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)
1Lassie, Wad Ye Loe Me?04:53
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Campkin, Alexander
Shakespeare, William - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
2A Lover and his Lass02:51
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Traditional - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
35 English Folk Songs: No. 1. The Dark-Eyed Sailor02:30
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Bingham, Judith
Traditional - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
4The Orphan Girl03:18
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Warlock, Peter
Collins, Hal - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
5Yarmouth Fair02:01
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Duggan, John
Duggan, John - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
6Over the Moon03:22
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Grainger, Percy
Park, John - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
7Songs 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)
8Blow the Wind Southerly03:56
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Holst, Gustav
Wilson, Steuart - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
912 Welsh Folk Songs: No. 4. Awake, awake03:03
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Byrt, John
Traditional - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
10Among the Leaves So Green, O02:45
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Turnbull, Stuart Murray
Boulton, Harold - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
11Skye03:21
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Burke, Paul
Traditional - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
12Fare Thee Well06:48
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Andrew, Kerry
Traditional - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
13All Things Are Quite Silent04:28
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Bairstow, Edward C.
Traditional - Lyricist
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
14The Oak and the Ash03:15
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
Traditional
Traditional - Lyricist
Moeran, Ernest John - Arranger
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)
15The Sailor and Young Nancy03:05
Blossom Street (Choir)
Campbell, Hilary (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 55:08