A male voice choir surprised Monday morning commuters with a rendition of Welsh hymn Calon Lân ... Welsh for "a pure heart", in 1891. The tune was composed by John Hughes almost a decade later ...

When Vaughan Williams was given the job as music editor of the English Hymnal, he liked the words of a song written by an American bishop, but not the tune, using Garman’s ... He said: “Deck the Halls ...

For the petrolheads, Brands Hatch motor racing circuit lies just a whisker under three miles outside the charming village of ...

Farningham, in the Sevenoaks district, boasts an ornamental bridge and a meadow, as well as three pubs and a curry restaurant ...

Discover the best Christmas songs for this festive year, featuring a mix of timeless classics and modern hits. From Mariah ...

Victoria Welsh Choir’s St David’s Day celebration concert ... but most concerts are in churches and town halls. Performing hymns, ballads, show tunes, arias and Celtic favourites that raise the roof ...

The former believed the hymn was best sung slowly, while the latter was a strictly secular musician. This jaunty tune dates back to 16th century Wales, where its melody and much of the lyrics were ...

3 Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes / Ralph Vaughan Williams (Studio conductor, conductor ; Alfred String Orchestra) -- Fiddle Like the Dickens! / Anonymous (Studio conductor, conductor ; Alfred String ...

There’s more to holiday music than A Philly Special Christmas Party, Jason Kelce, Jordan Mailata, and Lane Johnson’s stunningly successful benefit album giving a gift to every student and teacher in ...

You might recall the next bit of that poem by the Irish poet Thomas Moore: The harp that once through Tara’s halls, the soul ...

Chanticleer opened the evening with a candlelight procession singing four settings of a ninth-century Christian hymn of praise to the Virgin Mary ... Lance Wiliford’s arrangement of the Welsh lullaby ...