Episode #2.12 - Lully, Lulla

<p dir="ltr">Happy Holidays! Coventry Carol is a lullaby to a "little tiny child"...but surprisingly, that child is <em>not</em> Jesus. Learn more about this Christmas carol that was almost lost to time, including the history of modern Western Theatre and the origins of the picardy third, in this final episode of the second season of Folk Files.</p> <p dir="ltr">Host: Olivia Harding</p> <p dir="ltr">Support Folk Files: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/c/FolkFilesPodcast?redirect=true">https://www.patreon.com/c/FolkFilesPodcast</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Special thanks to Aaron J. Morton</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Musical excerpts:</p> <p dir="ltr">ARTIST: The Sixteen</p> <p dir="ltr">WORK: The Coventry Carol</p> <p dir="ltr">SOURCE: <a href= "https://youtu.be/_jIYyPOoEc8?si=mgPi4WH4G9LUnMT7">https://youtu.be/_jIYyPOoEc8?si=mgPi4WH4G9LUnMT7</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">ARTIST: Sting (from A Winter's Night Live from Durham Cathedral)</p> <p dir="ltr">WORK: Coventry Carol</p> <p dir="ltr">SOURCE: <a href= "https://youtu.be/hahwYqQd_gA?si=wJR4Qz-ZmUW9IaD2">https://youtu.be/hahwYqQd_gA?si=wJR4Qz-ZmUW9IaD2</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">ARTIST: Nora Fischer and Marnix Dorrestein</p> <p dir="ltr">WORK:  Oblivion Soave from Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea</p> <p dir="ltr">SOURCE: <a href= "https://youtu.be/JTHQqJDV4os?si=820upsG60MJJyC5M">https://youtu.be/JTHQqJDV4os?si=820upsG60MJJyC5M</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">ARTIST: Jeanette Blakeley</p> <p dir="ltr">WORK: "Lullaby" from Menotti's The Consul</p> <p dir="ltr">SOURCE: <a href= "https://youtu.be/nImWN8o1f-E?si=Coj_UsTcod6m1Bbr">https://youtu.be/nImWN8o1f-E?si=Coj_UsTcod6m1Bbr</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">ARTIST: Barry and Beth Hall</p> <p dir="ltr">WORK: Coventry Carol</p> <p dir="ltr">SOURCE: <a href= "https://youtu.be/JCFg4S3kSV4?si=CleozvHduvVsAAxB">https://youtu.be/JCFg4S3kSV4?si=CleozvHduvVsAAxB</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">ARTIST: Chicago</p> <p dir="ltr">WORK: Wishing You Were Here</p> <p dir="ltr">SOURCE: <a href= "https://youtu.be/Zv0OwvsP0ek?si=cVc25wbawFlT7pkw">https://youtu.be/Zv0OwvsP0ek?si=cVc25wbawFlT7pkw</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">ARTIST: The Zombies</p> <p dir="ltr">WORK: Time of the Season</p> <p dir="ltr">SOURCE: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ecsAI3FhY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ecsAI3FhY</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">ARTIST: Alison Moyet</p> <p dir="ltr">WORK: The Coventry Carol</p> <p dir="ltr">SOURCE: <a href= "https://youtu.be/kcrYqDqCN_Y?si=DoKE80e3peRMtvSo">https://youtu.be/kcrYqDqCN_Y?si=DoKE80e3peRMtvSo</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">ARTIST: The Choir of Magdalen College Oxford</p> <p dir="ltr">WORK: Song of the Nuns of Chester</p> <p dir="ltr">SOURCE: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0UtKzXb9Js">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0UtKzXb9Js</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">ARTIST: The Cambridge Singers</p> <p dir="ltr">WORK: Coventry Carol (composed by Kenneth Leighton)</p> <p dir="ltr">SOURCE: <a href= "https://youtu.be/uAA0lZ1YG90?si=VQYE2a0KSeFhZGks">https://youtu.be/uAA0lZ1YG90?si=VQYE2a0KSeFhZGks</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">ARTIST: Sufjan Stevens</p> <p dir="ltr">WORK: Coventry Carol</p> <p dir="ltr">SOURCE: <a href= "https://youtu.be/o6492UYw_hs?si=U0k6ZlmkfoIcULct">https://youtu.be/o6492UYw_hs?si=U0k6ZlmkfoIcULct</a><strong id="docs-internal-guid-47505b92-7fff-a2c0-e189-5870a88a40fa"></strong></p>