Feminine Voices at Christmas

Feminine Voices celebrates the female voice and the Christmas season, with a kaleidoscopic selection made up of the Magnificat, Ave Maria and carols, each of which is more wonderful than the last. Eight female composers feature in the programme that Christopher Lowrey and the singers of the Altera ensemble have devised, with works by Hildegard von Bingen, Imogen Holst, Germaine Tailleferre, Cecilia McDowall, Joanna Marsh, Barbara Strozzi, Elizabeth Poston, and a world premiere by Kerensa Briggs. Male composers are also included, with works by John Rutter, who has written many Christmas carols, and Benjamin Britten's famous Ceremony of Carols, a work now generally performed by boys' choirs but which was originally written for the women of the Fleet Street Choir. The version recorded here is Britten's original: "seven Christmas carols for women's voices and harp! Very sweet and full of charm". Altera and the harpist Li Shan Tan perform this magical and spellbinding music with delight.

1: O Viridissima, Virga
2: Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow
3: Shed No Tear
4: Hymn to the Dawn
5: Magnificat
6: Ave Maria
7: There Is No Rose
8: I Sing of a Maiden
9: O Maria Quam Pulchra Es
10: Coventry Carol
11: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
12: A New Year Carol
13: II. Lento
14: Procession
15: Wolcum Yole!
16: There Is No Rose
17: That Yongë Child
18: Balulalow
19: As Dew in Aprille
20: This Little Babe
21: Interlude
22: In Freezing Winter Night
23: Spring Carol
24: Adam Lay I-bounden
25: Recession
26: Prelude
27: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

Composer: Hildegard Von Bingen, Imogen Holst, Benjamin Britten, Adrian Peacock, Barbara Strozzi, Elizabeth Poston, Gustav Holst, Joanna Marsh, Kerensa Briggs, Ian Shaw, Germaine Tailleferre, Cecilia McDowall

Number of Discs: 1

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