A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

~ Release by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

Originally released 1999-11-01.

© «1999 EMI Records ltd»
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℗ «1999 by EMI Records Ltd.»

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Tracklist

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1Once in Royal David’s City (from “Hymns and Carols of Christmas”)
organ:
Benjamin Bayl (conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
other vocals [descant]:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
treble vocals:
Edward Moore (treble) (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Mann)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
arranger:
Arthur Henry Mann (English organist and composer)
revision of:
Once in Royal David’s City
Henry John Gauntlett4:44
2Service, 1. Bidding Prayer
spoken vocals:
Revd Dr George Pattison (former Dean, King's College, Cambridge, 1991–2001)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
[no artist]3:25
3Up! Good Christen Folk and Listen: “Ding‐dong, ding - Ding‐a‐dong‐a‐ding”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
Up! Good Christen Folk, and Listen (on 1999-07-12)
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward (in 1901)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
publisher:
Oxford University Press
is based on:
O quam mundum
George Ratcliffe Woodward1:16
4The Truth from Above: “This Is the Truth Sent from Above”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
The Truth Sent From Above (arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, aka the Herefordshire Carol) (on 1999-07-12)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
version of:
The Truth Sent From Above
part of:
Eight Traditional English Carols (arr. Vaughan Williams)
part of:
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
[traditional]2:28
5Service, 2. First Lesson (Genesis 3)
spoken vocals:
Timothy Boarer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
[no artist]2:20
6Adam Lay Ybounden
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord version) (on 1999-07-12)
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Boris Ord
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
Adam lay i-bowndyn (15th-century macaronic English poem)
Peter Warlock1:09
7Service, 3. Second Lesson (Genesis 22)
spoken vocals:
Maurice MacSweeney (from 1998-12-12 until 1998-12-14)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
[no artist]1:00
8Sussex Carol (Christmas Carol): “On Christmas night all Christians sing” (Arr. Philip Ledger)
organ:
Benjamin Bayl (conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
Sussex Carol (arr. Ledger) (on 1999-07-12)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Philip Ledger
arrangement of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
[traditional]1:47
9“In the bleak midwinter”, H.73 No. 1
organ:
Benjamin Bayl (conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
baritone vocals:
Thomas Bullard (on 1999-07-12)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Edwin Darke version) (on 1999-07-12)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Harold Edwin Darke (in 1909)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
Harold Edwin Darke4:24
10Service, 4. Third Lesson (Isaiah 9)
spoken vocals:
Alice Weeks (from 1998-12-12 until 1998-12-14)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
[no artist]1:01
11In dulci jubilo
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
In dulci jubilo (Pearsall Jacques) (on 1999-07-12)
additional composer:
Robert Lucas Pearsall (composer)
arranger:
Reginald Jacques (choral and orchestral conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
[traditional]3:14
12God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
organ:
Benjamin Bayl (conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks) (on 1999-07-12)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
[traditional]3:35
13Service, 5. Fourth Lesson (Isaiah 11)
spoken vocals:
David Humphries (from 1998-12-12 until 1998-12-14)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
[no artist]1:23
14A Tender Shoot: “A Tender Shoot Has Started up from a Root of Grace”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
A tender shoot (on 1999-07-12)
composer:
Otto Goldschmidt
translator:
William Bartholomew
Otto Goldschmidt1:46
15The Lamb
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
arranger:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
The Lamb (on 1999-07-12)
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker) (in 1789)
composer:
John Tavener (20th century composer) (in 1982)
publisher:
Chester Music Ltd., Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd. and J. & W. Chester, Ltd.
John Tavener3:31
16Service, 6. Fifth Lesson (St. Luke 1)
spoken vocals:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 1998-12-12 until 1998-12-14)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
[no artist]2:13
17Gabriel’s Message
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (, on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
Gabriel's Message (arr. Pettman) (on 1999-07-12)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Edgar Pettman
translator:
Sabine Baring‐Gould
arrangement of:
The Angel Gabriel
[traditional]2:31
18The Seven Joys of Mary (from the Joshua Vaughan Himes’ “Millennial Harp”, 1842)
organ:
Benjamin Bayl (conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
treble vocals:
Edward Harries (treble) (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
Joys Seven (arr. Stephen Cleobury)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
is based on:
The Seven Joys of Mary
[traditional]2:57
19Service, 7. Sixth Lesson (St. Luke 2)
spoken vocals:
Revd Dr Emma Hebblethwaite (Chaplain, King's College, Cambridge)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
[no artist]1:19
20Dormi Jesu, “The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn”: “Dormi, Jesu! Mater ridet”
organ:
Benjamin Bayl (conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
Dormi Jesu (The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn) (on 1999-07-12)
composer:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945) (in 1999)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
sub-publisher:
ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
John Rutter4:27
21Cancionero de Uppsala: No. 46, “Riu, riu, chiu, la guarda ribera”
baritone vocals:
Julian Perkins (conductor and keyboard player) (on 1999-07-12)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
Ríu, ríu, chíu (on 1999-07-12)
writer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist) (from 1500 until 1600)
composer:
Mateu Fletxa ("El Vell" or "El Viejo", Catalan renaissance composer)
part of:
Cancionero de Uppsala (number: 40)
Mateo Flecha2:00
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1Service, 8. Seventh Lesson (St. Luke 2)
spoken vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (from 1998-12-12 until 1998-12-14)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
[no artist]1:58
2The Fayrfax Carol
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
The Fayrfax Carol (on 1999-07-12)
composer:
Thomas Adès (British composer, pianist and conductor) (in 1997)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
was commissioned by:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (in 1997)
premiered at:
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 1997 (1997-12-24)
publisher:
Faber Music Ltd. (in 1998)
Thomas Adès4:36
3While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Christmas Carol)
organ:
Benjamin Bayl (conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
other vocals [descant]:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
[traditional]2:54
4Service, 9. Eighth Lesson (St Matthew 2)
spoken vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (from 1998-12-12 until 1998-12-14)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
[no artist]2:31
5I Saw Three Ships
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
tenor vocals:
Adrian Kelly (tenor) (on 1999-07-12)
treble vocals:
Edward Moore (treble) (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships (arr. Willcocks) (on 1999-07-12)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
I Saw Three Ships
[traditional]1:36
6Illuminare, Jerusalem: “Jerusalem rejos for joy”
organ:
Benjamin Bayl (conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
Illuminare, Jerusalem (on 1999-07-12)
composer:
Judith Weir (British composer) (in 1985)
Judith Weir2:12
7Service, 10. Ninth Lesson (St. John 1)
spoken vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (from 1998-12-12 until 1998-12-14)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
[no artist]2:15
8O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
organ:
Benjamin Bayl (conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
other vocals [descant]:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”) (on 1999-07-12)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
[traditional]4:24
9Service, 11. Prayer and Blessing
spoken vocals:
Richard Burridge (priest) (from 1998-12-12 until 1998-12-14)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
[no artist]1:07
10Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (After Mendelssohn’s Gutenberg Cantata, WoO 9, MWV D4)
organ:
Benjamin Bayl (conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 1999-07-12)
other vocals [descant]:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol) (on 1999-07-12)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
Felix Mendelssohn3:27
11In dulci jubilo, BWV 729
organ:
Benjamin Bayl (conductor) (on 1999-07-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1999)
recording of:
In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 (on 1999-07-12)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 729)
version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:09