Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, James Anderson-Besant, Glen Dempsey - Advent Live, Vol 2

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£13.73

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: SIGCD661
Barcode: 0635212066126
Release Date: 27th November 2020
Genre: Classical

 The sublime Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge return with the second volume 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.

Tracklisting:
I am the day - Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)
Bogoroditsye Dyevo - Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
A Spotless Rose - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
A Prayer to St John the Baptist * - Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951)
Vox clara ecce intonat * - Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962)
The last and greatest Herald * - John McCabe (1939-2015)
Antiphons - Traditional
O Wisdom; O Adonai - Traditional
A tender shoot - Otto Goldschmidt (1829-1907)
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen - Hugo Distler (1908-1942)
Out of your sleep - Anthony Milner (1925-2002)
An introduction to ‘Hark, the glad sound’ & Hymn: Hark, the glad sound
- Judith Bingham (b. 1952) Tune: Bristol
There is no rose - Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994)
Antiphons - Traditional
O Root of Jesse; O Key of David - Traditional
Ach so laß von mir dich finden - Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come - Paul Manz (1919-2009)
The Linden Tree Carol - Traditional, arr. Reginald Jacques (1894-1969)
Deo gracias - Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) arr. Julius Harrison (1885 -
1963)
Einklang - Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Hymn: Lo! he comes with clouds decending - Tune: Helmsley, Descant : Christopher Robinson (b. 1936)
Chorale Prelude ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’, BWV 661 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)