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| There is surely no more quintessentially English sound than that of the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Their unaccompanied voices are evocative of immemorial sandstone, of cool cloisters, evensong in church, chapel and cathedral, serene in the music of Shakespeare’s contemporaries Byrd and Gibbons, ethereal in Delius’s To be sung of a summer night on the water as their voices waft across the banks of the River Cam. No less iconic is the chapel that lends its unique acoustic to that sound. One of the glories of the English perpendicular style of architecture, the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge was completed in 1547, a little over a century after the founding, by Henry VI, of King’s College itself. England, My England opens and closes with coronation music: Zadok the Priest, written by Handel for the crowning of King George II in 1727 and I was glad, composed by Parry in 1902 for that of King Edward VII. Both were so successful that they have been sung at every coronation since. Parry’s ‘processional anthem’ is heard here in its full panoply of extra brass and shouted Vivats, the choir providing the semi-chorus in the exquisite interlude O pray for the peace of Jerusalem. In between are motets both ancient and modern – from the miniature If ye love me and the architectural splendour of the 40-part Spem in alium to William Harris’s dramatic double-choir setting of Spenser’s Faire is the Heaven; well-known psalms sung to Anglican chant stand side-by-side with favourite hymns, notably All people that on earth do dwell, arranged by Vaughan Williams for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. As well as national rejoicing there is solemn remembrance. Come ye sons of art away is Purcell’s 1694 birthday ode for Queen Mary; Thou knowest, Lord part of the music he wrote for her funeral just nine months later; John Ireland’s Greater love hath no man is often heard on Remembrance Sunday; Sir John Tavener’s Song for Athene made a powerful impression at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, while John Rutter’s small-scale, personal Requiem touched a wider public following the attacks of 11 September 2001. But Nimrod above all epitomises music of national remembrance. Here a choral setting of Nimrod, ‘Lux aeterna’, represents England’s ‘Shakespeare of music’, Edward Elgar. | |||||
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Coronation Anthems (4): no 1, HWV 258 "Zadok the priest" by George Frideric Handel | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music, Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Baroque Written: 1727; London, England |
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| 2. |
Lux aeterna by Sir Edward Elgar | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Romantic |
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Praise my soul, the King of Heaven by John Goss | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Romantic Written: 19th Century; England |
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| 4. |
Spem in alium by Thomas Tallis | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: after 1559; England |
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| 5. |
The Lord is my shepherd by John Goss | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Romantic Written: England |
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Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah! by George Frideric Handel | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Baroque Written: 1742; London, England |
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Requiem: Pie Jesu by John Rutter | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Sinfonia of London, Cambridge King's College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: 1985; England |
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English Hymnal: no 1, Come down, O Love divine by Ralph Vaughan Williams | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Sinfonia of London, Cambridge King's College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: by 1906; England |
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| 9. |
O nata lux de lumine by Thomas Tallis | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: after 1559; England |
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Evening Hymn "Te lucis ante terminum" by Henry Balfour Gardiner | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: 1908; England |
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| 11. |
Ave verum corpus by William Byrd | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: by 1605; England |
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| 12. |
When I survey the wondrous Cross by Edward Miller | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Classical Written: England |
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Motets (3), Op. 38: no 3, Beati quorum via by Charles Villiers Stanford | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Romantic Written: by 1905; England |
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Mystical Songs (5): no 5, Antiphon by Ralph Vaughan Williams | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra, Cambridge King's College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: 1911; England |
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Justorum animae by William Byrd | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: circa 1605; England |
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Come, ye sons of art, away, Z 323 by Henry Purcell | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music, Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Baroque Written: 1694; England |
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Faire is the Heaven by William Henry Harris | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: 1925; England |
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God be merciful unto us, and bless us by Edward Bairstow | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: England |
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| 19. |
Ave Maria by Robert Parsons | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: 1560s; England |
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| 20. |
All people that on Earth do dwell by Loys Bourgeois | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: 16th Century |
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| 21. |
Jerusalem by Charles Hubert Parry | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Romantic Written: 1916; England |
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| 22. |
Requiem: Requiem aeternam by John Rutter | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Sinfonia of London, Cambridge King's College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: 1985; England |
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I vow to thee, my country, H 148 by Gustav Holst | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: circa 1921; England |
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| 24. |
Song for Athene by John Tavener | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: 1993; England |
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| 25. |
Abide with me by William Henry Monk | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Romantic Written: 1861; England |
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| 26. |
Services in G major, Op. 81: Evening Service - Magnificat by Charles Villiers Stanford | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Romantic Written: 1904; England |
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Thou know'st, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z 58c by Henry Purcell | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Baroque Written: 1695; England |
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| 28. |
Hosanna to the Son of David by Orlando Gibbons | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: 17th Century; England |
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| 29. |
The day thou gavest by Clement C. Scholefield | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Romantic |
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| 30. |
Psalm 84 "Quam dilecta" by Charles Hubert Parry | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Romantic Written: England |
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| 31. |
Mass in G minor: Kyrie by Ralph Vaughan Williams | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: England |
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| 32. |
Greater love hath no man by John Ireland | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: 1912; England |
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| 33. |
If ye love me by Thomas Tallis | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir Philip Ledger
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: 16th Century; England |
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| 34. |
Jubilate Deo in C major by Benjamin Britten | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir Philip Ledger
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: 1961; England |
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| 35. |
Drop, drop slow tears by Orlando Gibbons | ||||
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Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir |
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Songs (2) to be sung of a Summer Night on the Water by Frederick Delius | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir Philip Ledger
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: 20th Century Written: 1917; France |
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| 37. |
Psalm 150 "O praise God in his holiness" by David Goodenough | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir |
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| 38. |
When David heard that Absalom was slain by Thomas Weelkes | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir Period: Renaissance Written: England |
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| 39. |
I was glad by Charles Hubert Parry | ||||
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Conductor:
Sir Philip Ledger
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge King's College Choir, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Military School of Music Band ... Period: Romantic Written: 1902; England |
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