Christmas Music from English Parish Churches, 1740-1830
Psalmody and The Parley of Instruments directed by Peter Holman
CD Hyperion CDA66924
‘While shepherds watched’ – Michael Beesley
‘Let an anthem of praise’ – arr. Caleb Ashworth
‘While shepherds watched’ – J C Smith arr.John Arnold
Pastorale – Pieter Hellendaal
‘Hark! how the welkin rings’ – arr.Thomas Butts
‘Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber’ – arr.Thomas Butts
‘As shepherds watched their fleecy care’ – Jospeh Key
‘Hark! the herald angels sing’ – Samuel Arnold
‘While shepherds watched’ (Cranbrook Tune) – Thomas Clark
‘Hark! the herald angels sing’ (Georgia Tune) – G F Handel
‘There were shepherds abiding in the field’ – Thomas Jarman
Rondo on ‘God rest ye merry, gentlemen’ – Samuel Wesley
‘Angels from the realms of glory’ – William Matthews
‘Hymning seraphs wake the morning’ – G F Handel
‘While shepherds watched’ – John Foster
The companion book ‘A Christmas Celebration’ contains items 1,2,3,5,7,8,9,11 and:
(Helmsley tune) – Madan?/arr.Miller
‘The branch, the mighty branch behold’ (Nativity tune) – Marsh/?Reynolds
‘Hymning seraphs wake the morning’ – Handel/Thomas Taylor
See details of Nativity and Vital Spark of Heavenly Flame