New Recording: O Holy Night with Choir of St. John's, Cambridge
O HOLY NIGHT: Christmas carols from St John’s
The second album from the Choir of St John’s with their new music director – Christopher Gray.
At the centre of the programme are the atmospheric Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël by Francis Poulenc, and the heartfelt Three Carol-An-thems by Herbert Howells who directed the Choir here at St John’s during the Second World War. Other items include the beautiful carol John Rutter wrote for the Choir in 1985, "There is a flower," and the haunting "Peace on earth" by Master of the King’s Music, Errollyn Wallen.
“My aim with this album has not been to break new ground with repertoire, but to ensure that classics remain fresh for the current generation” – Christopher Gray
“A superb disc, beautifully presenting a procession os stellar performances with detailed notes and in sterling sound.” – Classical Explorer
“The recording quality is of the excellent standard that all of John’s own label recordings have established” – MusicWeb International
1 O Holy Night – Adolphe Adam
2 In the stillness – Sally Beamish
3 Noel: verbum caro factum est (Multitude of Voyces Edition, 2020) – Tamsin Jones
4 Sussex Carol – Traditional arr. Philip Ledger
5 There is a flower – John Rutter
6 There is no rose – Anonymous
Three Carol-Anthems: – [Herbert Howells]
7 A Spotless Rose
8 Sing Lullaby
9 Here Is The Little Door
10 In dulci jubilo – Robert Lucas Pearsall
11 Peace on Earth – Errolyn Wallen
12 When Jesus our lord was born in Bethlehem…Say, where is he born…There shall a star from Jacob come forth - Felix Mendelssohn
13 Stille Nacht – Franz Xaver Gruber arr. Simon Morley
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël – Francis Poulenc
14 I. O Magnum mysterium
15 II. Quem vidistis pastores dicite
16 III. Videntes stellam
17 IV. Hodie Christus natus est
18 In the Bleak Midwinter – Becky McGlade
19 The Three Kings – Jonathan Dove
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