The Christmas Revels

by The Revels, Revel Players

Overview

This is the 1978 edition, presented as excerpts from a mummer's play, focusing not so much on Christmas as on the ancient pagan rituals of the season. ~ Roundup newsletter

Product Details

Release Date:	10/17/1995
Label:	Revels Inc.
UPC:	0738871107824
Rank:	135239

Tracks

1. Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
2. Room's Opening Lines
3. Wassail Carol
4. Father Christmas Verse
5. The Boar's Head Carol
6. Constant Billy
7. Here We Come A-Wassailing
8. Villagers All!
9. There Was a Pig Went out to Dig
10. The Monk's March
11. Dargason
12. Fra Giovanni
13. The Holly and the Ivy
14. Fool's Verse
15. Lord of the Dance
16. Fanfare from "Orfeo"
17. Masters in This Hall
18. Marcellus' Lines Form Act 1 of "Hamlet"
19. Nova! Nova!
20. Nativity
21. Alle Psallite Cum Luya
22. The Moon Shines Bright (The Bellman's Carol)
23. St. George's Verse
24. Three Jolly Sheepskins/Bobby Shaftoe
25. The Shortest Day
26. The Wren Song
27. Apple Tree Wassail
28. The Twelve Days of Christmas
29. The Fool's Farewell
30. Sussex Mummer's Carol

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Revel Players   Primary Artist
The Revels   Primary Artist
Elizabeth Poston   Accordion
David Arnold   Choir/Chorus
Helen Cornelius   Choir/Chorus
John Fleagle   Calto,Tenor (Vocal)
Lisle Kulbach   Recorder
Peter Clarke   Choir/Chorus
Helene Gornelius   Choir/Chorus
Chip Hitchcock   Choir/Chorus
Frank Epstein   Timpani
Mimi Gredy   Choir/Chorus
Ken Pullig   Trumpet
Ben Soule   Choir/Chorus
Susan Thomas   Choir/Chorus
Marshall Barron   Fiddle
David Lynch   Choir/Chorus
Pegeen Valentine   Choir/Chorus
Charles Hammond   Choir/Chorus
Robert J. Lurtsema   Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Vera Clifford   Choir/Chorus
Robin Howard   Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Janet Fuchs   Sackbut
Keith Ohmart   Choir/Chorus
Gene Faxon   Choir/Chorus
Brian Holmes   Horn,Accordion
Lew Kimball   Choir/Chorus
John Hildebrand   Trombone
Kevin Henry   Trombone
Ann Baxter   Choir/Chorus
Melissa Smith   Choir/Chorus
Cynthia Shauer   Choir/Chorus
John Langstaff   Baritone,Director,Baritone (Vocal)
Jacqueline Schwab   Choir/Chorus
Ralph Vaughan Williams   Accordion
Gerret Warner   Choir/Chorus
Kendra Ferguson   Choir/Chorus
Jenifer Smith   Choir/Chorus
Jermone Epstein   Concertina
Hildur Colot   Dulcian
Fred Holmgren   Trumpet
Francis S. Duane   Choir/Chorus

Technical Credits

Raine Miller   Audio Production,Producer
The Revels   Performer
Jerry Epstein   Engineer
Marshall Barron   Arranger
Susan Cooper   Liner Notes
William "Willy Gunz" Morris   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Don Wade   Engineer
David Griesinger   Digital Editing
Jermone Epstein   Engineer