Presented by Louise Fryer.
Recorded in the West Road Concert Hall,
Cambridge. Judith Bingham's new piece is based on the story that, over Christmas 1914, German and British soldiers laid down their weapons and climbed out of theirtrenches into No-Man's Land to sing carols and play football together.
BBC Singers, Britten Sinfonia , conductor Nicholas Cleobury
Bach Orchestral Suite No 3 in D, BWV1068 Bingham The Christmas Truce (BBC commission; first performance) Finzi In Terra Pax, Op 39
Bach Cantata No 191: Gloria in Excelsis
Dec