Advent Live
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Advent Live
The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge Andrew Nethsingha director)
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Release Date: Friday 12 October 2018
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The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge's advent service is a staple of the British choral world, and is broadcast on BBC Radio 3 almost every year. The service features much-loved favourites from the festive season alongside a variety of new works commissioned especially for the event.
This disc of live recordings features performances by the choir from their four most recent services from 2014-17.
★★★★ This superbly programmed collection will take your Advent listening in unexpected, but entirely apposite, directions - BBC Music Magazine
The choir has retained its renowned clarity, flamboyance and readiness to take risks - Gramophone
The choir has retained its renowned clarity, flamboyance and readiness to take risks - The Guardian
This disc gives a very good flavour of the excellent Advent music one can hear at St John's - MusicWeb International
"This new disc is an important snapshot of the continuing St John's story, revealing that in recent years, under Andrew Nethsingha's inspired direction, the choir has retained its renowned clarity, flamboyance and readiness to take risks. The various organ scholars also give splendid support throughout." Gramophone
Tracks:
1. A hymn of St. Columba Benjamin Britten
2. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day James Burton
3. The truth sent from above Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. C. Robinson
4. Adam lay ybounden* Ian Shaw
5. The cherry tree carol Traditional, arr. S. Cleobury
6. Vigilate James Long
7. Fuit homo missus a Deo Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
8. This is the record of John Orlando Gibbons
9. The linden tree carol* Malcolm Archer
10. There is no rose John Joubert
11. The birth of speech* Tim Watts
12. The angel Gabriel from heaven came Basque carol arr. E. Pettman
13. I know a flower Francis Jackson
14. Glory to the Christ Child Alan Bullard
15. Lux mundi Paul Comeau
16. I sing of a maiden* Ian Shaw
17. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Traditional, arr. D. Willcocks
18. The clouded heaven Judith Bingham
19. Noe, noe David Bednall
* world premiere recording
