For fifty years (1951-2000) John Ritchie composed a carol (or a snippet) for the Christmas cards he sent to friends all over the world. In recent times the Jubilate Singers, conducted by John Pattinson, performed many of them at concerts and included fourteen on a CD of Ritchie's choral music titled 'Winter and Rough Weather'.
This publication of unaccompanied carols offers nine of them dating back to 1954. They cover a wide variety of moods in John Ritchie's unmistakeable style with its clear textures, surprising key changes and delightful word-settings.
Good choirs will find them easy while average choirs (large or small) will be rewarded by thorough rehearsal. Many of the settings offer new slants on the seasonal message.
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