The Choir of Royal Holloway is one of the finest mixed-voice collegiate choirs in Britain. Its first recording on Edition Peters Sounds brings together the music, atmosphere and ethos of Christmas at Royal Holloway in the Chapel, celebrating withboth sacred and secular music. The album presents a broad mix of old and new complete with contemporary arrangements of familiar carols and pieces the Baltic states. Several pieces have not been recorded before, including an upper voice setting ofWilliam Blake’s The Lamb by American composer George Whitefield Chadwick. New contemporary arrangements include Away in a manger by the Norwegian-born composer Ola Gjeilo. There are three arrangements by Royal Holloway musicians: O little one sweet(by a Royal Holloway choral scholar), Silent Night (by Rupert Gough) and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by a former choral scholar. Also previously unrecorded are original compositions by James Burton and Rihards Dubra.
O come, O come Emmanuel
Adam lay y’bounden
A tender shoot
Gabriel’s message
READING: Softly the night is sleeping
Sussex Carol
O little town of Bethlehem
Maria Wiegenlied
Silent Night
READING: The Oxen
The Lamb
Away in a manger
READING: The Sheepdog
O little one sweet
A child’s prayer
Bogoroditsye Dyevo
READING: Christmas
On Christmas Night
O come, all ye faithful
READING: Christmas Bells
Ding dong merrily on high
Sleigh ride
Jingle Bells
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Adam lay y’bounden
A tender shoot
Gabriel’s message
READING: Softly the night is sleeping
Sussex Carol
O little town of Bethlehem
Maria Wiegenlied
Silent Night
READING: The Oxen
The Lamb
Away in a manger
READING: The Sheepdog
O little one sweet
A child’s prayer
Bogoroditsye Dyevo
READING: Christmas
On Christmas Night
O come, all ye faithful
READING: Christmas Bells
Ding dong merrily on high
Sleigh ride
Jingle Bells
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
| Arrangement | Choral |
| Media | CD |
| Publisher | Edition Peters |
| UPC | 700461442318 |