Auld Lang Syne

For nearly a century, the passage from the old to the new year at midnight has been celebrated by singing Robert Burns' poem. In this graceful arrangement, we hear the standard English version of the text set to a traditional Scottish melody. Sopranos and altos predominate the four verses, sometimes in unison, and at times underpinned by a Scottish drone. In contrast, the chorus is richly sung by the full complement of voices