Consort (book II)
First performance: vocal ensemble Alter Ratio, conductor – Olga Prykhodko (2014)
Instrumentation: Mixed choir
Duration: 100′