To mark the 100th birthday of Benjamin Britten, Boosey & Hawkes now publishes a version with French text for the first time, 71 years after this anthology of popular Christmas carols for children's choir was created during a sea voyage back from the United States to England.Originally conceived as a series of unconnected juxtaposed pieces, 'A Ceremony of Carols' was later made into a single work. It is framed by the pieces 'Processional' and 'Recessional' which are based on the Gregorian antipho...