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A Cause for Caroling Episodes

  1. Mon 9 Dec 2024 09:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

    1. A Carol's a Carol, to Begin With

    Jeremy Summerly discovers what he believes to be the first carol written in English.

  2. Tue 10 Dec 2024 09:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

    2. Spreading the Medieval Word Made Flesh

    How the Franciscans used the carol to make the birth of Jesus a focus.

  3. Wed 11 Dec 2024 09:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

    3. From Coventry to Agincourt

    Jeremy Summerly uncovers a developing professionalism in carol singing and writing.

  4. Thu 12 Dec 2024 09:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

    4. Carol Crisis? What Crisis?

    Jeremy describes the impact of the Reformation and Puritan attitudes to music.

  5. Fri 13 Dec 2024 09:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

    5. The Ghosts of the West Gallery

    Jeremy Summerly visits Dorchester where Thomas Hardy captured the caroling tradition.