Noël! 2

Noël 2 is an exciting collection of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany music for mixed voice choirs, which follows on from the highly acclaimed Noël! Volume 1 (Catalogue No. NOV310800). The contents range from the Renaissance to thepresent: from Byrd and Sweelinck, via Bach, familiar settings of traditional and lesser known carols through the ages to Howells and Leighton, and work by todays composers including Richard Rodney Bennett, Eric Whitacre, John Tavener Tarik OReganand Richard Allain.
Mixed voice choirs of all levels will find here new arrangements of favourite carols as well as stimulating works for the Christmas season, from the easy to learn to the more challenging and unconventional.
Selected and edited by David Hill, Choral Advisor to Novello, Chief Conductor of the BBC singers, Musical Director of The Bach Choir, Chief Conductor of The Southern Sinfonia and Music Director of Leeds Philharmonic Society. He was awarded anhonorary Doctorate by the University of Southampton in 2002 in recognition of his Services to Music.

CONTENTS

• [Eccard, Johannes] Ubers Gebirg Maria Geht
• Adam Lay Y-Bounden [Martin, Matthew]
• Angelus Ad Virginem [Traditional]
• Away In A Manger [Anonymous] [Kirkpatrick, William J.]
• Bethlehem Down [Warlock, Peter]
• Coventry Carol [Traditional]
• Ding Dong! Merrily on High [Traditional]
• E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come [Manz, Paul]
• Gallery Carol [Hesketh, Kenneth]
• Gaudete! (Piae Cantiones) [Traditional]
• Gloria, Dei Sir Gesungen [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing [Mendelssohn, Felix]
• Hodie Christus Natus Est [Sweelinck, Jan]
• I Wonder As I Wander [Bennett, Richard Rodney]
• I Wonder As I Wander [Niles, John Jacob]
• In Dulci Jubilo [Pearsall, Robert]
• Jesus Christ The Apple Tree [Poston, Elizabeth]
• Lasset Uns Frohlocken [Mendelssohn, Felix]
• Long, Long Ago [Howells, Herbert]
• Love Came Down At Christmas [Lloyd, Richard]
• Lullay My Liking [Holst, Gustav]
• Lux Aurumque [Whitacre, Eric]
• 'O' Antiphon [Traditional]
• O Come, All Ye Faithful [Wade, John Francis]
• O Come, O Come, Emmanuel [Traditional]
• O Jesulein Süß [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
• Of A Rose [McDowall, Cecilia]
• Once In Royal David's City [Gauntlett, Henry John] [Alexander, Cecil]
• Puer Nobis [Bennett, Richard Rodney]
• Resonet In Laudibus [Praetorius, Michael]
• Riu, Riu, Chiu [Traditional]
• Rocking [Tavener, John]
• Silent Night, Holy Night [Grüber, Franz]
• St. Joseph's Carol [Traditional]
• The Christ-Child Lay [Leighton, Kenneth]
• The First Nowell [Traditional]
• The Swallow And The Bells [Leontovich, Mykola]
• This I Have Done For My True Love [Holst, Gustav]
• Threshold Of Night [O'Regan, Tarik]
• Torches [Joubert, John]
• Venite, Gaudete! [Peacock, Adrian]
• What Sweeter Music [Allain, Richard]
• While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night [Venables, Ian]