SIR JOHN BLACKWOOD MCEWEN (1868-1948)

Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity

59:40

1

I

It was the winter wild

8:55

2

II

But he her fears to cease

5:10

3

III

But peaceful was the night

4:41

4

IV

And though the shady gloom

2:31

5

V

The shepherds on the lawn

7:59

6

VI

At last surrounds their sight

6:27

7

VII

But wisest Fate says no

7:30

8

VIII

The lonely mountains o'er

6:04

9

IX

And sullen Moloch, fled

2:30

10

X

So when the sun in bed

3:17

11

XI

But see, the Virgin blest

4:21

Janice Watson soprano

Alasdair Mitchell

22-23 November 1997