Written by American folklorist and singer John Jacob Niles, its origins come from a song fragment collected in 1933. Mysterious and inspiring, this traditional Christmas carol reflects on the ...

Love them or hate them, it’s hard to imagine Christmas without carols. From reverential hymns to popular tunes, these songs represent many things for many people. Some people annually attend ...

They are the ghosts of Christmas past and present ... It was only poetry, however, until English organist/song-writer Henry Gauntlett provided the tune that invariably launches a carol service, in ...

which he first published in 1924 in his The Cambridge Carol-Book: Being Fifty-two Songs for Christmas, Easter, And Other Seasons. Here we hear an arrangement by Mack Wilberg, the Director of Music ...

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly.

Aled Jones hosts a festive celebration for Christmas Eve from Sheffield City Hall featuring favourite carols, 'The Sussex Carol' and 'O Come All Ye Faithful'. Watch all your favourite ABC programs on ...

singable descants that lifted the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s College, Cambridge, where he was director of music from 1957 to 1974 (see more below about the choir). ‘[Descants] ...

Here's where to see it in New England The Boston Pops' Holiday Pops concert is a festive event for the whole family with classic carols and popular Christmas songs, a joyful sing-along and a visit ...