Notes and Editorial Reviews
A new festive release from the Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge under their director Mark Williams – with additional performances from organists Robert Dixon and Timothy Lambourn, and trumpeter Rebecca Crawshaw. The programme is drawn from pieces for the festivals of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas:
Of the annual Christian seasons, it is surely that from Advent to Epiphany which inspires believer and non-believer alike the most: the believer celebrates Christ’s birth whilst the non-believer considers hopes for rebirth and renewal as a New Year approaches … If aspirations surrounding the arrival of a new born child are universal, the Christmas music chosen here reflects the season’s inspiration through quite recent
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compositions, alongside music from the early part of the 20th century. -- Mark Williams Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree by Elisabeth Poston
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1967; England
2.
We wait for Thy loving kindness by Sir William McKie
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1947; England
3.
I sing of a maiden by Patrick Hadley
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1936; England
4.
Advent Prose by Judith Weir
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
5.
There is no rose, Op. 14 by John Joubert
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1954; England
6.
Hymn to the Virgin by Benjamin Britten
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1930/1934; England
7.
Bright Star Carol by Nico Muhly
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
8.
In the bleak mid-winter by Harold Edwin Darke
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911; England
9.
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, Op. 75 no 2 by John Gardner
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1965; England
10.
Shepherd's carol by Robert Chilcott
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 2005; England
11.
I saw three ships by Traditional
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Written: England
12.
Little Road To Bethlehem by Michael Head
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1946; England
13.
Away in a manger by William J. Kirkpatrick
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
14.
Sir Christèmas by William Mathias
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: Wales, UK
15.
The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?" by John Tavener
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1982; England
16.
Paean on Divinum Mysterium for Organ by John Cook
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: Romantic
17.
Epiphany by Judith Bingham
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1995; England
18.
Here is the little door by Herbert Howells
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1918-1920; England
19.
Bethlehem Down by Peter Warlock
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927; England
20.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Nunc dimittis by Geoffrey Burgon
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1979; England
21.
Hymn to the Creator of Light by John Rutter
Conductor:
Mark Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Jesus College Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1992; England
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