John Rutter’s Candlelight Carol is a glorious Christmas piece. Imagine the scene: a cold, crisp winter’s late afternoon at a fairytale country house with a Christmas tree adorned with decorations on one side of an open fireplace, a crackling fire warming the sumptuous room (Clearwell Castle and Coombe Lodge spring to mind as perfect winter venues), a string quartet on the other side of the fireplace playing a beautiful arrangement of the Candlelight Carol to a backdrop of candlelit window sills – and a newlywed couple greeting their guests with warmed mulled wine and mince pies – PERFECT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMKYbSCXh8c