for boys' or female voices and harp (piano in extremis but with alterations and omissions)
There is also a version for SATB and harp arranged by Julius Harrison
Texts: Latin and English
1. Procession (using a variant of the Magnificatantiphon for the second Vespersofthe Nativity of Our Lord)
2. Wolcum Yole! (anon.)
3. Ther e is no rose (anon.)
4a. That yongë child (anon.)
4b.Balulalow (James, John and Robert Wedderburn)
5. As dew in April le (anon.)
6. This little babe (Robert Southwell)
7. Interlude (harp solo)
8. In Freezing Winter Night (Robert Southwell)
9. Spring Carol (William Cornish)
10. Deo gracias (anon.)
11. Recession (as for Procession)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Difficulty level: 3
The Ceremony of Carols is one of Britten's best-known and most-performed works. It is a brilliantly conceived and dramatic concert work which sees the voices process to the
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