Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Hodie (This Day) - A Christmas Cantata (1953-54)
for soloists, chorus, boys' choir, organ and orchestra
I. Prologue: Nowell! Nowell!
II. Narration: Now the birth of Jesus Christ
III. Song: It was the winter wild 0:00
IV. Narration: And it came to pass in those days 4:23
V. Choral: The blessed son of God 6:12
VI. Narration: And there were in the same country
VII. Song: The Oxen (Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock)
VIII. Narration: And the shepherds returned
IX. Pastoral: The shepherds sing
X. Narration: But Mary kept all these things
XI. Lullaby Sweet was the song the Virgin sang
XII. Hymn: Bright portals of the sky
XIII. Narration: Now when Jesus was born
XIV. The March of Three Kings: From kingdoms od wisdom
XV. Choral: No sad throught his soul affright
XVI. Epilogue: In the begnning was the Word
Margaret Marshall, Stephen Roberts, Elizabeth Gale & Robert Tear
London Symphony Chorus & Choristers of St Pauls Cathedral
London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox
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proudaltome 1 month ago
I sincerely love this work and to @songblam, he's my favorite composer too. I did my Master's thesis at RCM on him. Merry Christmas to all!
Starcastle2009 1 year ago
Two of my favorite choral works from my favorite composer... Thank you... very nice version...
songblam 2 years ago
Wonderful; thanks for posting this!
RobertCEvans 2 years ago