King's College Choir, Cambridge

Internationally recognized as the pre-eminent representative of the great British church music tradition, the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, owes its existence to King Henry VI who, in founding the College in 1441, envisaged the daily singing of services in his magnificent chapel, one of the jewels of Britain’s cultural and architectural heritage. This remains the choir’s raison d’être, and is an important part of the lives of its sixteen choristers, who are educated on generous scholarships at the College School, and the fourteen choral scholars and two organ scholars, who study a variety of subjects in the College itself.

Today’s Choir derives its worldwide fame and reputation from the annual broadcast of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, which is heard on radio by millions all over the world and which last year celebrated the 75th anniversary of its first broadcast, together with the now well-established television program, Carols from King’s. It is also famous for its many recordings for EMI and Decca and its international touring program. In recent seasons the Choir has travelled to the USA and Canada, South Africa, Australia and has also made a world tour including concerts in Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei, Tokyo and the USA. Concerts have also recently been given in Bach’s Church in Leipzig, Copenhagen’s European City of Culture celebrations, the Brussels Conservatoire, the Bruges Early Music Festival, Paris’s Musée d’Orsay, in Germany, Greece, and further afield in Barbados and Bermuda. They have just returned from a tour of the Far East and will travel to the US for a tour at the end of this year.

The Choir also performs in London, appearing regularly in all the major halls. Last season they performed the St. Matthew Passion with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Kurt Masur at the Royal Festival Hall. They also appeared at the Spitalfields Festival and performed their regular Christmas program at The Royal Albert Hall with the Philharmonia. They continued their own series of concerts at St. John’s, Smith Square and performances outside London included concerts at the Brighton Dome, Birmingham Symphony Hall, and a return to the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, following their previous success there with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Choir has worked with many distinguished soloists and has enjoyed a long association with orchestras such as the Philharmonia and the English Chamber Orchestra, both in the concert hall and in recordings. A partnership with the period instrument orchestra, The Brandenburg Consort, resulted in CDs of Messiah, and CDs and DVDs of Bach’s St. Matthew and St. John Passions. The Choir currently records exclusively for EMI and their discography includes Vivaldi’s Gloria, Dixit Dominus and Magnificat, Handel’s Coronation Anthems, Bach’s Magnificat with the Academy of Ancient Music, Rachmaninov’s Vespers (which won the first ever Classical Brit Award), a collection of popular hymns with brass ensemble, and a live recording of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. A DVD, Anthems from King’s has been released and follows last season’s DVD of Carols from King’s, which also contains historic footage of the choir with Boris Ord. The Choir’s latest discs are a recording of Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater and another recording of Rachmaninov, this time the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, which was released in March of this year. This autumn sees the release of the first recording to be made with just the choristers.

Contemporary music is also an important part of the Choir’s repertoire, and the College has a program of commissioning works from some of the foremost composers working today; Harrison Birtwistle was commissioned for last year’s carol service. Others recently commissioned have included Thomas Adès, Richard Rodney Bennett, Judith Bingham, Diana Burrell, John Casken, Peter Maxwell Davies, Stephen Dodgson, Jonathan Dove, Alexander Goehr, Jonathan Harvey, James MacMillan, Nicholas Maw, Arvo Pärt, Stephen Paulus, John Rutter, Peter Sculthorpe, John Tavener, Jan Peter Wagemanns, Judith Weir and John Woolrich.

Discography

Great Choral Classics

Miserere (Gregorio Allegrei) Stabat Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) Spem in alium - Sancte Deus (Sancte Deus) Ave verum corpus (William Byrd) Gloria in D major, RV 589 (Antonio Vivaldi) This is the record of John (Orlando Gibbons) Jesu, priceless treasure (Johann Sebastian Bach) Coronation Anthems (George Frideric Handel) Zadok the Priest My heart is inditing Let thy hand be strengthened The King shall rejoice

Directed by Sir David Willcocks, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge was founded in 1441 by Henry VI, who wanted the daily services in his chapel to be provided with music, and stipulated that the college should be responsible for the education of the choristers. This is a 2-CD set featuring a selection of the Choir's most renowned recordings. CD 1 includes Gregorio Allegri's "Miserere," Palestrina's "Stabet Mater," Tallis' "Spem in allium," Wm. Byrd's "Ave Verum Corpus" and the 12 movements of Vivaldi's "Gloria in D Major, RV 589." CD 2 has Orlando Gibbons' "This is the record of John," the 11 movements of Bach's "Jesu, priceless treasure," and 12 Coronation Anthems by Handel, "Zadok the Priest," "My heart is inditing," "Let thy hand be strengthened" and "The King shall rejoice." This collection is a triumph, as soaring and angelically beautiful as you can imagine, performed by a choir whose excellence has remained focused and constant through the changing centuries. Some accompaniment.

