Our last song is an original Carol written by the incomparable composer and arranger, Chris Hoban. Chris has written many of Show Of Hands’ big hits including, ‘Lily and the Rose’ which he wrote for Miranda Sykes and The Lost Sound. We’ve performed this t...  moreOur last song is an original Carol written by the incomparable composer and arranger, Chris Hoban. Chris has written many of Show Of Hands’ big hits including, ‘Lily and the Rose’ which he wrote for Miranda Sykes and The Lost Sound. We’ve performed this together with Show Of Hands, at their 25thAnniversary concert in The Royal Albert Hall in 2017. Chris explains the background of ‘Though We Lie Underground’ for us: I first came across the stories surrounding the curious tradition of West Country miners singing Carols underground when listening to a recording of Alan Lomax’s extraordinary live BBC 1957 broadcast “Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year”, a feat of radio genius involving hundreds of performers and groups all over the country, seamlessly brought together for one scintillating hour. At one point, Lomax described how the miners of Devon and Cornwall would celebrate Christmas underground in an almost pagan fashion: they would select the largest lump of tin ore they could handle, set it up in...    less

ALBION's second visit to the ancient capital of York, the first of two concerts in Holy Trinity Church on Goodramgate.   This concert is £7.50, a bargain as our concert tickets are normally £10. Hear Albion breath a new live i...

Marouska Attard interpreting 'The Virgin's Slumber Song' (M. Reger) during Carols by Candlelight 2010

From our 2010 Lessons and Carols Candlelight Service. We are joined by six extras (college students from ATU and OBU). Sean Sweeden on congas.

From our 2013 Lessons and Carols Candlelight Service. We are joined by guest vocalists Holly Ruth Gale (Assistant Professor of Music, ATU) and Jeremy Hopper (student, UCA).

esibizione della Corale Polifonica di Arsoli in occasione della Rassegna di Corali Polifoniche di Scurcola Marsicana (Aq) del 29 settembre 2012