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
