Episode #2.12 - Lully, Lulla

Happy Holidays! Coventry Carol is a lullaby to a "little tiny child"...but surprisingly, that child is not Jesus. Learn more about this Christmas carol that was almost lost to time, including the history of modern Western Theatre and the origins of the picardy third, in this final episode of the second season of Folk Files.

Host: Olivia Harding

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Special thanks to Aaron J. Morton

 

Musical excerpts:

ARTIST: The Sixteen

WORK: The Coventry Carol

SOURCE: https://youtu.be/_jIYyPOoEc8?si=mgPi4WH4G9LUnMT7

 

ARTIST: Sting (from A Winter's Night Live from Durham Cathedral)

WORK: Coventry Carol

SOURCE: https://youtu.be/hahwYqQd_gA?si=wJR4Qz-ZmUW9IaD2

 

ARTIST: Nora Fischer and Marnix Dorrestein

WORK:  Oblivion Soave from Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea

SOURCE: https://youtu.be/JTHQqJDV4os?si=820upsG60MJJyC5M

 

ARTIST: Jeanette Blakeley

WORK: "Lullaby" from Menotti's The Consul

SOURCE: https://youtu.be/nImWN8o1f-E?si=Coj_UsTcod6m1Bbr

 

ARTIST: Barry and Beth Hall

WORK: Coventry Carol

SOURCE: https://youtu.be/JCFg4S3kSV4?si=CleozvHduvVsAAxB

 

ARTIST: Chicago

WORK: Wishing You Were Here

SOURCE: https://youtu.be/Zv0OwvsP0ek?si=cVc25wbawFlT7pkw

 

ARTIST: The Zombies

WORK: Time of the Season

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ecsAI3FhY

 

ARTIST: Alison Moyet

WORK: The Coventry Carol

SOURCE: https://youtu.be/kcrYqDqCN_Y?si=DoKE80e3peRMtvSo

 

ARTIST: The Choir of Magdalen College Oxford

WORK: Song of the Nuns of Chester

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0UtKzXb9Js

 

ARTIST: The Cambridge Singers

WORK: Coventry Carol (composed by Kenneth Leighton)

SOURCE: https://youtu.be/uAA0lZ1YG90?si=VQYE2a0KSeFhZGks

 

ARTIST: Sufjan Stevens

WORK: Coventry Carol

SOURCE: https://youtu.be/o6492UYw_hs?si=U0k6ZlmkfoIcULct