University of Sydney Carillon

Sunday 16 July 2000 2 pm

George Howe

Visiting Carillonist, National Carillon, Canberra

Yuletide in July—a Festive Celebration

Traditional Carols by English Writers/Composers

Welcome Yule, Welcome Yule

Sydney Nicholson

Shakespeare's Carol (Blow, blow)

Thomas Arne

Ben Johnson's Carol (I sing the birth)

Rutland Boughton

Herrick's Ode (I sing Thy birth)

Armstrong Gibbs

Lullay my Liking (My sweeting)

Gustav Holst

New Prince, New Pomp (A simple babe)

John Ireland

The Virgin's Cradle Hymn (Dormi Jesu)

Edmund Rubbra

I Sing of a Maiden that is Makeless

Martin Shaw

Blake's Cradle Song (Sweet dreams)

R Vaughan Williams

Wither's Rocking Hymn (Sweet Baby, sleep)

R Vaughan Williams

A Reflective Interlude of Seasonal Music

 

Pastoral Symphony (Messiah)

G F Handel

A Medley of Yuletide Carols Worldwide

 

Ding, Dong! Merrily on High

France (16th C)

The Song of the Crib

Germany (15th C)

We Three Kings of Orient

J H Hopkins (America)

I Wonder as I Wander

Appalachia

Sing Gloria

W G James (Australia)

An Antipodean Carol

W Macky (New Zealand)

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

Poland

The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy

West Indies

Carol of the Bells

M Leontovich (Ukraine)

Praise to God in the Highest

Russia