- 50 carols for every occasion
- well-loved tunes in fresh arrangements
- original compositions, including many specially written for the collection
- a wide range of composers
- carols for audience or congregation with varied harmonizations and festive descants
- a balanced mix of accompanied and unaccompanied items
- the order of service for a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
- a detailed list of carol orchestrations available on hire/rental
for SATB, accompanied and unaccompanied
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Carols for Choirs 1, OUP presents a new volume in this ground-breaking series. Carols for Choirs 5 continues the tradition of its predecessors by providing a complete resource for choirs from Advent through to Epiphany. Featuring brand new carols and arrangements of classic tunes, the collection showcases the very best established and new names in choral composition today, both in the UK and world-wide.
Forces or Category
SATB accompanied and unaccompanied
Arr: Bob Chillcott, David Blackwell
A Heavenly Song
A little child there is yborn
A Patre Unigenitus
Adam lay ybounden
Away in a manger (UK tune)
Away in a manger (US tune)
Blest Mary wanders through the thorn
Candlelight Carol
Carol
Ding dong! merrily on high
Glory to the Christ Child
God rest you merry, gentlemen
Good King Wenceslas
Hark! the herald-angels sing
Hush! my dear
I saw a stable
I saw three ships
I sing of a maiden
In dulci jubilo
It came upon the midnight clear (UK tune)
It came upon the midnight clear (US tune)
Joy to the world!
Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
Lullay, my liking
My Lord has Come
New Year
O come, all ye faithful
O come, O come, Emmanuel
O little town
Old Christmas Returned (or Hospitality Revived)
Out of the Orient crystal skies
Pilgrim Jesus
Scots Nativity
See amid the winter's snow
Silent night
Sussex Carol
The Bell Carol
The Christ-child
The holly and the ivy
The Sparrows' Carol
The Virgin's Song
There is no rose
There is no rose
There's a song in the air!
This endris night
Voices in the Mist
Wassail
We three kings of Orient are
What child is this?
While shepherds watched their flocks
