World Carols for Choirs (SATB)

Susan Knight is Founder and Artistic Director of the Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir and Festival 500. She is active as a guest conductor, adjudicator, lecturer, keynote speaker, and advocate, and has served in executive positions within provincial and national music and educational organizations.Bob Chilcott has become one of the world's most widely performed composers and arrangers of choral music. His compositional output reflects his wide taste in music styles and his commitment to writing music that is both singable and communicative.He has been involved in choral music most of his life he was a chorister and then a choral scholar in the choir of King's College, Cambridge, and was a member of the British vocal group The King's Singers for whom he made a number of popular arrangements of well-known songs from all genres.As well as being a full-time composer he is also a highly acclaimed choral conductor. He has been privileged to conduct many choirs all over the world. He is Principal Guest Conductor of The BBC Singers and in 2019 he was appointed Principal Conductor of Birmingham University Singers. His music has been widely recorded by many choirs and groups including The King's Singers, Tenebrae, and The BBC Singers.

There is a huge amount of variety here, and some wonderful arrangements and new carols.

• Villancico de la Falta de Fe (For a World Without Faith) - Argentina ; Khorurd Metz (Great Mystery) - Armenia ; Southern Cross - Australia ; Kuttun Kantak (Night Songs) - Basque Country (Spain) ; Nu is die roe van Jesse (The Rod of Jesse) - Belgium ; Acalanto para o Menino Jesus (Carol for the Baby Jesus) - Brazil ; The Huron Carol - Canada ; Notre divin Maitre (Our master, Lord Jesus) - Canada (Quebec) ; Llega la Navidad! (Christmas is Coming) - Dominican Republic ; Nuud ole, Jeesus, kiidetud (Now blessed be thou, Christ Jesu) - Estonia ; Tuikkikaa, oi joulun tahtoset (Twinkle bright, you stars of Christmastide) - Finland ; Ainsi que parmi la pree (On a hillside in the cold) - France ; Susser die Glocken nie klingen (Sweetly the Bells are Ringing) - Germany ; Krismas _dodzi v_o (Christmas Time is Here) - Ghana ; Nagykaracsony Ejszakajan (On Great Christmas Night) - Hungary ; Immanuel oss i natt (Emmanuel, to us this night) - Iceland ; Carul Failte (A Carol of Welcome) - Ireland ; Infant Joy - Japan ; Jajang, jajang, Ahgi Yesu (Lullay, lullay, Baby Jesu) - Korea ; Dedziet skalu, putiet guni (Bring us fire, bring us light) - Latvia ; Lullaby Carol - New Zealand ; Amuworo ayi otu nwa (For unto us a child is born) - Nigeria ; Det hev ei rose sprunge (A spotless rose) - Norway ; Hej, hej, lelija! (Hey, hey, lily!) - Poland ; Ena noc polna veselja (On a starlit night) - Slovenia ; Susa ninna - South Africa ; Ett Nyfott Barn (A Newborn Child) - Sweden ; Im Silbernen Wassergrund (In silvery darkness) - Switzerland ; My Dancing Day - UK ; Who is the baby - USA ; Nino lindo (Lovely baby) - Venezuela