For this Organ concluding voluntary, Hugh Blair choose two carols that sound authentically old and one, A Virgin Unspotted, which dates from the 17th century. The short piece includes a delightful reworking of God RestYou Merry Gentlemen and a gently rocking Good King Wenceslas in 6/8.

Hugh Blair was an English Organist, conductor and composer of some perspicacity. Elgar’s cantata The Black Knight is dedicated toBlair, who conducted its first performance in ...