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The First Noels

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3: Early European Carols. Presented by Sir Geraint Evans with the William Byrd Choir and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge.
What was Sir Francis's role in the history of Christmas? And what do the three ships in the carol of the same name have to do with the story ot Christ? Today's programme looks across the Channel to see how carols that started as noels in Europe, turn out to be popular in Britain today. Today's carols:
0 Come, 0 Come, Emmanuel; In dulci jubilo; I Saw Three Ships; II est ne le divin
Enfant; Orientis partibus. (R)

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Presented By:
Sir Geraint Evans
Unknown:
William Byrd Choir
Source: Radio Times

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