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Radio 3 in Concert: A roaring Christmas: Festive favourites from the 1920s

A roaring Christmas: Festive favourites from the 1920s

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, A roaring Christmas: Festive favourites from the 1920s

The BBC Singers join Guildhall Jazz Orchestra to celebrate Christmas.

Nicholas Kok conducts the BBC Singers and Guildhall Jazz Orchestra for a festive celebration of carols and songs from the 1920s and 1930s.

In this hip-twisting musical party the BBC Singers explore the irresistible melodies and toe-tapping rhythms of the masters of the dance band – rhythms that brought about new sounds, new dances and a new social order. Among the treasures of the ‘original’ roaring 20s and 30s were songs that would become Christmas classics a few decades later. 

Debroy Somers: Savoy Christmas Medley 
Traditional, arr. George Morton: Good King Wenceslas 
Traditional, arr. Nicholas Kok: Greensleeves - The Holly and the Ivy 
Traditional, arr. George Morton: O little town of Bethlehem 
Traditional, arr. Helen Neeves: King Herod and the cock 
Traditional , arr. George Morton: Unto us is born a son 
Noel Coward: I went to a marvellous party 
Nat D. Ayer, arr. Iain Farrington:  If You Were The Only Girl (In The World) 
George Gershwin, arr. Iain Farrington: Lady be good 
Cab Calloway, arr. Anne Dudley: Minnie the Moocher 
Walter Donaldson arr. Anne Dudley: Because my baby don’t mean ‘maybe’ now
George Gershwin, arr. Iain Farrington: A foggy day in London town 
INTERVAL
Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart, arr. Anne Dudley: The Blue Room 
Walter Donaldson, arr. Anne Dudley: Changes 
Fats Waller, arr. Nicholas Kok:  I can't give you anything but love  
Irving Berlin, arr. Iain Farrington: Blue Skies - Puttin' on the Ritz 
Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn: Let it snow 
Irving Berlin, arr. Iain Farrington: White Christmas 
J. Fred Coots/Haven Gillespie, arr. Alexander L'Estrange: Santa Claus is comin' to town 
Traditional, arr. George Morton: Coventry Carol 
Traditional, arr. Nicholas Kok: God rest you merry gentlemen – Good King Wenceslas – Jingle Bells 
Hugh Martin/Ralph Blaine, arr. Iain Farrington: Have yourself a merry little Christmas 
Traditional, arr. George Morton: Ding Dong merrily on high
Encore – Traditional, arr. Iain Farrington: Auld Lang Syne 
 
BBC Singers
Guildhall Jazz Orchestra
Nicholas Kok - conductor

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