The Queen's Six
With Lo, how a rose e'er blooming, The Queen’s Six release their third album on the Resonus label with a scintillating and varied programme of music for Christmas.
Both modern and traditional carols feature alongside a selection of lighter and contemplative evocations of the festive season, with music from composers as diverse as William Byrd, Henry VII, Kenneth Leighton, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Richard Rodney Bennett & Thomas Hewitt Jones.
Album Booklet (PDF)
J.F. Wade
arr. David Willcocks
1. O come, all ye faithful
William Byrd
2. Hodie Christus natus est
From the Pageant of the
Shearman and Tailors
arr. Martin Shaw
3. Coventry Carol
King Henry VIII
4. Pastime with good company
Thomas Tallis
5. O nata lux
From Musae Sioniae (1609)
harm. Michael Praetorius
6. Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen
Christopher Tye
7. Laudate nomen Domini
English traditional,
adapted Arthur Sullivan
v.4 arr. David Willcocks
8. It came upon a midnight clear
Gustav Holst
9. In the bleak mid-winter
Normandy Traditional
arr. Reginald Jacques
10. Away in a manger
Traditional Basque Carol
arr. Edgar Pettman
11. Gabriel’s Message
Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
12. Crown of Roses
English Traditional
arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
v.4 arr. Thomas Armstrong
13. O little town of Bethlehem
Kenneth Leighton
14. The Christ-child lay on Mary’s lap
Richard Madden
15. Balulalow
Thomas Hewitt Jones
16. Lullay, my liking
Richard Rodney Bennett
17. Out of your sleep
Matthew Coleridge
18. Corpus Christi Carol
Peter Warlock
arr. Richard Pinel
19. Adam lay ybounden
From Piae Cantiones (1582)
arr. David Willcocks
20. Of the Father’s heart begotten
English Traditional
arr. Simon Whiteley
21. God rest you merry, gentlemen
Jule Styne
arr. Jonathan Darbourne
22. Let it snow
James Lord Pierpoint
arr. Keith Roberts
23. Jingle Bells
Franz Gruber
arr. Keith Roberts
24. Silent Night
Felix Mendelssohn
v.3 arr. David Willcocks
25. Hark! the herald-angels sing
