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Ref.	Title	Description	Price
1024 SATB	Auld lang syne **	Yes, it has verses, good ones too! Burns' most famous song of enduring friendship which can (and should) be sung at any time of year. Arr. Sheena Phillips. approx 4m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included	B
1019 SATB	Balulalow ***	'I come from hevin heich to tell, The best nowells that e'er befell.' Anonymous 16th century Scottish lullaby to the Christ child arranged by Douglas Cook for unaccompanied SATB chorus with tenor and soprano soli. approx 3m 40s more... full pronunciation guide included	C
4006 S chorus & piano	Carol *	It's Christmas and the children can barely contain their excitement as they bombard an adult with questions they already know the answers to. Poem by Jean Kenward, set for childrens chorus with piano accompaniment by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 20s more...	B
6011 S chorus & handbells or chimes	The Christ child lullaby *	An English translation of a beautiful traditional Hebridean lullaby to the Christ Child, set for unison treble voices (or soli) and handbell choir by Sheena Phillips. approx 3m 00s more...	B
4007 equal or mixed voices	Christmas canon a 6 voci *	'There is no rose of such virtue, as is the rose that bare Jesu'. A traditional late-medieval English text set as a six-part canon (for equal or mixed voices) by David Johnson. approx 2m 00s more...	B
4008 equal or mixed voices	Christmas round a 4 voci *	words from Martin Luther's hymn 'Vom Himmel hoch', translated into Scots by the Wedderburn brothers. Set as a four-part round (for equal or mixed voices) by David Johnson. approx 1m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	B
4018 T Bar B	The Coventry Carol *	An arrangement by Mark Burstow for male voices of the beautifully austere 16th century English lament for the young children slain by Herod. approx 2m 20s more...	A
4001 SATB	Dies natalis invicti solis (birthday of the undefeated sun) **	(Words in English). 'holly and mistletoe, ivy and yew, a wreath for the old year, a flame for the new...' A vigorous carol celebrating the pre-Christian origins of the mid-winter festival. Great for adding a touch of pagan misrule to your Christmas concert. Words: Peter Hill, music: Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 00s more...	B
1514 SATB	Duan Nollaig (Christmas Song) *	A Gaelic carol with a rousing chorus from the Hebridean Isles of Scotland. The verses describe the attributes of the Christ child, and are beautifully alliterative. Trad. arr. by Sheena Phillips. approx 1m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	B
4009 S chorus & piano	The feast of Christmas **	Pull the bells until they ring! Let the people dance and sing! Joy to all, this cold morning - surely, it is Christmas! Poem by Jean Kenward, set for childrens chorus with piano accompaniment by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 20s more...	A
4025 SATB	Good Christian friends rejoice **	A swinging arrangement of the well known carol, for SATB voices a cappella. An ideal opener or encore for your carol concert. approx 2m 00s more...	B
2003 SATB	Guillaneus *	(Words in French). 'Salut a la compagnie de cette maison!' A traditional French new year song that would have been sung around all the houses in the area, spliced with a jaunty original dance tune. Song trad. French arr. Peter Hill. approx 1m 45s more... full pronunciation guide included	B
4020 SSATB	Hark! how all the welkin rings ***	A new and exciting rendition of Charles Wesley's famous carol (a fore-runner of 'Hark the herald angels sing'), with bell like tonalities and a very active chorus. Written by Geoffrey Dale, adapted from a version first performed by the College Cantata Singers and the Wessex Youth Orchestra under Donald Riddell. approx 4m 30s more...	C
4002 SATB	In the bleak midwinter **	A swirling and utterly bleak new setting by Sheena Phillips of Christina Rossetti's famous Christmas poem. approx 3m 30s more...	B
4003 SATB & piano	In the bleak midwinter **	As above, arrangement with piano. approx 3m 30s more...	B
4004 SABar & piano	In the bleak midwinter **	As above, arranged for Soprano, Alto and Baritone with piano. approx 3m 30s more...	B
4005 SSATB	Noël ***	An antiphon heralding the arrival of Christmas with bell-like sonority. Particularly effective when sung by a small group of singers (4-8 singers). The perfect opener to a Christmas concert. Music by Sheena Phillips. approx 1m 10s more...	C
4021 SATB recorder & drum	Patapan! ***	A rousing pipe and drum carol, as sung traditionally in France on Christmas Eve, in a fresh English translation. Separate parts available for choir, recorder and drum. Arranged with panache by Sheena Phillips approx 1m 30s more...	C
2005 SATB	Please to see the king *	New Year carol that recounts the English and Welsh tradition of hunting of a wren (the 'king') and processing from door to door in greeting. Sturdily set by Paul Carline. approx 1m 30s more...	B
4024 SATB & guitar	Quand Dieu naquit (when God was born) **	(Words in French) : a charming traditional French carol, arranged for SATB chorus and guitar (or keyboard) by Sheena Phillips. Pronunciation guide available on request. approx 2m 30s more...	B
4023 SATB & guitar	Sans Day carol *	A sturdy traditional carol from Cornwall (S W England), arranged for SATB voices and guitar by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 40s more...	B
4011- 4014 SATB	A sequence of carols ***	Four new settings of medieval Christmas texts, with music mixing old and new idioms, by Douglas Cook, director of the Lake District chorus Nova Cantica. A rousing modal opening number, a quite melting and beautiful lullaby, a delicate and innocent version of the famous poem 'I sing of a maiden that is makeless', and a fast and exciting 'In excelsis gloria'. See individual titles for details. SATB unacc. approx 5m 30s 4011 A boy was born approx. 1'00 more... A 4012 The virgin's cradle hymn approx. 1'15 more... A 4013 I sing of a maiden approx. 1'30 more... B 4014 In excelsis gloria approx. 1'30 more... B	Individual price bands as shown Set of 4: E
4022 SATB & folk harp	Susanni *	A charming German carol (in English translation) from the tradition of cradle-rocking Christmas services, simply arranged for SATB chorus and folk harp by Sheena Phillips approx 2m 30s more...	B
1515 SAT	Tàladh Chrìosda (Lullaby to the Christ child) *	A beautiful and simple Gaelic song from the West of Scotland, which addresses the Christ child with the most gorgeous and endearing words. Trad. arr. by Sheena Phillips. approx 3m 30s more... full pronunciation guide included	B
6008 SA chorus & piano	The birth **	A gentle song set for treble voices and piano that captures the silent wonder of Jesus' birth as the Kings travel towards the star. Poem by Jean Kenward set to music by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 00s more...	B
4017 SATB & sop solo	To the queen of heaven ***	'Queen of heaven, bless’d may thou be, for Godës Son born He was of thee, for to make us free, gloria tibi Domine.' A contemporary setting by Philip Wood of a beautiful medieval English lyric. Part of a set of Three English Partsongs, all to be published by Canasg. approx 2m 30s more...	B
4010 SATB	Villanelle de Noel **	(Words in Scots). A Christmas fable telling how the robin got its red breast, attempting to wrest the nails from Christ's hand. Poem by Tom Scott, music by Michael Buck approx 2m 00s more... full pronunciation guide included	B
4019 SATB	What child is this? ***	18th century words by William Chatterton Dix to the old English tune 'Greensleeves'. arrangement by Sheena Phillips. approx 2m 30s more...	B