Carols for Choirs 5 Fifty Christmas Carols

for SATB, accompanied and unaccompanied To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Carols for Choirs 1, OUP presents a new volume in this ground-breaking series. Carols for Choirs 5 continues the tradition of its predecessors by providing a complete resource for choirs from Advent through to Epiphany. Featuring brand new carols and arrangements of classic tunes, the collection showcases the very best established and new names in choral composition today, both in the UK and world-wide.

Cecilia McDowall: A Heavenly Song; Malcolm Archer: A little child there is yborn; Carl R?tti: A Patre Unigenitus; Howard Skempton: Adam lay ybounden; W. J. Kirkpatrick arr. Alan Bullard: Away in a manger (UK tune); James R. Murray arr. Bob Chilcott: Away in a manger (US tune); Trad. German arr. Stephen Cleobury: Blest Mary wanders through the thorn; John Rutter: Candlelight Carol; Francis Pott: Carol; 16th-cent. French arr. Mack Wilberg: Ding dong! merrily on high; Alan Bullard: Glory to the Christ Child; Trad. English arr. Mark Sirett: God rest you merry, gentlemen; Piae Cantiones arr. Bob Chilcott: Good King Wenceslas; Mendelssohn arr. Paul Leddington Wright: Hark! the herald-angels sing; Gabriel Jackson: Hush! my dear; Alan Bullard: I saw a stable; Andrew Simpson: I saw three ships; Matthew Martin: I sing of a maiden; Old German carol arr. Bob Chilcott: In dulci jubilo; Trad. English/Sullivan arr. John Scott: It came upon the midnight clear (UK tune); Willis/Burnap arr. Mack Wilberg: It came upon the midnight clear (US tune); Mason/Handel arr. Mack Wilberg: Joy to the world!; 14th-cent. German arr. David Blackwell: Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming; David Willcocks: Lullay, my liking; Will Todd: My Lord has Come; John Rutter: New Year; J. F. Wade arr. Philip Ledger: O come, all ye faithful; 15th-cent. French arr. Paul Leddington Wright: O come, O come, Emmanuel; Bob Chilcott: O little town; Jaakko M"antyj"arvi: Old Christmas Returned (or Hospitality Revived); Kerry Andrew: Out of the Orient crystal skies; Bob Chilcott: Pilgrim Jesus; Alan Bullard: Scots Nativity; John Goss arr. Paul Leddington Wright: See amid the winter's snow; Franz Gruber arr. Bob Chilcott: Silent night; Trad. English arr. Bob Chilcott: Sussex Carol; Philip Ledger: The Bell Carol; Gabriel Jackson: The Christ-child; Matthew Owens: The holly and the ivy; Bob Chilcott: The Sparrows' Carol; Hermione Roff: The Virgin's Song; Howard Skempton: There is no rose; Alan Smith: There is no rose; John Hearne: There's a song in the air!; Z. Randall Stroope: This endris night; Jussi Chydenius: Voices in the Mist; Jonathan Willcocks: Wassail; J. H. Hopkins arr. Paul Leddington Wright: We three kings of Orient are; Thomas Hewitt Jones: What child is this?; Este's Psalter arr. Bob Chilcott: While shepherds watched their flocks

David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, then pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM and then at Oxford University Press. He is co-editor of OUP's In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs and Carols for Choirs 5, and has published a number of single choral arrangements. He is co-writer with his wife Kathy of OUP's award-winning string series, Fiddle/Viola/Cello Time, which have twice won the MIA award for Best Educational Publication. Bob Chilcott has become one of the world's most widely performed composers and arrangers of choral music. His compositional output reflects his wide taste in music styles and his commitment to writing music that is both singable and communicative. He has been involved in choral music most of his life he was a chorister and then a choral scholar in the choir of King's College, Cambridge, and was a member of the British vocal group The King's Singers for whom he made a number of popular arrangements of well-known songs from all genres. As well as being a full-time composer he is also a highly acclaimed choral conductor. He has been privileged to conduct many choirs all over the world. He is Principal Guest Conductor of The BBC Singers and in 2019 he was appointed Principal Conductor of Birmingham University Singers. His music has been widely recorded by many choirs and groups including The King's Singers, Tenebrae, and The BBC Singers.