Carols for Choirs 3

Fifty Christmas Carols (The Blue Book)

Edited and arranged by DAVID WILLCOCKS and JOHN RUTTER


Oxford University Press, 1978


  1. A babe is born, by William Mathias
  2. A babe is born in Bethlehem, harmony by J.H. Schein
  3. A child this day is born, arranged by David Willcocks
  4. Susanni, by Richard Rodney Bennett
  5. Chorales from Christmas Oratorio, by J.S. Bach
  6. Angelus ad virginem, arranged by David Willcocks
  7. Flemish Carol, arranged by John Rutter
  8. Sunny Bank, by Peter Hurford
  9. Bethlehem, of noblest cities, last verse arranged by David Willcocks
  10. Child in a manger, arranged by John Rutter
  11. Christ was born on Christmas Day, arranged by David Willcocks
  12. Christe, redemptor omnium, by Claudio Monterverdi
  13. Come all you worthy gentlemen, arranged by David Willcocks
  14. Come, rock the cradle for him, from Psalteriolum Harmonicum, 1642
  15. Deck the hall, arranged by David Willcocks
  16. Donkey Carol, by John Rutter
  17. Hark! the herald angels sing, by Felix Mendelssohn, adapted by W.H. Cummings
  18. Wexford carol, arranged by John Rutter
  19. Jesus Child, by John Rutter
  20. He smiles within his cradle, arranged by David Willcocks
  21. Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber, arranged by David Willcocks
  22. In the bleak mid-winter, by Gustav Holst
  23. I saw three ships, arranged by John Rutter
  24. Il est né le divin enfant, arranged by David Willcocks
  25. Angel Tidings, arranged by John Rutter
  26. Cradle Song, arranged by John Rutter
  27. In dulci jubilo, arranged by John Rutter
  28. All in the morning, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams
  29. King Jesus hath a garden, arranged by John Rutter
  30. Lo! he comes with clouds descending, last verse arranged by David Willcocks
  31. O come, all ye faithful, melody by J.F. Wade
  32. O little town of Bethlehem: original version, and version for unaccompanied singing, by H. Walford Davies
  33. Omnis mundus jocundetur, by Michael Praetorius
  34. Psallite unigenito, by Michael Praetorius
  35. Once, as I remember, arranged by Charles Wood
  36. Birthday Carol, by David Willcocks
  37. Salve puerule, by M.A. Charpentier, edited by John Rutter
  38. Star Carol, by John Rutter
  39. Shepherds, in the field abiding, arranged by David Willcocks
  40. Sing we to this merry company, edited by John Stevens
  41. Stille nacht, by Franz Gruber, arranged by Donald Cashmore
  42. Gabriel’s message, arranged by David Willcocks
  43. Boar’s Head Carol, arranged by David Willcocks
  44. Tryste Noel, by Herbert Howells
  45. There is no rose, by Benjamin Britten
  46. King Herod and the cock, by William Walton
  47. What child is this? arranged by David Willcocks
  48. Kings of Orient, by J.H. Hopkins, arranged by David Willcocks
  49. What sweeter music, by Richard Rodney Bennett
  50. The Crown of Roses, by P.I. Tchaikovsky

This joyful Eastertide, arranged by Charles Wood