Choral Favorites From King's

Miserere - Allegri Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart If Ye Love Me - Tallis Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Vivaldi The Lamb - Tavener Requiem Aeternam - Rutter Rejoice In The Lord Alway - Purcell Hallelujah Chorus - Handel Jesu, The Joy's Of Man's Desiring - Bach The Heavens Are Telling - Haydn Gott Ist Mein Hirt - Schubert Agnus Dei - Faure To Be Sung Of A Sumer Night On The Water - Delius The Birth Of Nicholas - Britten There Is No Rose - Britten Faire Is The Heaven - Harris Hail, Gladdening Light - Wood Holy Holy Holy - Dykes Land Of Hope And Glory - Elgar

A collection of some of this world-class choir's "greatest hits" under the baton of three of the most highly regarded directors in the English choral tradition all at a very special price!

Best Loved Hymns

All my hope on God is founded (Michael: A Fanfare Setting) Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven Morning has broken (Bunessan) Come down, O Love divine (Down Ampney) A mighty fortress is our God O what their joy and their glory must be (William Harris) When I survey the wondrous cross (Rockingham) Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton) Be thou my vision (Slane) The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended (St Clement) Let all mortal flesh keep silent Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the king of creation My song is love unknown The Lord's my shepherd (Brother James' Air) Thine be the glory (Maccabaeus) Drop, drop, slow tears (Song 46) Glorious things of thee are spoken (Abbot's Leigh) All people that on earth do dwell (The Old Hundreth)

If you enjoy this kind of music - that is, hymns rooted in the Anglican church tradition - you will find much pleasure here, whether it be meditative or openly exuberant. The Choir of King's College has been singing congregational music for centuries, and the tradition, impeccably articulated and warmly expressed by the choir, remains truly and firmly preserved to this day. John Rutter had more than a casual hand in this program. He offers new arrangements/harmonizations for verses of some hymns and the choir sings his oft-performed setting of “Morning has broken”. And for those who think all hymns recordings are basically the same, virtually all of the best-known tunes among these 18 selections are given fresh settings, several with descants and a few with brass accompaniments. Among the not-so-common hymns are some of the most beautiful-“Dear Lord” and “Father of mankind” (Repton), “My song is love unknown” and a hymn-anthem by William Harris, “O what their joy and their glory must be”. One of the highlights of the program is a relatively new work, a hymn-anthem by British conductor/composer Stephen Jackson based on the familiar text and tune “Let all mortal flesh keep silence”. Jackson ingeniously uses choir and organ and music full of rich colors, lush dissonances, and bold strokes and clashes of melody to capture the magic and mystery of the ancient text.

Evensong and Vespers

Miserere - Allegri Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart If Ye Love Me - Tallis Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Vivaldi The Lamb - Tavener Requiem Aeternam - Rutter Rejoice In The Lord Alway - Purcell Hallelujah Chorus - Handel Jesu, The Joy's Of Man's Desiring - Bach The Heavens Are Telling - Haydn Gott Ist Mein Hirt - Schubert Agnus Dei - Faure To Be Sung Of A Sumer Night On The Water - Delius The Birth Of Nicholas - Britten There Is No Rose - Britten Faire Is The Heaven - Harris Hail, Gladdening Light - Wood Holy Holy Holy - Dykes Land Of Hope And Glory - Elgar

A collection of some of this world-class choir's "greatest hits" under the baton of three of the most highly regarded directors in the English choral tradition all at a very special price!

