Figgy Pudding
An Opus Anglicanum Sequence

1 Wassail Song (arr. R.Vaughan Williams)
2 The Cryer announces December
3 Gaudete Pie Cantione
4 Christmas (from Gawain & the Green Knight)
5 What tidings bringest thou messenger? C15th Carol
6 December (The Franklin’s Tale) Chaucer
7 Nowell: Out of your sleep arise and wake C15th Carol
8 Christmas Paté Anon. 1394
9 Good day my Lord Sir Christemasse C15th Carol
10 Preparations Anon. 17th c.
11 Tàladh ar Slànair (Christ Child’s Lullaby) Barra Carol
12 December: The Shepherd’s Calender John Clare
13 Awake and join the cheerful choir Dorset carol
14 The Carol Singers (“Cider with Rosie”) Laurie Lee
15 As Joseph was a-walking (arr. R. V. Williams)
16 The ‘Tivity Hymn Thomas Hardy
17 The Oxen R. Vaughan Williams
18 Old Sam’s Christmas Pudding Stanley Holloway
19 Figgy Pudding arr. Arthur Warrell
20 Christmas Weather Rev Francis Kilvert
21 Mrs Hooligan’s Christmas Cake Harry Melville arr Roland Robertson
22 Hot cockles (Spectator Jan 1712) Joseph Addison
23 Thomas Campian, Now winter nights enlarge
24 Diary December 25th 1662 Samuel Pepys
25 Orlando Gibbons Behold I bring you glad tidings
26 A letter from Jenny Simper, Joseph Addison
27 D’Urfey (C18th), All hail to the days
28 Noel Christmas Eve 1913 Robert Bridges
29 This is the truth, Come all you worthy gentlemen, On Christmas Night, God bless the ruler (arr. R. Vaughan Williams)

Recorded in the Bishop’s chapel, the Palace, Wells; October 13th & 14th 2001 by kind permission of the Bishop of Bath & Wells
Producer: David Goode
Recording engineer, digital editing & mastering: Jonathan Lane

Programme devised and produced by John Rowlands-Pritchard