The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers, performs Poulenc's '4 Petites prières de Saint François d'Assise'; 'Nowell, nowell: Out of your sleep ' (Anon); 'Sweet was the song ' (c 1600); 'Sing we to this merry company' (Anon); Poulenc's 'Salve regina'; 'Nowell, nowell: In Bethlem ' (Anon); 'Angelus ad virginem ' (14thC); Make we joy (c 1450); Poulenc's '4 Motets pour le temps de Noel '; Britten's 'Hymn to the Virgin'; 'A Shepherd's carol'; ' The Holly and the Ivy' (arr Britten );'Salutation Carol' (15thC); and Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols'.