Psalms of David

I Was Glad Like As The Hart-Give Sentence With Me Praise The Lord O My Soul Here My Crying O God The Earth Is The Lord's I will Lift Up Mine Eyes The Lord Is My Shepard God Is Our Hope And Faith O How Amiable Are Thy Dwellings Lord Who Shall Dwell By Waters Of Babylon O Praise The Lord O Praise The Lord Of Heaven O Sing Unto The Lord O Praise God In His Holiness When The Lord Turned Again Thou O God Art Praised In Sion O Be Joyful In God All Ye LAnds God Be Merciful Unto Us And Bless Us When Israel Came Out Of Egypt Not Unto Us O Lord Help Me Lord Behold How Good And Joyful Behold Now, Praise The Lord Sing We Merrily Unto God My God My God Look Upon Me Hear My Law O My People The Lord Is King O Lord Is King O Lord Is God To Whom Vengeance Belongeth O Hear Ye This, All Ye People O Give Thanks Unto The Lord My Heart Is Inditing Fret Not Thyself The Foolish Hath Said Out Of The Deep Lord I Am Not High Minded

The well-known psalms selected for these recording constitute a cross-section of the Psalter. Some are in praise of Jerusalem, both for its beauty and as the dwelling-place of Jehovah; some are the passionate cry of an exile; some are quiet songs of trust; some are triumphant hymns of praise. This package is a 2 CD digitally remastered release of the early Vol 1 and Vol 2 albums.

John Rutter - Requiem

Requiem Veni Sancte Spiritus What Sweeter Music Hymn To The Creator Of Light Cantate Domino Cantus Te Deum

Perhaps Britian's very best choir performs the works of perhaps Britian's very best living choral composer. Certainly a wonderful match this pairing makes for a great recording and worthy of every choral collection. Perhaps Britian's very best choir performs the works of perhaps Britian's very best living choral composer. Certainly a wonderful match this pairing makes for a great recording and worthy of every fan's collection. This CD contains a stellar cross-section of Rutter's work. He combines the melodic simplicity of Bach with a distinctly modern sensibility. The combined effect of the music's sheer beauty, the exquisite skill of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, and the magisterial hush of the King's College Chapel make for an ethereal and thoroughly transformative musical experience.

Benjamin Britten

Hymn to St. Cecilia Op. 27 eremony Of Carols Op. 28 Missa brevis in D Op. 63 Festival Te Deum Op.32 Rejoice In The Lamb Te Deum in C (1934) Jubilate Deo

Captivating from start to finish: EMI has programmed & remastered this bounty of Britten choral work superbly. The Choir of King's College, Cambridge performs with stunning sensitivity, ethereal, heartbreaking & transcendent.

Rachmaninov Vespers

Vosstanite...Slava svyatei Priidite, poklonimsya Blagoslovi, dushe moya', Gospoda Blazhen muzh Svete tikhii Nyne otpushchaeshi Bogoroditse Devo Shestopsalmie Khvalite imya Gospodne Blagosloven esi, Gospodi Voskresenie Khristovo videvshe Velichit dusha moya Gospoda Slavoslovie velikoe Tropar': Dnes' spasenie Tropa': Voskres iz groba Vzbrannoi voevode

There are of course many fine versions of Rachmaninov's Vespers with mixed-voice choirs, both within the Russian tradition (for which the work was written) and outside it. This is the first to feature a choir of boys' and men's voices only. The result, whose point of departure was a particularly fine crop of low basses at King's that year, blends one of the finest choirs in the English choral tradition with some of the finest music from the Russian tradition. Furthermore, the beautiful acoustics of King's College Chapel are ideal for this repertoire, since they are not unlike those of a Russian Orthodox cathedral. This disc also breaks new ground in that the recording was originally made in surround sound. Though release in that format awaits further developments in domestic audio technology, the listener should already derive some benefit in the enhanced stereo sound of the present CD.

Voices of Praise

All My Hope On God Is Founded Morning Has Broken Psalm 122 Totus Tuus The truth sent from above The Lamb Hail, Gladdening Light Psalm 84 "Quam Dilecta!" Come Down, O Love Divine If Ye Love Me Crucifixus a 8 Voix My song is love unknown Psalm 22: My God, my God, look upon me Jesus Christ Is Risen Today Thine be the glory (tune Maccabeaus, after Handel), No. 120 Psalm 148 O praise the Lord of Heaven Set me as a seal upon thine heart The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns O clap your hands God Is Our Hope & Strength The lord ascendeth up on high (Nun freut euch) Dear Lord and Father of mankind Gloucester Service Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Ein feste Burg) Psalm 150 O praise the God in his holiness All People That on Earth Do Dwell The Lord Is My Shepherd Praise to the Lord, the Almighty And I Saw a New Heaven Funeral Ikos Faire Is the Heaven

