Kate Green takes a look at the musical legacy of Sir David Willcocks through his book Carols for Choirs.

The Choir of King's College Cambridge conduct a rehearsal in King's College Chapel.
The Carols for Choirs series ‘changed the whole sound of Christmas for everybody who sings,’ says the composer and choral conductor Sir John Rutter. And Sir John should know. He edited the second, third and fourth books with Sir David Willcocks, who had already attracted attention for creating soaring, singable descants that lifted the Festival […]