The title of this Christmas collection, Along the Road to Bethlehem, is meant to paint a vivid picture. It is a canvas upon which is placed a splendid mixture of rich traditional carols combined with a more contemporary sound experience. Road implies passage and procession. Iter and via imply not only physical movement, but spiritual movement and growth as well - a becoming experience, as it were. This particular path leads not only "to" but "from" Bethlehem. The road is travelled by poor and rich, weak and strong, humble and proud, young and old. It is along this road that discoveries are made, connections are fashioned, and truth is found.

JOHN RUTTER

1. Star Carol

PETER CORNELIUS arr. RUTH WATSON HENDERSON

2. The Kings

Trad., arr. DAVID WILLCOCKS

3. Sussex Carol

JOHN GOSS, arr. DAVID WILLCOCKS

4. See Amid the Winter's Snow

JOHN RUTTER

5. Jesus Child

arr. DEREK HOLMAN

6. Song of the Crib

arr. DEREK HOLMAN

7. Wexford Carol

arr. DEREK HOLMAN

8. The Garden of Jesus

arr. REGINALD JACQUES

9. Good King Wenceslas

BOB CHILCOTT

10-12. Three Winter Songs

JOHN RUTTER

13. Shepherd's Pipe Carol

ELIZABETH POSTON

14. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

RUTH WATSON HENDERSON

15-22. The Last Straw - A Christmas Fable