Voices of Praise is a spiritually uplifting collection drawing from the rich catalog of King's College Choir. Programmed to the church calendar it is an album for all seasons. Known world over for their recordings of church music the Choir of King's College, Cambridge has a rich catalog of recordings on EMI Classics dating back more than 30 years. This new collection Voices of Praise offers the most popular church music from that catalog. Among the great church works included on this recording are the hymns " A Mighty Fortress Is Our God", " Morning Has Broken" and " All People That On Earth Do Dwell" (The Old Hundredth). This is a double CD release.

Listen to "If Ye Love Me" in Real Audio.

Gregorian Chant

Mass For The Octave Of The Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary First Vespers For The Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary

The listener trying to get a basic grip on what medieval plainchant was all about could not ask for a better introduction than this release. The Choir of King's College, Cambridge gets back to its roots, so to speak, performing chants that could have been heard at the college's chapel half a millennium ago. With the chapel's magnificent acoustics as a backdrop, the album takes listeners through the series of decisions choristers would have made concerning what to sing. Those decisions began with the liturgical year, which called for specific chants corresponding to specific days in the cycle. "In this recording," writes John Milsom in his admirably clear and informative liner notes, "the annual cycle has been stopped at two points," both of them days connected with the birth of the Virgin Mary. A mass from one day and a Vespers service from the other are included. Some of the chants contain tropes that place them in their specific time and place. Both are presented more or less complete, with the connective tissue of text-bearing chants retained along with the big ornate pieces; Milsom compares focusing exclusively on the latter to cutting the illuminated initial letters out of a medieval manuscript. For most listeners, he points out, the experience of hearing chant is akin to that of strolling into a museum and looking at an illuminated manuscript; one experiences a richly colored, ornate thing that carries mystery associated with extreme age and remoteness in each case. But we get to the real mystery by trying to penetrate it a bit, and this recording is an ideal aid. Those who experience chant in a more mystical way will likewise benefit from this album; director Stephen Cleobury's tempos are deliberate, and he pulls back from time to time to let the sound of the choristers reverberate around the chapel.

Orlando Gibbons - Tudor Church Music

Almighty and Everlasting God Magnificat Voluntary Nunc Dimittis Magnificat Now Shall the Praises of the Lord be Sung Nunc Dimittis This Is The Record of John O Lord of Hosts O Thou, The Central Orb A Song of Joy Unto the Lord We Sing See, see, The Word is Incarnate Come Kiss Me With Those Lips of Thine Lift Up Your Heads Fantasia Hosanna To The Son of David

Orlando Gibbons began his association with Kings College, Cambridge as a chorister under the direction of his eldest brother from 1596 to 1598. His talent was such that by the age of 21 he was sharing the duties as an organist. In 1623 he accepted the additional appointment as organist at Westminster Abbey; but he died suddenly just 2 years later. He was not a prolific composer, but his works include many masterpieces some of which are on this disc. One of his most outstanding verse anthems is: "This is the record of John". It is recorded on this disc by the Kings College Choir featuring Michael Chance as the countertenor soloist; and few have ever performed this as well as Chance. His tone quality, his diction, his emotional investment in the music goes way beyond other renditions. Another bright spot in this group of pieces is the verse anthem: "See, see, the word is incarnate" featuring the choir with a group of outstanding soloists: Paul Smy (boy soprano); Chance, Jones (altos); Daniels, Rivers (tenors);Finley (bass).Some of the other selections are: anthems: "A Mighty and Everlasting God"; "Lift up your heads". The London Early Music group does much of the accompanying. The Choir with its boy sopranos and male altos are dictionally perfect and so enjoyable to hear.

