The Christmas Revels - From Parlour to Palace: Victorian Music from the - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Street Cries - the Revels Chorus/The Children's Waits/George Emlen 2. Gooding Carol/Wessel Cup Carol - the Revels Chorus/The Children's Waits/George Emlen 3. A Merry Christmas - the Revels Chorus/George Emlen 4. Hail to Britannia - the Childrens' Waits/George Emlen 5. Little Jack Horner - the Childrens' Waits/George Emlen 6. Shepherds, Arise - Jamie Jaffe/John Rockwell/Adrian Nussdorder/The Revels Chorus/George Emlen 7. The Kings - John Langstaff/The Revels Chorus/George Emlen 8. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Jamie Jaffe/The Revels Chorus/George Emlen 9. Silent Night - the Revels Chorus/George Emlen 10. In Dulci Jubilo - Holly Teichholtz/Ann Rooney/David Coffin/Donald Wilkinson/The Revels Chorus/George Emlen 11. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - the Revels Chorus/The Children's Waits/George Emlen 12. The Twelve Days of Christmas - David Jones/Donald Duncan/The Revels Chorus Men/George Emlen 13. Let's All Go Down the Strand - Maggi Peirce/David Jones/The Revels Chorus/George Emlen 14. Miss Hoolihan's Christmas Cake - David Jones/The Revels Chorus/George Emlen 15. Parlour Dances - the Parlour Orchestra 16. Down at the Old Bull and Bush - Maggi Peirce/The Revels Chorus/George Emlen 17. Polly Perkins of Paddington Green - David Jones/The Revels Chorus/George Emlen 18. Lancers Medley - the Parlour Orchestra 19. Don't Have Any More, Mrs. Moore - Maggi Peirce/The Revels Chorus/George Emlen 20. Malpas Wassail - the Revels Chorus/George Emlen 21. Auld Lang Syne - Gail Abbey/Pamela Dellal/John Langstaff/Paul Guttry/The Revels Chorus/George Emlen 22. Christmas Day Dawning - the Revels Chorus/The Children's Waits/George Emlen 23. Past Three O'Clock - David Coffin/The Revels Chorus/George Emlen

Raja Kirik is Indonesian duo Yennu Ariendra and J. Mo'ong Santoso Pribadi, two radical artists who draw on Java's rich cultural traditions and it's history of struggle against colonial oppression to create music that surprises, challenges and educates in equal measure. They root their music in the sound of shamanic trance dances, specifically the Jaranan, or Jathilan, a Hindu-Buddhist-era dance from the 11th Century that symbolizes the ways common people could overcome their rulers using evasion and agility. InchRampokanInch is Ariendra and Pribadi's second album and is inspired by centuries of cultural resistance in Java. When Dutch traders established a colonial presence on the island at the end of the 16th Century, the Javanese used traditional dances to express their opposition. Raja Kirik express this historical friction with a mind-bending fusion of traditional Indonesian percussion, digital noise and overdriven Dutch hardstyle. The album roots itself in the stage of Jaranan performance where the players become possessed, connecting to their subconscious mind and the body's collective memory and trauma. Ariendra and Pribadi reflect this by dousing evocative microtonal clanks from their arsenal of home-made instruments in expertly designed digital noise, and stringing the disparate elements together with the oppressive pneumatic pressure of high-BPM, warehouse-ready kick drums. Like the trance dances that inspired them, these tracks evolve and cycle from misery to ecstasy, spinning distinctive narratives with rhythm, texture and repetition. The album title is taken from InchRampokan MacanInch, a colonial-era arena battle between spearmen, criminals and wild animals. The ceremonial fights were provided to illustrate the strength of the Javanese Royal Kingdoms in the face of the Dutch East Indies government; Raja Kirik's sophomore album is a similarly lavish dis

Album Tracks 1. On Christmas Night, Carol for Chorus or Voice & Piano ('Sussex Carol'; Traditional English Carols No. 2) 2. English Te Deum 3. All Hail to the Days, Carol (English) 4. The Cryes of London, Consort Song in 2 Sections for 5 Voices & 5 Viols 5. Tomorrow the Fox Will Come to Town 6. English Dances (6) 7. Salutation Carol / Bring Us Good Ale, Carol Medley 8. In the Bleak Midwinter, for Chorus & Organ, H. 73 9. Lord of the Dance 10. Ther Is No Rose of Swych Vertu, Carol (English) 11. Holly and His Merry Men, Song 12. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 13. English Country Dances, Medley for Flute, Violin & Cello 14. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night (A Collection of 20 New Psalm Tunes, 1746) 15. Dona Nobis Pacem 16. There Shall a Star from Jacob Come Forth, Song for Chorus (After Mendelssohn) 17. Come and I Will Sing You, Song 18. Rejoice, Ye Tenants of the Earth, Carol (English) 19. The Sussex Mummers' Carol, Carol Setting for Chorus & Brass Ensemble