
Wydawnictwo: King's College
Nr katalogowy: KGS 0001
Nośnik: 2 CD
Data wydania: październik 2012
EAN: 822231700128
Nr katalogowy: KGS 0001
Nośnik: 2 CD
Data wydania: październik 2012
EAN: 822231700128
Nine Lessons & Carols
King's College - KGS 0001
Wykonawcy
The Choir of King’s College Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury
The Choir of King’s College Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury
Utwory na płycie:
Hymn: Once in royal David’s city
Bidding Prayer, Lord's Prayer and Blessing
Herefordshire Carol
First Lesson
Boris Ord: Adam lay ybounden
Adam lay ybounden
A Virgin most pure
Second Lesson
In dulci jubilo
Peter Tranchell: If ye would hear the angels sing
Third Lesson
Sussex Carol
Hymn: God rest you merry, gentlemen
Fourth Lesson
Otto Goldschmidt: A tender shoot
Michael Praetorius: Det är en ros utsprungen
Fifth Lesson
Pierre Villette: Hymne a la Vierge
Peter Hurford: Sunny bank
Sixth Lesson
Max Reger: Mariä Wiegenlied
The holly and the ivy
Seventh Lesson
Hymn: While shepherds watched
Judith Weir: Illuminare, Jerusalem
Eighth Lesson
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Christmas Carol
Ding! Dong! Merrily on high
Ninth Lesson
Hymn: O come, all ye faithful
Collect and Blessing
Hymn: Hark! the herald angels sing
Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Voluntary: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729)
Gabriel Jackson: The Christ Child
Brett Dean: Now comes the dawn
Mark Anthony Turnage: Misere' nobis
Dominic Muldowney: Mary
Tansy Davies: Christmas Eve
With a TV and radio audience of millions, the annual broadcast of carols from King’s College, Cambridge is an essential Christmas tradition for families all over the world. The debut album from the Choir’s own label features a specially recorded performance of their glorious Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, and includes many of the most well-known Christmas carols as well as new commissions from some of today’s most popular composers.
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge is one of the world’s foremost choirs and unquestionably among the most widely heard. It owes its existence to King Henry VI, who envisaged the daily singing of services in his magnificent chapel. This remains the Choir’s raison d’etre, and is an important part of the lives of its 16 choristers, who are educated at King’s College School, and the 14 choral scholars and two organ scholars, who study a variety of subjects in the College. The Choir has been a breeding ground for numerous professional singers, many of whom will appear on forthcoming recordings from the new label.
The Choir has a rich recording heritage, having appeared on numerous albums for both Decca and EMI Classics. The Choir’s recording of Rutter’s Gloria has sold in excess of 100,000 units globally and its previous albums of Christmas music have sold in the millions.
This double album faithfully recreates the magic of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, opening with a lone treble singing Once in royal David’s city and closing with a rousing chorus of Hark! the herald angels sing. Each year, the Choir’s Director of Music Stephen Cleobury commissions a new carol, several of which are included on the album, including carols by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Gabriel Jackson, Brett Dean, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Dominic Muldowney and Tansy Davies. In addition, John Rutter was commissioned to write the new carol All bells in paradise specially for this album.
The album’s release will be accompanied by a major international press and marketing campaign and will be supported by advertising. Video is available for online and instore use, with the campaign culminating in this year’s Christmas broadcasts.
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge will tour to the USA during April 2013, coinciding with the label’s second release, Mozart’s Requiem, with special guest soloists and a unique bonus CD presenting extracts from alternative completions of the work.
Dates - December 2010, January 2011, June 2012; Location - The Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge is one of the world’s foremost choirs and unquestionably among the most widely heard. It owes its existence to King Henry VI, who envisaged the daily singing of services in his magnificent chapel. This remains the Choir’s raison d’etre, and is an important part of the lives of its 16 choristers, who are educated at King’s College School, and the 14 choral scholars and two organ scholars, who study a variety of subjects in the College. The Choir has been a breeding ground for numerous professional singers, many of whom will appear on forthcoming recordings from the new label.
The Choir has a rich recording heritage, having appeared on numerous albums for both Decca and EMI Classics. The Choir’s recording of Rutter’s Gloria has sold in excess of 100,000 units globally and its previous albums of Christmas music have sold in the millions.
This double album faithfully recreates the magic of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, opening with a lone treble singing Once in royal David’s city and closing with a rousing chorus of Hark! the herald angels sing. Each year, the Choir’s Director of Music Stephen Cleobury commissions a new carol, several of which are included on the album, including carols by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Gabriel Jackson, Brett Dean, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Dominic Muldowney and Tansy Davies. In addition, John Rutter was commissioned to write the new carol All bells in paradise specially for this album.
The album’s release will be accompanied by a major international press and marketing campaign and will be supported by advertising. Video is available for online and instore use, with the campaign culminating in this year’s Christmas broadcasts.
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge will tour to the USA during April 2013, coinciding with the label’s second release, Mozart’s Requiem, with special guest soloists and a unique bonus CD presenting extracts from alternative completions of the work.
Dates - December 2010, January 2011, June 2012; Location - The Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge