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The Coventry Carol is the darkest Christmas Song. Here it is in performance live in Sint Jan de Doper in Oosterhout, Netherlands as part of our national Dutch tour (dates at www.anuna.ie/live) this December. Featuring the beautiful solo voices of Sara Di Bella Lorna Breen - Soprano and Manon Cousin. Arranged by Michael McGlynn Supported by Culture Ireland | ANÚNA

The Coventry Carol has its ancestry in Medieval England, commemorating the darkest of all Christmas stories. Today is the Feast of The Holy Innocents, and this beautiful performance of an arrangement by our Director Michael McGlynn attempts to capture a universal sorrow. Soloists Rachel Thompson and Lucy Champion. | ANÚNA

Coventry Carol is a traditional Christmas Hymn, but are you familiar with the lyrics? . The Feast of the Holy Innocents, or Childermas in Old English, on Dec. 28, commemorates the death of the male children in Bethlehem who were 2 years of age or under. King Herod the Great had ordered this, in order to ensure that the infant Messiah sought by the Magi would be unable to displace him on his throne. This is why Saint Joseph was told in a dream to take the Child and the Blessed Virgin and flee to