100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols

~ Release by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Gabriel's Message (1958)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Gabriel's Message (arr. Pettman)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Edgar Pettman
translator:
Sabine Baring‐Gould
arrangement of:
The Angel Gabriel
[traditional] arr. Edgar Pettman2:35
2Adam lay ybounden (1963)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord version)
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)
Boris Ord1:15
3Ding! dong! merrily on high (1963)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
additional composer:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
[traditional] arr. Charles Wood2:03
4Sussex Carol (1963)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Sussex Carol (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
[traditional] arr. Sir David Willcocks1:53
5O come, all ye faithful (1963)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. Willcocks)
additional composer:
David Hill (British organist and conductor) and Christopher Robinson (British conductor & organist)
composer:
John Francis Wade
arranger:
David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley
publisher:
Oxford University Press
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 30)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
John Francis Wade arr. Sir David Willcocks4:37
6In dulci jubilo (1980)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
recording of:
In dulci jubilo (macaronic of English and Latin)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger and translator:
Robert Lucas Pearsall (composer)
translated version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
[traditional] arr. Robert Lucas Pearsall, ed. Reginald Jacques3:36
7Unto us is born a Son (1980)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
recording of:
Unto Us is born a Son (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
translator:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
arrangement of:
Unto Us is born a Son (carol)
[traditional] arr. Sir David Willcocks2:16
8Hark! the herald angels sing (1978)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
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 Mendelssohn arr. Philip Ledger3:46
9Illuminare, Jerusalem (1985 - premiere)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Illuminare, Jerusalem
composer:
Judith Weir (British composer) (in 1985)
Judith Weir2:31
10The holly and the ivy (1994)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Davies)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir Henry Walford Davies (English organist and composer)
arrangement of:
The Holly and the Ivy
[traditional] arr. Sir Henry Walford Davies2:35
11Benedicamus Domino (1994)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Benedicamus Domino
composer:
Peter Warlock (British composer) (in 1918)
Peter Warlock1:12
12I saw three ships (1994)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
[traditional] arr. Simon Preston2:03
13The Fayrfax Carol (1997 - premiere)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
The Fayrfax Carol
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 Adès4:23
14Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (1997)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (traditional English)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
John Gardner2:18
15I wonder as I wander (2000)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
I Wonder as I Wander
lyricist and composer:
John Jacob Niles (American folklorist and folk musician) (from 1933-07-16 until 1933-10-04)
Carl Rütti1:48
16The Shepherd's Carol (2001)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
The Shepherd’s Carol
lyricist:
Clive Sansom (Poet)
composer:
Bob Chilcott (in 2000)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
Bob Chilcott2:54
17Dormi, Jesu (2007)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Dormi Jesu (The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn)
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 Rutter4:29
18Bogoróditse Djévo (2007)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Bogoróditse Djévo
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Arvo Pärt (Estonian composer) (in 1990)
Arvo Pärt1:09
19This Endernight (2016 - premiere)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
This Endernight
composer:
Michael Berkeley (British composer)
Michael Berkeley4:07
20Carol Eliseus (2017 - premiere)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Carol Eliseus
composer:
Huw Watkins (British composer and pianist)
Huw Watkins2:20
21Once in royal David's city (2017)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (harmony Arthur Mann, descant Stephen Cleobury)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
additional composer:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) and Arthur Henry Mann (English organist and composer)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
publisher:
Novello
version of:
Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Mann)
Henry John Gauntlett desc. Stephen Cleobury4:23
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