Howard Goodall's Christmas Stocking

Sunday 23 December 2007
2100 - 2200

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Howard Goodall returns to Radio 2 with a Christmas cracker of a programme featuring some of the best up and coming young performers in Britain, alongside an eclectic choice of record based winter music.

Howard says:
“It's that time of year again and, since everyone will have heard every single famous Christmas Carol a hundred times by Christmas Day, I have put together a collection of seasonal delights with a 'British Isles' flavour that may not be quite so incredibly familiar! I've brought together two fantastic young choirs especially for the programme, Laudibus, the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, and St Joseph's Convent School, Reading. I discovered the fresh & delightful sound of St Joseph's when I was helping Andrew Lloyd Webber pick a winner for his Any Dream Will Do school choir competition earlier this year (they were in the final top 10) and have long been a passionate admirer and supporter of the National Youth Choir too! They will be singing for us separately and together. As 'national singing ambassador' you wouldn't expect me not to have some fabulous young singers on the programme, now would you?

Continuing the theme of young performers I have also invited a rising star of the British folk scene, Katie Doherty, to join us with her band and lend her own distinctive voice on a reflection of the Christmas & midwinter period.
Alongside our own special guests I will be playing some music from CD that focuses on the Holiday season - my usual mix from classical to soul, from Handel to Sting.

What this programme really is, though, is exactly the kind of thing I'd like to listen to over the Christmas break. Glorious music, new and old, performed by young stars.”

Title: "TROIKA"
Artist: Chameleon Brass
CD: Colours of Christmas
Label: Chameleon Brass.Com
Cat No: CHAM 3

Title: "BALOO, LAMMY"
Artist: Laudibus (National Youth Chamber Choir)
Live Recording
Composer: Traditional Scottish
Pub: Faber Music
Arr: Gwyn Arch

Title: "CHERRY TREE CAROL"
Artist: Katie Doherty
Live Recording
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: M/S
Arr: Katie Doherty

Title: "BEHOLD A VIRGIN SHALL CONCEIVE"
Artist: Dave Copland with BBC Big Band/Birmingham Town Hall Gospel Choir/Black Voices/Reggae Philharmonic Strings
Live Recording of The Soulful Messiah
Composer: Handel
Pub: M/S
Arr: Mervin Warren/Steve Gray

Title: "SIMPLE GIFTS"
Artist: St. Joseph’s Junior School Choir, Reading
Live Recording
Composer: Traditional Shaker Spiritual
Pub: M/S
Arr: Howard Goodall

Title: "WHAT JOY AND COMFORT"
Artist: St. Joseph’s Junior School Choir, Reading/ Laudibus National Youth Chamber Choir
Live Recording
Composer: Traditional Shaker Spiritual
Pub: M/S
Arr: Howard Goodall
Soloist: Phoebe Leigh

Title: "ETERNAL SOURCE OF LIGHT DIVINE"
Artist: Elin Manahan Thomas
CD: Light Divine
Label: Universal
Cat No: 476 5870

Title: "MARCH FROM NUTCRACKER"
Artist: Chameleon Brass
CD: Colours of Christmas
Label: Chameleon Brass.Com
Cat No: CHAM 3

Title: "TÀLADH CHRIOSTA"
Artist: Laudibus National Youth Chamber Choir
Live Recording
Composer: Traditional Gaelic
Pub: Faber Music
Arr: Ben Parry
Soloist: Laura Attridge/Pianist: Ian Farrington


Title: "BRIDGES"
Artist: Katie Doherty
Live Recording
Composer: Katie Doherty
Pub: Park West Music
Arr: K. Doherty/I. Stephenson/C. Stewart/S. Mooney/O. Ross/J. Batten

Title: "CHRISTMAS CONCERTO OP6 NO 8 MOVEMENTS I & II"
Artist: I Solisti Italiani
CD: Christmas Concertos
Label: Denon
Cat No: 78912

Title: "I’M GONNA SING TILL THE SPIRIT MOVES MY HEART"
Artist: St. Aiden’s Church of England School Choir, Harrogate
CD: Spirit In My Heart
Label: Amadeus
Cat No: AMSCD 116

Title: "SILENT NIGHT"
Artist: All Angels
CD: All Angels
Label: Universal Music
Cat No: 170 9223

Title: "LET IT SNOW"
Artist: Cleo Laine and Johnny Dankworth
CD: Christmas at the Stables
Label: Audio B
Cat No: ABCD 5011

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