Deep Christmas Reflections in Jervaulx Singers "In the Stillness" off Convivium Records

     

Deep Christmas Reflections in Jervaulx Singers "In the Stillness" off Convivium Records

Discover this collection of contemporary carols alongside well-known favourites, which seeks to draw the listener deeper into the remarkable story of the birth of the Christ Child.

Performed by North Yorkshire’s professional soloists’ choir Jervaulx Singers with Charlie Gower-Smith and pianist Alison Frances Gill, this selection of carols features contemporary compositions alongside well-known favourites.

1. The Shepherd's Carol - Bob Chilcott

2. Puer Nobis - Richard Rodney Bennett

3. Die Konige - Peter Cornelius, arr. Clytus Gottwald

4. Lullay, my liking - Thomas Hewitt Jones

5. In the Stillness - Sally Beamish

6. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree - Elizabeth Poston

7. Must winter come so soon - Samuel Barber

8. In dulci jubilo - M. Praetorius/J.S. Bach/Robert Lucas Pearsall

9. The Infant King - arr. David Willcocks

10. Noel (Op. 43, No. 1)

11. Silent Night - Franz Gruber, arr. Darius Battiwalla

12. In the Bleak Midwinter - Becky McGlade

13. Nativity Carol - John Rutter

14. Adam Lay Ybounden - Matthew Coleridge

15. Away in a Manger - Trad. arr. Reginald Jacques

16. Noel des enfants qui n'ont plus maisons - Claude Debussy

17. There's a song in the air - John Hearne

18. Cantique de Noel - Adolph Adam, arr. Lawrence Williams

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New Recording: O Holy Night with Choir of St. John's, Cambridge

 

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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