Music For Holy Week

Lamentations Of Jeremiah - Tallis O Nata Lux - Tallis Salvator Mundi - Tallis If Ye Love Me - Tallis Crucifixus - Lotti There Is A Green Hill Far Away - Horsley O Vos Omnes - De Victoria Nolo Mortem Peccatoris - Morley Tristis Est Anima Mea - Lassus Crux Fidelis - John IV Videte Omnes Populi - De Victoria Drop Drop Slow Tears - Gibbons When I Survey The Wondrous Cross - Webbe Dum Transisset Sabbatum - Tavener Jesus Christ Is Risen Today - Easter Hymn The Joyful Eastertide - Dutch Carol Haec Dies - Sheppard Let All The World In Every Corner Sing - Leighton

Superb ensemble singing from simply one of the finest choirs in the world. Philip Ledger's tenure at King's was relatively short but he produced a sublime sound from the choir. Then are many jewels on this disc from Lotti's 'Crucifixus' to the simply beautiful interpretation of Orlando Gibbon's 'Drop, drop slow tears'. Perfection in delivery and hauntingly beautiful tone quality mark this performance of some glorious holy week music. "The Lamentations of Jeremiah" are usually transmitted as a single piece in most contemporary manuscripts, but they are really two separate compositions in different modes. Tallis and his contemporary John Sheppard were the only 2 English composers of the time to compose hymn settings of any quality. It has been suggested that they had it in mind to compose a cycle of settings for Mary Tudor's chapel. "O Nata lux" may belong to this Marian set. It is almost entirely homophonic, and relies rhetorically upon a flexible declamatory style. " Salvator Mundi" is one of Tallis's best-known motets. The masterly treatment of imitative writing is combined with a fine sense of structure and balance, achieved through repetition, to give a sense of large-scale design, a feature characteristic of Tallis's best large-scale compositions. And the most beautiful anthem on the disc: Tallis's "If Ye Love Me". So much wonderful music, exquisitely sung; a delcious Easter treat!

A Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols

Once In Royal David's City Bidding Prayer Up! Good Christen Folk And Listen The Truth From Above First Lesson Adam LAy Ybounden Second Lesson Sussex Carol In The Bleak Mid-Winter Third Lesson In Dulci Jubilo God Rest You Merry Gentlemen Fourth Lesson A Tender Shoot The Lamb Fifth Lesson Joy's Seven Gabriel's Lesson Sixth Lesson Dormi Jesu Riu Riu Chiu Seventh Lesson The Fayrfax Carol While Shepards Watched Eighth Lesson I Saw Three Ships Illuminare Jerusalem Ninth Lesson O Come All Ye Faithful Prayer And Blessing Hark The Herald Angels Sing In Dulci Jubilo BWV729

The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols was first held on Christmas Eve 1918. It was planned by Eric Milner-White, who at the age of thirty-four had just been appointed Dean of King’s after experience as an army chaplain which had convinced him that the Church of England needed more imaginative worship. (He devised our Advent Carol Service in 1934, and was a liturgical pioneer and authority during his twenty two years as Dean of York.) The choir included sixteen trebles as laid down in King Henry VI’s statutes, but until 1927 the men’s voices were provided partly by Choral Scholars and partly by older Lay Clerks, and not, as now, by fourteen undergraduates. Almost immediately other churches adapted the service for their own use. A wider frame began to grow when the service was first broadcast in 1928 and, with the exception of 1930, it has been broadcast annually, even during the Second World War. Sometime in the early 1930s the BBC began broadcasting the service on overseas programmes. It is estimated that there are millions of listeners worldwide, including those to Radio Four in the United Kingdom. In recent years it has become the practice to broadcast a digital recording on Christmas Day on Radio Three, and since 1963 a shorter service has been filmed periodically for television.

Listen to "Gabriel's Message" in Real Audio.

On Christmas Day - New Carols From King's

The Shepherd's Carol On Christmas Day to My Heart God Would Be Born in Thee Bogoróditse dyévo (Hail Mary) Angels In Wintertime Christmas Carol The Three Kings What Sweeter Music A Gathering Illuminare, Jerusalem One Star at Last Carol for St. Steven The Birthday of Thy King Winter Solstice Carol Seinte Mari moder milde The Gleam Christo Paremus Cantica Spring in Winter The Fayrfax Carol Swetè Jesu Pilgrim Jesus

The Choir of King’s College has recorded this new disc of contemporary Christmas carols commissioned especially for them. The new carols sung by the Choir each Christmas Eve are always eagerly awaited by audiences. Stephen Cleobury has developed a long-standing commitment to bringing contemporary compositions to the Choir’s repertoire alongside the very traditional and he and the Choir are well known for their great support of new music and feature here a programme of pieces by a wide variety of modern composers. Among them, "The Gleam", a new piece by Gramophone Award-winning artist Harrison Birtwistle, "In Wintertime" by Lennox Berkely and "Bogoróditse Dyévo" (Mother of God and Virgin), which was a special gift to the Choir and Stephen Cleobury from Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The disc also includes the Winter Solstice Carol, written by Giles and the carol "What Sweeter Music" by composer John Rutter.

