Choral Concert: Blossom Street - MACMILLAN, J. / DUGGAN, J. / GRAINGER, P. / CAMPBELL, H. / TURNBULL, S.M. / BURKE, P. / ANDREW, K. (Down By the Sea)

Following its award-winning Christmas album, Sleep, Holy Babe (Naxos 8.572868), Blossom Street explores a wide-ranging sequence of British folk song settings for choir, with a particular focus on the nautical. The repertoire embraces pioneers in the rediscovery and arrangement of folk songs such as Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Warlock, adds little-known gems by Holst and Bairstow, and also introduces vibrant new additions to the repertoire from contemporary composers, including James MacMillan and Judith Bingham and the conductor herself.

Tracklist

MacMillan, James
Traditional - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
1 Lassie, Wad Ye Loe Me? 04:53
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Campkin, Alexander
Shakespeare, William - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
2 A Lover and his Lass 02:51
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Traditional - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
3 5 English Folk Songs: No. 1. The Dark-Eyed Sailor 02:30
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Bingham, Judith
Traditional - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
4 The Orphan Girl 03:18
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Warlock, Peter
Collins, Hal - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
5 Yarmouth Fair 02:01
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Duggan, John
Duggan, John - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
6 Over the Moon 03:22
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Grainger, Percy
Park, John - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
7 Songs of the North: No. 14. Mo Nighean Dubh (My Dark-Haired Maiden) 05:32
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Campbell, Hilary
Traditional - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
8 Blow the Wind Southerly 03:56
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Holst, Gustav
Wilson, Steuart - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
9 12 Welsh Folk Songs: No. 4. Awake, awake 03:03
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Byrt, John
Traditional - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
10 Among the Leaves So Green, O 02:45
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Turnbull, Stuart Murray
Boulton, Harold - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
11 Skye 03:21
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Burke, Paul
Traditional - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
12 Fare Thee Well 06:48
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Andrew, Kerry
Traditional - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
13 All Things Are Quite Silent 04:28
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Bairstow, Edward C.
Traditional - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
14 The Oak and the Ash 03:15
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Traditional
Traditional - Lyricist
Moeran, Ernest John - Arranger
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
15 The Sailor and Young Nancy 03:05
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 55:08