Jeremy Summerly introduces a work by Peter Maxwell Davies for soloists, chorus and orchestra which sets
Christmas poems by the Orcadian writer George Mackay Brown , related Latin fragments and 15th-century carols. The programme also includes Haydn's Mass in B flat.
Eileen Hulse (soprano), Margaret McDonald (mezzo), Neill Archer (tenor), Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass), Leeds Festival Chorus,
BBC Philharmonic, conductors
Peter Maxwell Davies and Simon Wright Haydn Harmoniemesse
Maxwell Davies The Three Kings Producer Andrew Mussett