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Track(s) taken from CDA66668

O little town of Bethlehem – Forest Green 'The ploughboy's dream'

First line:
O little town of Bethlehem
composer
Anonymous - traditional
'The ploughboy's dream'
arranger
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
vv 1-3 harmony
arranger
Iain Simcock (b?)
last verse descant and harmony
author of text
Bishop Phillips Brooks (1835-1893)

Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor), Iain Simcock (organ)
Recording details: June 1993
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: October 1993
Total duration: 3 minutes 27 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

Vox Turturis, Andrew Gant (conductor), David Quinn (organ)

Reviews

‘An extremely well-sung traditional carol collection. The concert makes a great appeal by the quality of the singing and the beautiful digital recording’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

‘A model of its kind’ (The Times)

‘Celestial’ (San Francisco Examiner)
The words of O little town of Bethlehem are by Phillips Brooks, a nineteenth-century bishop of Massachusetts renowned for his inspired preaching. Vaughan Williams set the carol to an English traditional melody, ‘The ploughboy’s dream’, which he re-titled ‘Forest Green’. The last verse descant and alternative harmony are by Iain Simcock.

from notes by Wadham Sutton © 1993

Other albums featuring this work

Christmas carols from Village Green to Church Choir
Vox Turturis, Andrew Gant (conductor)
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