► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs<br /><br />Baritone Roderick Williams has written a new carol, ‘Christmas Bells’, specially commissioned by the FT, using a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow during the American civil war. Laura Battle introduces its world premiere, performed by the Godwine Choir. Roderick waived his fee for the carol. He asks that you make a donation to the FT’s Seasonal Appeal for the International Rescue Committee: http://www.ft.com/seasonal-appeal.<br /><br />Conducted by Alex Davan Wetton. Piano by Steven Neugarten. Sound recording by Robert Cooper. Camera by Steve Ager and Petros Gioumpasis. Produced by Laura Battle. Directed and edited by Josh de la Mare. With thanks to Temple Church and St George the Martyr.<br /><br />For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video<br /><br />Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube; http://goo.gl/vUQx5k<br />Twitter https://twitter.com/ftvideo<br />Facebook https://www.facebook.com/financialtimes
