A Lullaby Carol: Christmas at Christ Church
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A Lullaby Carol: Christmas at Christ Church
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford / Steven Grahl (director), Benjamin Sheen (organ)
[ AVIE / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 29 November 2024
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The resounding refrains of The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford reverberate throughout A Lullaby Carol: Christmas from Christ Church, a rich tapestry of traditional and contemporary works celebrating the choir's musical heritage, particularly from the 20th and 21st centuries
Highlights include the melodically and rhythmically rich "Make we joy now in this fest" and "All this time", by Sir William Walton, one of Christ Church's most famous alumni; John Rutter's modern masterpiece "Hymn to the Creator of Light" and Simon Preston's timeless "There is no rose". There are also two settings by former Organists of Christ Church: Stephen Darlington's arrangement of "Silent Night", and his successor Steven Grahl's setting of "O nata lux".
Tracks:
Walton: Make we joy now in this fest
Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Preston: There is no rose
Swayne: Magnificat
Kennedy: A Spotless Rose
Walton: All this time
Weir: Drop down, ye heavens, from above (arr. David Maw)
Trad. I Saw Three Ships (arr. David Maw)
Trad. Away in a Manger (arr. David Maw)
Baker: Toccata-Gigue on the Sussex Carol
Maw: Lullay, lullay, litel child
Warlock: Benedicamus Domino
Kennedy: little tree
Kennedy: Epiphany
Gruber: Silent night! Holy night! (arr. Stephen Darlington) Grahl: O nata lux
Weir: Illuminare, Jerusalem
Pott: Improvisation on Adeste, fidelis
Spiritual: Glory to the newborn King (arr. Robert L. Morris)
Warlock: Bethlehem Down
Frances-Hoad: Good Day, Sir Christemas!
