Dame Felicity Lott and the Joyful Company of Singers serve up rich Christmas fayre with 'Plum Pudding', well-spiced with favourite carols and readings by actor Gabriel Woolf.

Re-issued on Champs Hill Records due to popular demand, the CD was originally recorded in the Music Room at Champs Hill.

Opening with Vaughan Williamsʼ arrangement of a medieval Wassail and interspersed with music ranging from Byrd to Barber, the CD is an intimate, welcoming collection, full of the joys of Christmas.

Contents:
- Traditional, arr. Vaughan Williams: Wassail Song
- John Clare: December
- Tomás Luis da Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium
- William Byrd: This day Christ was born
- From The Wakefield Plays: Godʼs Speech
- Kenneth Leighton: Lully, Lulla
- Rhian Samuel: Jolly was the shepherd
- Anonymous: I sing of a Maiden
- Max Reger (arr. Broadbent): Virgin Maryʼs Slumber Song (Mariä Wiegenlied)
- Peter Cornelius (arr. Atkins): The Three Kings
- T S Eliot: The Journey of the Magi
- Samuel Barber: Twelfth Night
- Laurie Lee: Christmas in Seville (excerpt)
- Francisco Guerrero: Virgen Sancta
- Traditional Spanish, arr. Andrew Carter: Esta Noche
- Dylan Thomas: Memories of Christmas
- Traditional, arr. Walford Davies: The Holly and the Ivy
- E V Lucas: Christmas Decorations
- Traditional Welsh, arr. Broadbent: Deck the Hall
- John Julius Norwich: The Twelve Days of Christmas
- Traditional, arr. Andrew Carter: The Twelve Days of Christmas
- Cpt. R J Armes: Christmas Truce (A Letter)
- Leonard Clark: Singing in the Streets
- Franz Gruber, arr. Broadbent: Silent Night

Recorded live on 30 November 2002, Champs Hill Music Room.

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