Advent Live Vol. 2

Advent Live Vol. 2

£8.00 – £12.00

The sublime Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge return with the second voluume in their Advent series – celebrating the advent season from within the Christian tradition; a season celebrated since at least the sixth century.

This splendid live recording, from within the Chapel of St. John’s College itself, features Christmas favourites, including Britten’s Deo Gracias from A Ceremony of Carols as well as gorgeous performances of lesser known works by modern composers including Jonathan Dove, Arvo Pärt and Paul Manz.

“Top choice” – Gramophone’s The Christmas List

“The men-and-boys of the choir deliver energetic performances both times…This is a fresh, stimulating holiday season program that should have a life far beyond the year 2020 when it was released” – All Music.com

“The central elements of success sound as good as ever: the chapel acoustic, beautifully captured by the recording engineers, the sensational sound of the organ, Nethsingha’s rock solid direction, and the solidity of the choral sound, beautiful yet keenly focused and utterly compelling.” – MusicWeb International

 

SKU: SIGCD661

Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge

Andrew Nethsingha Director

Release date: 27/11/20

Catalogue number: SIGCD661

Barcode: 635212066126

 

 

1. I am the day – Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)
2. Bogoroditsye Dyevo – Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
3. A Spotless Rose – Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
4. A Prayer to St John the Baptist * – Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
5. Vox clara ecce intonat * – Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962)
6. The last and greatest Herald * – John McCabe (1939-2015)
7. Antiphons – Traditional
8. O Wisdom; O Adonai – Traditional
9. A tender shoot – Otto Goldschmidt (1829-1907)
10. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen – Hugo Distler (1908-1942)
11. Out of your sleep – Anthony Milner (1925-2002)
12. An introduction to ‘Hark, the glad sound’ & Hymn: Hark, the glad sound – Judith Bingham (b. 1952)
Tune: Bristol
13. There is no rose – Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994) 14. Antiphons – Traditional
15. O Root of Jesse; O Key of David – Traditional

16. Ach so laß von mir dich finden – Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
17. E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come – Paul Manz (1919-2009)
18. The Linden Tree Carol – Traditional, arr. Reginald Jacques (1894-1969)
19. Deo gracias – Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976) arr. Julius Harrison (1885 – 1963)
20. Einklang – Hugo Wolf (1860 – 1903)
21. Hymn: Lo! he comes with clouds decending Tune: Helmsley, Descant : Christopher Robinson (b. 1936)
22. Chorale Prelude ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’, BWV 661 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

* Commissioned for the College Choir

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