Listen to "The Birthday of Thy King" in Real Audio.

Best Loved Christmas Carols

The festival of Nine Lessons and Carols held in the chapel of King's College, Cambrige on Christmas eve has long since been a British Institution and an internationally famed event. The first broadcast of this beautiful service was in 1928, and has been broadcasted ever year since, including during wartime, with the exception of 1930. This excellent sounding 2 Disc set is a compilation of some of the best Christmas carols the choir has performed over the years. Each carol is performed to perfection but there are still some exceptionally memorable moments. As always, the opening boy soprano solo in "Once in royal David's City" will give you chills, the arrangement of "In The Bleak Midwinter" will melt your heart, and the gorgeous harmonies of "Gabriel's Message" will remind you of the true meaning of Christmas. Over 50 different carols!.

Essential Carols

O Come All Ye Faithful

Once in Royal David's City Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen On Christmas Night Ding Dong! Merrily on High O Little Town of Bethlehem Silent night In the Bleak Mid-winter The First Nowell Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Away in a Manger The Seven Joys of Mary The Infant King God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen The Holly and the Ivy I Saw Three Ships O Come, All Ye Faithful

On the front cover of "O Come" is a magical winter scene, showing the cathedral at King's College, Cambridge, England. On the back cover is an interior shot of the cathedral, showing the 33-strong,all-male Choir surrounded by towering stained glass windows and candles. These pictures set the tone for this classic Christmas CD, recorded here, and of course accompanied by the wonderful, ringing chords of the ancient organ. 16 songs, "Once In Royal David's City," "Up! Good Christen Folk, and Listen," "Ding Dong! Merrily on High," "The First Nowell," "Away In A Manger," "The Seven Joys of Mary," "The Infant King," "The Holly and the Ivy," "I Saw Three Ships"… these are songs we can join in singing, unvarnished by modern arrangement, or the interpretation and ego of the singers - just songs of praise and celebration as they were first written and sung. 16 songs and as beautiful as we knew they would be.

7359 CD $15.98

A King's College Christmas

Once In Royal David's City - Gauntlett Rejoice And Be Merry What Sweeter Music - Rutter Ding Dong Merrily On High - Trad. O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Trad. A Spotless Rose - Howells Heer Jezus Heeft Een Hofken King Jesus Hath A GArden - Trad. The Lamb - Tavener Bogoroditze Dyevo - Arvo Part Infant Holy Infant Lowly - Trad. Illuminare Jerusalem - Weir While Shepards Watched - Trad. Quittez Pasteurs - Trad. In Dulci Jubilo - Trad. The First Nowell - Trad. Coventry Carol -Trad. Personet Hodie - Trad. O Come All Ye Faithful - Trad.

Stephen Cleobury directed the choir with this fine collection of the many of the choir's classic Christmas repertoire.

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Christmas Carols

Once in Royal David's City Rejoice and Be Merry Ding Dong! Merrily on High What Sweeter Music O Little Town of Bethlehem A Spotless Rose Heer Jezus Heeft een Hofken King Jesus Hath A Garden The Lamb Bogoróditse dyévo (Hail Mary) Infant Holy, Infant Lowly Illuminare, Jerusalem While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night Quittez pasteurs (O come away ye shepherds) In Dulci Jubilo The First Nowell Coventry Carol (2) Lully, Lulla Thou Little Personent Hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidelis)

Twenty traditional carols as sung by this world-class choir, directed here by Stephen Cleobury. Budget priced.

