for soprano and baritone soloists, chorus and strings and/or piano/organLibretto adapted from Medieval Pageants by Simona Pakenham. 50-minute stage version; 30-minute concert version
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)Edited by Roy Douglas
"Or for a real novelty, consider Vaughan Williams's The First Nowell: it's a posthumously-completed half-hour work for soprano, baritone, chorus and small orchestra that blends familiar and unfamiliar carols into a Nativity narrative." - Lawrence Broomfield, Music Teacher, September 2010
