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Between 1935 and 1981 a nativity play made up of music, readings and drama was presented at the family home of conductor John Eliot Gardiner in Fontmell Magma, Dorset. Gardiner's enterprising parents were apparently able to persuade local schoolchildren, farmers and farmhands, local actors and amateur musicians to prepare performances of 16th-century polyphony, readings of Milton, and French and German carols for the annual concert reconstructed on this disc (the readings are confined to the booklet text). Most of the material comes from the 16th century.

Track Listings
1 Prologue: Gloria In Excelsis Deo
2 The Annunciation: Ave Maria, Gratia Plena
3 The Annunciation: Angelus Ad Virginem
4 The Annunciation: Alma Redemptoris Mater
5 The Annunciation: Gabriel's Message
6 The Appearance Of The Angels To The Shepherds: Hodie Christus Natus Est
7 The Appearance Of The Angels To The Shepherds: Jolly Shepherd
8 The Appearance Of The Angels To The Shepherds: Hodie Christus Est Natus
9 The Appearance Of The Angels To The Shepherds: Past Three A Clock
10 The Birth: Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen
11 The Birth: There Is No Rose Of Such Virtu
12 The Birth: Ave Maris Stella
13 The Birth: A Spotless Rose
14 The Birth: O Magnum Mysterium
15 The Birth: Ach Herr, Du Schopfer
16 The Angels Greet The New-Born Child: This Endris Night
17 The Angels Greet The New-Born Child: Entre Le Boeuf
18 Arrival Of The Shepherds At Bethlehem: Guillo, Pran Ton Tamborin
19 Arrival Of The Shepherds At Bethlehem: Psallite
20 Arrival Of The Shepherds At Bethlehem: Quem Vidistes Pastores?
21 The Rocking Of The Cradle: The Cradle
22 The Rocking Of The Cradle: Lullaby
23 The Rocking Of The Cradle: El Rorro
24 The Rocking Of The Cradle: Once As I Remember
25 The Rocking Of The Cradle: The Lamb
26 The Rocking Of The Cradle: Joseph Lieber, Joseph Mein
27 The Adoration Of The Magi: Entry Of The Three Kings
28 The Adoration Of The Magi: The Kings Of All Kings
29 Epilogue: Ring Out Ye Crystal Spheres
30 Epilogue: Gloria In Excelsis Deo