Image: Christmas Lights on Regent Street, London (photo by Fiona Ritchie).
Week 51 (#2117)
Festive songs, Christmas carols, and wintertime verses conjure the magical spirit of the season. As communities come together to mark the midwinter festivals, Fiona Ritchie debuts a community reading of her new poem: the Old Oak Tree.
Here We Come a-Caroling…by The Gothard Sisters from A Celtic Christmas (gothardsisters.com)
Children Go…by Eileen Ivers from Scatter the Light (Musical Bridge)
Christmas Song…by Dougie MacLean (Christmas Song on You Tube)
Hirour Erregereki…by Gwen Màiri from Douze Noëls (telyneg)
The Wexford Carol…by Yo-Yo Ma with Alison Krauss from from Song of Joy & Peace (Sony)
A Christmas Jig/Mouth of the Tobique Reel…by Yo-Yo Ma with Natalie MacMaster from Song of Joy & Peace (Sony)
O Come, O Come Emmanuel …by Eliza Lynn (private recording)
[ID Break] Beude Bazter…by Gwen Màiri from Douze Noëls (telyneg)
Bleary Winter…by Holly & The Reivers from Three Galleys (Holly & The Reivers)
Lully Lullay…by Nighnoise from Celtic Christmas III | (Windham Hill)
The Old Oak Tree (poem and birdsong)…by Fiona Ritchie and friends (private recording)
Sunrise at Solstice…by We Banjo 3 from A Winter Wonderful (We Banjo 3)
Ring Out , Solstice Bells…by Jethro Tull from Songs from the Wood (Chrysalis)
Winterberry Set…by The Gothard Sisters from A Celtic Christmas (gothardsisters.com)
Noël Emmanuel…by The Fire from Very Scottish Christmas (thefirescottishband.com)