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| A 22 minute film covering the rebuilding of the Priory organ | | - a unique historical record |
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CATHEDRAL CHOIR RELEASES NEW CD
William Byrd: Anthems, Motets & Services | |
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| | Hereford Cathedral Choir launches a new CD its first recording under its current director, Geraint Bowen, featuring the music of the English composer William Byrd 1539/40-1623. Recorded in the cathedral over three nights in early January 2005, the choir performs a largely unaccompanied selection of works by the great Elizabethan composer.
The Dean of Hereford, the Very Revd Michael Tavinor, is enthusiastic about the new recording. ‘Byrd was one of the finest of the Elizabethan composers and the Cathedral Choir is making a major contribution to our understanding of this wonderful music.’
‘Listeners will enjoy the sheer breadth of William Byrd’s music - the moving motets Ave verum and Justorum animae which were written, like the other Latin works on the disc, for performance in private houses where Roman Catholics would have worshipped in secret during the 16th century. The CD gives a glimpse into an age when religious observance was often a very dangerous thing!’
Peter Dyke, the cathedral’s assistant organist, joins the choir for three tracks, accompanying them on the cathedral’s new chamber organ, an instrument ideally suited to this repertoire.
The choir was fortunate to have the expertise of Barry Rose as producer for this CD. Dr Rose is former master of the choir at St Paul’s Cathedral, where he directed the music at the Royal Wedding in 1981.
Speaking of the new CD, Geraint Bowen, the cathedral’s director of music says: ‘I am sure that the disc would make an ideal Easter gift for anyone who enjoys this glorious music.’
The CD, Griffin GCCD 4048,
is available exclusively from the Cathedral Shop (01432 374210),
price £13.99 (plus £1.50 p&p). |
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 | Originally available in video format. 1980
"The Boast of Kings"
Now available as a DVD on the Regis label from
CD Selections.com
Ref DVD 2877.
A visual & musical journey around
the famous chapel & its choir.
Music includes
Parsons: Ave Maria. Allegri: Miserere
Howells: Nunc Dimittis. Ley:Henry VI's Prayer.
Greene: God Is Our Hope and Strength.
Radcliffe: Fecisti Nos.
Choir of King's College, Cambridge.
Director. Philip Ledger
Organist. John Butt
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Label EMI
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Boys of King's College Choir, Cambridge
Directed by Stephen Cleobury
This is the first album solely recorded by the Boys of King's College Choir and contains many enchanting standard choral pieces such as Franck's Panis Angelicus and Faure's Messe basse alongside rarer, but no less beautiful repertoire like Karg-Elert's moving Sinfonische Kanzone. A memorable and enchanting release.
Works: Schubert: Gott ist mein Hirt; Mendelssohn: I waited for the Lord; Verdi: Laudi alla Vergine Madre; Mendelssohn: Lift thine eyes; Greene: The Lord is my shepherd; Faure: Pie Jesu; Franck: Alleluia!; Faure: Ave Maria; Franck: Panis Angelicus; Faure: Messe basse; Ireland: Ex ore innocentium; Karg-Elert: Sinfonische Kanzone
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The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
Director of Music. Dr David Hill
Further information
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St John's College, Cambridge
Christopher Robinson, Conductor | |
DVD |
Peter Davis, organ
Alison Atkinson, cello
Naomi Rudo, harp
AVE VERUM
Popular choral classics | |  | | | click on picture |
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King's College Choir, Cambridge
Conducted by Boris Ord (1954)
Stephen Cleobury (2000) | |
The DVD includes
First Carol Service from King's to be televised in 1954
and the December 2000 recording
A thirty minute discussion during which David Willcocks, Philip Ledger and Stephen Cleobury share some memories of their time at King's
| | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: PAL 16:9 & 4:3 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo DTS Surround Sound / Timings: 150 minutes. Region Code: 0.
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| | | King's College Choir, Cambridge.
Conducted by Stephen Cleobury.
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Hail gladdening light (Wood).
Greater love hath no man (Ireland).
I was glad (Parry).
Bring us O Lord God (Harris).
And I saw a new heaven (Bainton).
Like as the hart (Howells).
Gloria in excelsis (Stanford).
Evening Hymn (Balfour Gardiner).
Beati quorum via (Stanford).
God be in my head (Walford Davies).
Vox dicentis (Naylor).
Faire is the heaven (Harris).
Let all the world (Vaughan Williams).
The DVD includes a unique 30-minute BBC documentary with fascinating insights into the life of the boy choristers of King's College choir, including rare footage of rehearsals and training.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: 4:3 / Sound Format: DTS 5.1 Surround Sound LPCM Stereo / Timing: 92 minutes / Region Code: PAL 0 -
Aug-2002 4 star BBC Music Mag. | |
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TRACK LISTING | | 1. J.F. LALLOUETTE (1651-1728):O mysterium ineffabile | | 2. Pelham HUMPREY (1647-74):A Hymne to God the Father | | 3. Henry PURCELL (1659-95):An Evening Hymn | | 4. Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-47):Geistliches Lied | | 5. C.V. STANFORD (1852-1924):A Song Peace | | 6. C.V. STANFORD (1852-1924):Magnificat in G | | 7. Peter HURFORD (b.1930):Litany to the Holy Spirit | | 8. R. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958):The Call | | 9. Lili BOULANGER (1893-1918):Pie Jesu | | 10.Maurice DURUFLE (1902.86): Pie Jesu | | 11-15 Richard Rodney BENNETT (B. 1936): The Aviary | | 16. Peter WARLOCK (1894-1930): Balulalow | | 17. The First Mercy | | 18. The Birds | | 19. John IRELAND (1879-1962):The Holy Boy | | 20. W. Denis BROWNE (1888-1915): Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy | | 21. Arnold BAX ( 1883-1953 ): A Christmas Carol | | 22. Arr. Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976): The Plough Boy | | 23. O Waly, waly | | 24. Oliver Cromwell | | 25. George GERSHWIN (1898-1937): Love walked in | |
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Oliver Lepage-Dean is the latest in a long line of distinguished singers
to come from the choir of St John's College, Cambridge, and is without doubt one of the finest treble voices of recent years. This compilation showcases this spectacular talent with outstanding performances of choral classics, both Sacred and Secular.
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