Celtic Christmas Story [Enhanced]

1. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

2. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

3. We Three Kings

4. Deck the Halls

5. Joy to the World

6. First Noel

7. Holly & The Ivy

8. Ding Dong! Merrily on High

9. Here We Come A-Wassaling

10. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

11. Silent Night

12. What Child Is This?

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The Beasts of Bethlehem

Manufacturer: Eroica Classical Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005RL6W
Release Date: 2001-09-17

Tracks:

-20. The Beasts of Bethlehem
Walker in Two Worlds
The Human Carol
The Carol of the Birds
The Oxen
Carol from "The Wind in the Willows"
Processional
Personent Hodic
Orientis Partibus
The Friendly Beasts

Album Description

"I have loved X.J. Kennedy's cycle of poems, 'The Beasts of Bethlehem,' since I first heard him read some of them years ago. They are a new element in the rich traditions associating animals with the Christmas story. The presence of animals at the Nativity adds a special note of tenderness and reminds us of the unity of all Creation and of the sacredness of all Nature." Carol Wood, the artist.

X.J. Kennedy, one of America's finest poets, is also known for his children's books, among them, The Beasts of Bethlehem. He has received awards from the Academy of American Poets, the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and the University of the South. Kennedy and his wife Dorothy have collaborated on several books and jointly received an award from the National Council of Teachers of English for excellence in children's poetry.

Carol Wood has spent much of her career bringing together the related worlds of poetry and the harp. She is a professor of Medieval Literature at McNeese University and has published, lectured, and performed widely on both the concert and the Celtic harp. Her previous recording, The Chaucer Songbook (Eroica Classical Recordings), is a collection of songs drawn from Chaucer's works.