Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott looks at two beautiful English works from the first half of the 20th century which evoke the spirit of Christmas and which are inspired by seasonal carols and poetry: Benjamin Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols' and Ralph Vaughan Williams' 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols'.

This episode of Classics Unlocked featured Decca recordings reissued on the Eloquence label:

BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Cleobury
Decca Classics 484 0781

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