A Child's Christmas In Wales narrated by Dylan Thomas - 1952 accompanied by:
01. Deck the Halls: Swing Jazz Ensemble 00:00 02. Psyonics Night: Casey Nefcy 01:30 03. The Chriistmas Song: Yuji Ohno Trio 02:40 04. Hodie Christus natus est: Pro Cantione Antiqua 04:19 05. We Three Kings Of Orient Are: John Fahey 05:00 06. Carol Of The Bells: Barenaked Ladies 06:45 07. No Holly for Miss Quinn: Enya 09:03 08. Silent Night: Highway Jazzmen 11:42 09. Silent Night (46bliss Remix): Mahalia Jackson 12:41 10. White Christmas: John Fahey 14:40 11. Christo Redentor (Duke Pearson): Sven van Hees 19:42 12. The Anointing (Instrumental): Emily Van Evera & Sister Germaine Fritz, OSB 21:09 13. Angeles: Enya 23:19
A Child's Christmas In Wales narrated by Dylan Thomas - 1952 accompanied by:
01. Deck the Halls: Swing Jazz Ensemble 00:00 02. Psyonics Night: Casey Nefcy 01:30 03. The Chriistmas Song: Yuji Ohno Trio 02:40 04. Hodie Christus natus est: Pro Cantione Antiqua 04:19 05. We Three Kings Of Orient Are: John Fahey 05:00 06. Carol Of The Bells: Barenaked Ladies 06:45 07. No Holly for Miss Quinn: Enya 09:03 08. Silent Night: Highway Jazzmen 11:42 09. Silent Night (46bliss Remix): Mahalia Jackson 12:41 10. White Christmas: John Fahey 14:40 11. Christo Redentor (Duke Pearson): Sven van Hees 19:42 12. The Anointing (Instrumental): Emily Van Evera & Sister Germaine Fritz, OSB 21:09 13. Angeles: Enya 23:19
If you are familiar with the work of poet Dylan Thomas, you may recall that in 1952 just before he died, he was in America to record some of his work for the Caedmon label; they weren’t intending to record his prose poem, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, but had the time & went ahead with it. And then he was gone.
In 2007, as one in a series of Christmas shows I’d been doing each year, I had the idea to set this piece to music; for its 10th anniversary, I’ve buffed it to a nice new shine, and present it here for the first time.
Through his words, you learn what Christmas was like for children in Wales around the turn of the 20th century, a family-oriented simplicity that may amaze you. I believe the poet’s words are enhanced just a bit through the evocative musical accompaniment, and hope that you’ll agree.