The New London Children's Choir, conducted by Ronald Corp, presents an attractive program with well-known music for Benjamin Britten's choir on this CD. In the period around Christmas, the "Ceremony of carols" cannot be missed. Britons wrote the work during a sea voyage from New York to Liverpool. The combination of high voices and harp accompaniment is striking. Also included is "Friday afternoons
… op. 7". This work consists of twelve small parts and was written for the boys' choir of the Clive House Preparatory School. Every Friday afternoon, a choir class was held by Robert Britten, Benjamin's brother, who was a teacher there. The London children's choir is accompanied by Skaila Kanga, harp and Alexander Wells, piano.more