Edward Elgar:
Angelus

Michael Head:
The Little Road to Bethlehem

Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych:
Carol of the Bells

Errollyn Wallen:
Peace on earth

Lennox Berkeley:
I sing of a maiden

John Ireland:
The Holy Boy

John Rutter:
Star Carol
Candlelight Carol

Gabriel Jackson:
Hush! My dear

J. S. Bach:
Der Tag, der ist so freundreich, BWV 605
Von Himmel kam der Engel schar, BW 607

Marc-Antoine Charpentier:
Sing to the infant boy

Benjamin Britten:
A New Year Carol

Sally Beamish:
In the stillness

John Joubert:
Torches

Christopher Dearnley:
The growing limbs of God the Son

Gustav Holst:
In the bleak mid-winter

Michael Praetorius/Melchior Vulpius:
The is a flower springing

Michael Praetorius:
Come, thou redeemer of the earth

David Bednall:
Sweet was the song

Infant holy (arr. Michael Nicholas)
Rocking Carol (arr. Edward Higginbottom)

Up! Good Christen folk (arr. G. R. Woodward)

In the stillness of a midnight stable, a babe is born … In the stillness of an Oxford chapel on a winter’s afternoon, a girl’s voice sings.

The newest star in Oxford’s – and Delphian’s – choral firmament, the girl choristers of Merton College have been singing services under the directorship of Benjamin Nicholas for less than five years: in their debut album recording, supported by the lower voices of the Chapel Choir, they tell once more in music from across the centuries the timeless Christmas story of light, hope and joy for a troubled world.

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Recorded on 24-26 August 2021 in the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford.