Title from container insert

All arrangements by Nikolaus Newerkla

Container insert with program notes in English

Quadriga Consort (Elisabeth Kaplan, voice ; Angelika Huemer, recorders, viola da gamba ; Karin Silldorff, recorders ; Dominika Teufel, viola da gamba ; Peter Trefflinger, baroque violoncello ; Laurenz Schiffermüller, percussion ; Nikolaus Newerkla, harpsichord, director)

Recorded May 3-6, 2012, Gertrudskirche, Gars am Kamp, Austria

Sung in English, Gaelic and Irish ; lyrics printed in container insert with English translations

A wassail, a wassail / English trad. (2:38) -- 'Twas in the moon of wintertime / Huron (Canadian) trad. (3:16) -- Moon shines bright / English trad. (3:13) -- Tune no 176 / Turlough O'Carolan, Ireland (1:26) -- Holly and the ivy / English (lyrics)/French (tune) trad. (4:05) -- A naoidhe naoimh = O holy child / Scottish trad. (2:48) -- To shorten winter's sadness / Thomas Weelkes, England (3:09) -- Don oíche úd i mBeithil = That night in Bethlehem / Irish trad. (3:55) -- Christmas eve :

reel ;

Christmas in Killarney :

jig ;

Christmas day in the morning :

jig ;

Day before Christmas : jig / Irish trad. (3:24) -- Pat-a-pan / English (lyrics)/French (tune) trad. (1:51) -- Tàladh ar Slànaighear = Our Saviour's lullaby / Scottish Gaelic trad. (2:38) -- On a cold winter's day / Irish trad. (2:20) -- A babe is born all of a maid / English trad. (4:43) -- This is the truth sent from above / Nikolaus Newerkla, based on an English trad. theme (3:42) -- Wexford carol / English (lyrics)/Irish (tune) trad. (6:10) -- Gower wassail / Welsh/English trad. (3:27) -- Drive the cold winter away / English trad.(2:41) ; Deck the hall / English trad. (2:22)