Anthems From King's (DVD)

Hail, gladdening light (Wood) Greater love hath no man (Ireland) I was glad (Parry) Bring us, O Lord God (Harris) And I saw a New Heaven (Bainton) Like as the Hart (Howells) Gloria in Excelsis (Stanford) Evening Hymn (Gardiner) Beati quorum via (Stanford) God be in my Head (Walford Davies) Vox dicentis: Clama (Naylor) Faire is the Heaven (Harris) Let all the World (Vaughan Williams)

The Choir of King’s College Cambridge sings some of the best-loved English anthems in the stunning fan-vaulted chapel which is famed throughout the world for its beautiful acoustic. The programme includes some of the most ethereal anthems, while those such as Parry's "I was glad", Stanford’s "Coronation Gloria" and Vaughan Williams' "Let all the World" make it the perfect release to coincide with the Queen’s Jubilee Celebrations. The candlelit camera work is elegantly done and in this respect the presentation is very dignified and understated, perhaps appropriately reflecting the King’s sound. The performances are highly musical with the expected King’s polish... Fans of the King’s tradition around the world will relish this compilation of ‘choral favourites’. Filmed in High Definition with 5.1 surround sound.

Carols From King's (DVD)

Once in royal David's city Quem pastores laudavere In dulci jubilo Angels from the realms of glory In the bleak mid-winter Quittez, pasteurs While shepherds watched Silent Night The Shepherd's Carol The Angels and the Shepherds Riu, riu, chiu O little town of Bethlehem The Shepherds' Farewell I wonder as I wander Small wonder the star Sussex Carol Gloria in excelsis Deo God rest ye merry gentlemen Hark! the herald angels sing

The world famous Christmas Eve service, presented by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, is brought to us in a format it was destined to be seen on - DVD. This widescreen BBC presentation is a dazzling display that is sure to be enjoyed by any who appreciate both watching and listening to christmas choral music. Some memoralable moments include the opening boy soprano solo if "One in royal David's city," the big choir sound of "Silent Night," the fast-pased "Riu, Riu Chiu" which is sure to put a smile on your face and the beautiful soothing melody of "I Wonder As I Wander." Also, the finale, "Hark The Herald Angels Sing." Along with the pristine DVD transfer of the service, those who buy this DVD will also be treated to the first televised service, recorded in 1954, as well as giving you the option of viewing only the musical portions of the service, excluding the readings. Also, a booklet detailing the history of the service, lyrics to all songs and a 30 minute conversation between Sir David Wilcox, Sir Philip Ledger and Stephen Cleobury, the three Directors of Music at King's Collefge since 1957.

The Story of King's College Choir - "The Boast of King's"

Ave Maria - Parsons Praise My Soul, The King Of Heaven - Hymn God Is Our Hope And Strength - P.D. King Henry VI's Prayer - Ley Miserere - Allegri Nunc Dimittis - Howells Fecisti Nos - Radcliffe Night And Day - Porter Dayton Ohio 1903 - Newman Plainsong - P.D. Psalm Prelude Op. 32 - Howells Prelude & Fugue in B - Dupre Trio in D Minor - Bach

A visual and musical journey around King's College Chapel in Cambridge, describing its history as well as the life and work of it's world-famous choir..

Boys Of King's College: Heavenly Voices

Panis Angelicus (Franck) I Waited For The Lord (Mendelssohn) Laudi Alla Vergine maria (Verdi) Lift Thine Eyes (Mendelssohn) The Lord Is my Shepherd (Greene) Pie Jesu (Faure) Alleluia! (Franck) Ave Maria (Faure) Gott Ist Mein Hirt (Schubert) Ex Ore Innocentium (Ireland) I Sing of a Maiden (Hadley) Messe Basse (Faure) Dritte Sinfonische Kanzone (karg-Elert)

The 16 young, fair-faced boys in their red and white robes with crisp, white collars and dark ties, file into the magnificent cathedral, as they have done for some 550 years now since King Henry VI, no older than an undergraduate himself, founded King's College and their choir. Here are 17 selections, possibly the greatest sacred choral music written since that time: Cesar Franck's "Panis Angelicus" and "Alleluia," Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "I Waited For The Lord" and "Lift Thine Eyes," Gabriel Faure's "Pie Jesu," "Ave Maria" and the 4 movements of his "Messe Basse," Verdi's "Laudi Alla Vergine Maria," the 2 movements of Sigfrid Karg-Elert's "Dritte Sinfonische Kanzone," Schubert's "Gott Ist Mein Hirt" and others. Light organ accompaniment. This is the music that has filled cathedrals like this one for centuries, with worshippers wanting to hear the voices of angels in a place where they would certainly be found. Soaring, beautiful music from the Boys of King's College!

7523 CD $15.95

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