The Nation's Favourite Carols City of London Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Hilary Davan

• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), Lowell Mason (1792 - 1872):
• 1 Joy To The World! 01:54
• Traditional:
• 2 Ding Dong! Merrily On High 01:58
• Harold Edwin Darke (1888 - 1976):
• 3 In The Bleak Midwinter (I) 04:24
• John Rutter (1945 - ):
• 4 Shepherd's Pipe Carol 03:05
• Adolphe Charles Adam (1803 - 1856):
• 5 O Holy Night 05:15
• Sir John Goss (1800 - 1880):
• 6 See Amid The Winter's Snow 04:56
• Traditional:
• 7 God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen 03:22
• John Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011):
• 8 Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day 02:01
• Traditional:
• 9 The First Nowell 04:33
• John Rutter (1945 - ):
• 10 Angels' Carol 03:01
• Traditional:
• 11 Unto Us Is Born A Son 01:58
• 12 O Little Town Of Bethlehem 03:18
• 13 Carol Of The Bells 02:15
• Henry John Gauntlett (1805 - 1876):
• 14 Once In Royal David's City 04:18
• Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863):
• 15 Silent Night 02:46
• Traditional:
• 16 It Came Upon The Midnight Clear 03:18
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934):
• 17 In The Bleak Midwinter (II) 04:11
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847):
• 18 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 02:54
• Traditional:
• 19 Coventry Carol 03:07
• John Rutter (1945 - ):
• 20 Candlelight Carol 03:36
• Traditional:
• 21 Good King Wenceslas 03:19
• William James Kirkpatrick (1838 - 1921):
• 22 Away In A Manger 02:16
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786), Sir David Willcocks (1919 - 2015):
• 23 O Come All Ye Faithful 05:10
• Total Runtime 01:16:55

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The Nation’s best-loved Carols as chosen by you.

Features special guests Bryn Terfel, Grace Davidson and Trystan Griffiths, conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton and accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

City of London Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hilary Davan Wetton, direction

Hilary Davan Wetton
is one of Britain's most versatile and dynamic conductors.

He is Musical Director of the City of London Choir, Artistic Director of the Leicester Philharmonic Choir and Associate Conductor of the London Mozart Players. He is also Conductor Emeritus of the Milton Keynes City Orchestra, of which he was founder Conductor and of the Guildford Choral Society.

His wide-ranging career encompasses both choral and orchestral repertoire; he is particularly admired for his interpretations of Haydn and Mendelssohn, as well as English music of the 20th century.

He has made many acclaimed recordings with the Guildford Choral Society, the Holst Singers, the London Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic and the Milton Keynes Orchestras.

He appears frequently as a guest conductor with choirs and orchestras both in Britain and overseas, and performs regularly on Radio 3. He has a real commitment to young people, both through work with youth orchestras and audience building.

He has also been awarded honorary degrees by the Open University (MA) and de Montfort University (DMus); he is also an Honorary Fellow of the Birmingham Conservatoire.

The City of London Choir
was founded in 1963 and, in the words of The Times, is a ‘leader among non-professional choruses’ . Under the inspirational leadership of Hilary Davan Wetton, it undertakes a busy annual programme, performing at the Barbican and in a well-regarded season at St John’s, Smith Square, with leading professional orchestras, instrumentalists and soloists. The choir also appears regularly at the Royal Albert Hall, on the Southbank, at St Martin-in-the-Fields and outside London. The CLC has earned an enviable reputation, both in the national media and amongst audiences, for its distinctive youthful sound and the quality of its performances. With Hilary Davan Wetton, it has developed a particular reputation for English music of the twentieth century, but its repertoire is broad. The choir’s first two recordings on the Naxos label received wide critical acclaim: In Terra Pax: A Christmas Anthology (8.572102) reached No. 2 in the Gramophone Classical Chart; and Beethoven’s Der glorreiche Augenblick (8.572783) received a five star review in BBC Music Magazine.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Formed in 1946 the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has flourished for seventy years, upholding the legacy of its founder Sir Thomas Beecham. Now under the inspiring leadership of artistic director and principal conductor Charles Dutoit, it continues to bring first-class performances of a wide range of musical repertoire to worldwide audiences. The orchestra has always prided itself on the artistic calibre of its conductors, including Rudolf Kempe, Antal Doráti, André Previn and, more recently, Daniele Gatti. Other highly regarded artists include principal guest conductor Pinchas Zukerman, permanent guest conductor Grzegorz Nowak and newly appointed principal associate conductor Alexander Shelley. The orchestra also enjoys a busy schedule overseas, undertaking several international tours each year, with recent engagements including concerts in Mexico, Germany, Spain, Poland and China.

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