''An Evening of Carols and Capers'' is an album by

Maddy Prior Madelaine Edith Prior MBE (born 14 August 1947) is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span. She was born in Blackpool and moved to St Albans in her teens. Her father, Allan Prior, was co-creator of the police dr ...

with The Carnival Band. This double album is effectively an audio version of the DVD of the same name, though the tracks vary slightly. It is a collection of live recordings from concerts in Oxford and Salisbury. The dates are not given. The songs originated from the studio albums ''Carols and Capers'', ''Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh'' and ''A Tapestry of Carols''. To break up the proceedings there are some instrumentals. The "Tinker Polka" derives from a vintage 1930 recording of a Texas Czech band. The song "Balthazar" has an African rhythm, and "Melima" sounds Arabic. "M Charpentier's Christmas Stomp" (CD1) is the same as "M Charpentier's Christmas Swing" (CD2) except that the latter is jazzy. Running time CD1: 37m 57s. CD2: 41m 14s. The package is dated 2005 but it wasn't released until December 2006. The liner notes contain the words to all the songs.

Track listing

CD 1 #

Masters in this Hall "Masters in This Hall" (alternative title: "Nowell, Sing We Clear") is a Christmas carol with words written around 1860 by the English poet and artist William Morris to an old French dance tune. The carol is moderately popular around the world but ...

(Words:

William Morris William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, artist, novelist, architectural conservationist, printer, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He ...

; Music: French Traditional) # The Sans Day Carol (Cornish Traditional) #

God Rest You Merry Gentlemen "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" is an English traditional Christmas carol. It is in the Roxburghe Collection (iii. 452), and is listed as no. 394 in the Roud Folk Song Index. It is also known as "Tidings of Comfort and Joy", and by other varia ...

(Traditional) # This Endris Night (Anon 16th century) # M Charpentier's Christmas Stomp (instrumental) (1. French Trad 2. M Charpentier) # Let an Anthem of Praise (Words: Caleb Ashworth; Music: Traditional) # The Oxen (Prior/ Lewin/ Watts/ Mizraki/ Banks/ Davis/ Badley) # Balthazar (Prior/ Lewin/ Watts/ Mizraki/ Banks/ Davis/ Badley) # Round of the Animals (Prior/ Mizraki) # Melima (Prior/ Lewin/ Watts/ Mizraki/ Banks/ Davis/ Badley) CD 2 # It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Tune: Traditional, Words by EH Sears (18th century)) # On Christmas Night ( Sussex Carol) (Traditional) # Watts' Cradle Song (Words: Isaac Watts; tune: US early 19th century) # Vals Musette (instrumental) (Andre Verchuren Traditional) # Entre Le Boeuf (sung in French) (Traditional) # M Charpentier's Christmas Swing (instrumental) (1. French Traditional 2. M Charpentier) # Dratenik (Tinker Polka) (instrumental) (Bacova's Ceska Kapela) # The Carnal and the Crane (Child 55) (Traditional) #

Ding Dong Merrily on High "Ding Dong Merrily on High" is a Christmas carol. The tune first appeared as a secular dance tune known under the title "Branle de l'Official" in ''Orchésographie'', a dance book written by the French cleric, composer and writer Thoinot Arbeau, ...

(Tune: French Trad; words GR Woodward) #

Angels from the Realms of Glory "Angels from the Realms of Glory" is a Christmas carol written by Scottish poet James Montgomery.Bradley, Ian. ''The Penguin Book of Carols''. Penguin (1999), p27–29. . It was first printed in the ''Sheffield Iris'' on Christmas Eve 1816, t ...

(Words: Montgomery; Music: French Traditional) # Hark, Hark (sung a cappella) (Words: J Stephenson; Tune: Traditional) # While Shepherds Watched (Words: Nahum Tate/ Nicholas Brady; Tune: Traditional)

Personnel

*Maddy Prior - vocals *Andrew Watts - Shawmes, curtal, clarinet, recorders, Brueghel bagpipes, vocals *Giles Lewin - Shawm, fiddle, recorders, medieval bagpipes, tin whistle, mandolin, vocals *Andrew "Jub" Davis - Bass *Steve Banks - Drums, percussion, bells, fiddle, vocals *William "Steno" Badley - baroque guitar, lute, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo mandolin, vocals *Rafaello Mizraki - Acoustic and electric guitars, lute, mandolin, vocals

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Evening Of Carols And Capers, An 2006 Christmas albums 2006 live albums Maddy Prior albums Christmas albums by English artists Folk Christmas albums