This Christmas, Professor Catherine Bradley, Associate Professor in Early Music, helped to rescue a carol that had lain silent for ‘hundreds of years’ in the archive of St. John’s College. Only the text survived, and the music was set to music by Master of the King’s Music, and Cambridge alumna, Errollyn Wallen CBE.
The story is explained by the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmxy9002gjo
And the resulting carol composition was broadcast at the Advent Service of St. John’s College Choir on 30 November 2025 (listen 45 minutes into the programme): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172zw8g86s5dv0
Congratulations to Catherine, and to Errollyn and the St. John’s College Choir, for bringing these words to life.