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An English Medieval Christmas

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Program: #91-51   Air Date: Dec 23, 1991

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Preservation of this program is made possible by a generous grant in honor of Richard Bayer.

  1. Anon.: Angelus ad virginam, (The Noyse of Musitians). Plant Life LP PLR-043.
  2. Anon.: Angelus ad virginem. (Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips). Gimell CD 010.
  3. Anon.: Gabriel fram heven-king. (Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier). Harmonia Mundi CD HMC-90.1154.
  4. Anon.: Lullay lullay: As I Lay on Yoolis night. (Paul Hillier, baritone/Noyse of Musitians). Plant Life LP PLR-043.
  5. Anon.: Lullay, lullow: I saw. (Folger Consort). Bard CD 9106.
  6. Anon.: Lullay, lullow: I saw. (Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips), Gimell CD 010.
  7. Anon.: The Coventry Carol. (Taverner Consort, Choir, and Players/Andrew Parrott). EMI CD CDC-7-49809.
  8. Anon.: Song of the Nuns of Chester. (Martin Best Ensemble). Nimbus CD 5137.
  9. Anon.: Lullay: My Liking. (Deller Consort/Alfred Deller). Vanguard/Omega CD OVC-8023.
  10. Anon.: Marvel not, Joseph. (Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier). Harmonia Mundi CD HMA 90.1106.
  11. Anon.: Edi be thu, heven-queene. (Paul Hillier, baritone/Noyse of Musitians). Plant Life LP PLR-043.
  12. Anon.: There is no rose. (Martin Best Ensemble). Nimbus CD 5137.
  13. Anon.: Ah, my dear son. (Johanna Arnold, soprano/Folger Consort). Bard CD 9106.
  14. Anon.: Ecce quod natura. (Pro Cantione Antiqua/Mark Brown). MCA LP 25901.
  15. Anon.: Nova, nova. (Pro Cantione Antiqua/Bruno Turner). Pro Arte LP PAL-1079.
  16. Anon. Of oon that is so fayr and bright. (Reading). Medieval Song, translated and edited by James J. Wilmelm; E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1971.
    WALTER FRYE: So ys emprinted. (Christopher Page, harp/Christopher Wilson, lute--accompanied reading). Hyperion CD CDA-66194.
  17. RICHARD SMERT: Nowell, Nowell: Dieu vous garde. (Pro Cantione Antiqua/Bruno Turner). Pro Arte LP PAL-1079.
  18. Anon.: Nowell: Owt of Your Slepe. (Ensemble for Early Music/Frederick Renz). Nonesuch LP 8-71369.
  19. Anon.: Nowell, Nowell: Tidings True. (Folger Consort). Bard CD 910
  20. Anon.: Nowell sing we. (Primavera Singers of the New York Pro Musica/Noah Greenberg). Everest LP 3431 or Counterpoint/Esoteric LP 5521.
  21. Anon.: Thys Yool, (Martin Best Ensemble). Nimbus CD 5137.
  22. Anon.: Exculsis in numine (used under closing credits). (Folger Consort). Bard CD 9106.

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