From The New Performance

From the new Performance Today CD, "Christmas Around the Country," His Majestie's Clerkes (CLARKS) perform Zoltan Kodaly's arrangement of the ancient carol "Veni, veni Emmanuel" and the King's Singers perform "Rise Up Shepherd." "Christmas Around the Country," the first classical music CD produced by NPR expressly for NPR listeners, contains 16 performances recorded in concert across America, performances originally broadcast on PT. For information on ordering copies of "Christmas Around the Country," listeners are invited to call 202-414-3242. (NPR Classics PTCD0001)