麻豆约拍

Jeremy Summerly finds a developing professionalism in carol singing and writing in the details of a manuscript held by Cambridge University.

He also reveals the background of the Coventry carol's mystery play setting.

The combination of energetic drama and more refined singing men makes this period a caroling golden age, but with clouds on the horizon...

The choral conductor and scholar continues his series tracing the history of the Christmas Carol in Britain.

It's a journey full of song describing the history of a people who needed expression for seasonal joy in the coldest, hardest time of the year.

Producer: Tom Alban

First broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 4 in December 2013.