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Christmas at King’s College Cambridge | Alto ALC1190

Christmas at King’s College Cambridge

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Label: Alto

Cat No: ALC1190

Barcode: 5055354411908

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Christmas

Release Date: 12th November 2012

Contents

Artists

Simon Preston (organ)
Choir of King’s College Cambridge

Conductor

David Willcocks

Artists

Simon Preston (organ)
Choir of King’s College Cambridge

Conductor

David Willcocks

About

Contents:
1. O Come All Ye Faithful                                                  
2. In Dulci Jubilo (setting J L Pearsall)                          
3. Blessed be that Maid                                                    
4. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen                                
5. Lutebook Lullaby                                                            
6. Ding Dong Merrily on High                                            
7. Myn Lyking                                                                        
8. See Amid the Winter’s Snow (Goss)                         
9. Personent Hodie                                                             
10. In the Bleak Midwinter                                                  
11. Coventry Carol                                                                 
12. O Little Town of Bethlehem  (Walford Davies)        
13. Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night..)                       
14. Away in a Manger                                                          
15. Shepherds in the Field Abiding                                   
16. King Jesus Hath a Garden                                           
17. Torches                                                                             
18. Vaughan Williams Fantasia (Hervey Alan - bass-baritone / London Symphony Orchestra)
19. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing                                     

The number of boy choristers was fixed at 16 by King Henry in 1453 and it is 16 still. While originally there were six lay clerks, there are now 12 choral scholars, who are undergraduates of the college studying for degrees. (The Director) therefore loses about a third of his most experienced singers every year, as the boys' voices break and the men graduate.... There is, however, a compensatory factor in that much of the music for which the choir is famous is new to a third of its members each year, thus contributing to the remarkable vitality and spontaniety of the singing." - Gramophone

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