Washington Irving’s Christmas Sketch Book | CD

Description

Spoken word with music:

Read by Elizabeth & Bill Hoermann

with music by William Billings, Daniel Read, Timothy Swan, Jeremiah Ingalls & others

Arranged and preformed by Thurston Consort

Track list:

1. Judea / Shiloh
2. “Nothing exercises a more delightful spell”
3. In Dulci Judilo / Good King Wenceslas / Herald, Drive the Cold Winter Away / The Beggar Boy / Chestnut / Gaudete, Sherburne / Northfield
4. “I was loitering in the library”
5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Childgrove, Drapers Garden / Christchurch Bells /Knole Park
6. “We heard the village bell”
7. London / Bethlehem / Jordan, Please to see the King / Gower Wassail / Fourpence Ha’penny Farthing
8. “Wild-eyed frolic and warm-hearted hospitality”
9. Shirley / Boston, Deck the Halls

Recorded by Barny Lanman at the Zen Den studios
Cyrus Records number: 12-252-21-2