A Wonderful Christmas Present
A LIVE RECORDING OF
CAROLS FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE
Featuring:-
Vocalists
Helen Spiers
Cyril Tawney
Pianist
Jonathan Cohen
Choirs
Take Twenty
(Director Malcolm Abbs)
Sound Waves
(Children from Putney High School )
and
19 Piece Orchestra
(Leader Lin Hetherington)
CONDUCTOR
David Fleming-Williams
Many of the leading figures in English music in the twentieth century,
like Holst, Vaughan-Williams and Grainger, were fascinated by England 's musical traditions,
collecting and arranging folk songs and dance music.
This is a recording of an evening in their spirit,
a mixture of traditional perfomances and arrangements for choir and chamber orchestra.
Some of the music will be familiar, some may be new and the audience is encouraged to
join in the best known carols.
All is in the robust yet lyrical style which so attracted Vaughan Williams and the others.