from St Paul's
Church,
Knightsbridge, London.
The BBC Singers present a selection of American
Christmas music from the 18th to the 20th centuries.
Margaret Phillips (organ) BBC Singers
New London Orchestra, conductor Simon Joly Conrad Susa
The Chanticleer's Carol
William Allbright Pax in Terra
Ives Adeste fidelis
William Billings
While shepherds watched
Supply Belcher Then jointly all the Harpers
Horatio Parker The
Shepherd's Vision
8.15 Star-Spangled Singers
The American conductor
Robert Zeigler talks to British and American musicians about American choral tradition and compares Christmas music in this country with that from across the Atlantic.
8.35 Daniel Pinkham
Christmas Cantata
Ned Rorem Three Carols
Garth Edmundson Toccata on "Von Himmel hoch"
Trad, arr John Jacob Niles Appalachian Carols
Conrad Susa A Christmas
Garland