Celebration: Christmas Fanfares & Carols

Aled Jones (readings) BBC Welsh Chorus, Fanfare Trumpeters of the Welsh Guards, John Hugh Thomas, Lt. Col. P. Hannam, BEM

Readings: Robert Bridges, Noel: Christmas Eve, 1913 Shakespeare, Hamlet, Marcello's Speech (Act 1, Sc. 1) Dylan Thomas, Memories of Christmas (extract) Thomas Hardy, The Oxen Saunders Lewis, Carol (Amlyn ac Amig) Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (extract) Laurie Lee, Christmas Landscape Arthur: Tua Bethlem Dref Davies, Walford: O Little Town of Bethlehem Gardner, J: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's city Hoddinott: Fendigaid Nos Howells: Here is the Little Door Lewis, G: Tawel Nos Mathias: Bell Carol Sweet Was the Song Mendelssohn: Hark! the herald angels sing Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree trad.: Mary had a baby Christmas Night The First Nowell De Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Still, still, still Ar fore dydd Nadolig (traditional Welsh) Wade: O come, all ye faithful

Newsweek “Equally Celtic (as the Chieftains) and equally Christmassy is Celebration Fanfares and Carols (Nimbus): the BBC Welsh Chorus sings such vernacular carols as the regal "Tua Bethlem Dref" and "Tawal Nos", a lovely variation on Silent Night.”

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