A Carol for all Seasons: Choral and Organ Music by Philip Spratley
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Label: Prima Facie
Cat No: PFCD100
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Christmas
Release Date: 23rd November 2018
Contents
Works
All in the morningAscension Carol
Bread of Heaven
Breslau
Darwell's 148
Eckington Carol
God is ascended
Harewood
Hilariter
Llanfair
Mary's Wandering
Melcombe
Morning Hymn
New Year Carol
North Coates
O have you heard of our dear Saviour's love
O sing to the Lord of harvest
Righteous Joseph
Sons and daughters
St Columba
St Ethelwald - Easter Hymn
St Mary
Stuttgart
The Decree
The Lamb Of God
There is a fountain of Christ's blood
Wareham
Wassail Song
We've been here a while a-wandering
Whitsun Carol
Winter Carol
Artists
Ronald Frost (organ)Alteri Choir
Conductor
David JonesWorks
All in the morningAscension Carol
Bread of Heaven
Breslau
Darwell's 148
Eckington Carol
God is ascended
Harewood
Hilariter
Llanfair
Mary's Wandering
Melcombe
Morning Hymn
New Year Carol
North Coates
O have you heard of our dear Saviour's love
O sing to the Lord of harvest
Righteous Joseph
Sons and daughters
St Columba
St Ethelwald - Easter Hymn
St Mary
Stuttgart
The Decree
The Lamb Of God
There is a fountain of Christ's blood
Wareham
Wassail Song
We've been here a while a-wandering
Whitsun Carol
Winter Carol
Artists
Ronald Frost (organ)Alteri Choir
Conductor
David JonesAbout
This album contains carols for all seasons and includes some previously unpublished and unperformed material. There are carols which have been neglected, and others that simply languished in long forgotten library books. Four are from manuscript copies in the Lucy Broadwood collection courtesy of English Folk Dance and Song Society.
The word Carol usually means only one thing to most people, a Christmas song either sacred or secular. Many would call to mind ‘O come, all ye faithful’, ‘Silent Night’ and ‘Jingle Bells’ as familiar carols. But these are a far cry from the folk carol whose origins are obscure and whose rhythms owe much to the dance. It is important to stress that carols were sung for all seasons and just about all calendar occasions.
During Cromwell’s time as Lord Protector they received a body blow, and many survived by going underground. They just about surfaced during the Restoration but experienced further disfavour during the religious revivals of Wesley and others during the eighteenth century. During early Victorian times Davies, Gilbert and Sandys made attempts at revival, as did J. M. Neale, whose work was enduring and inspiring. Even by Neale’s time the carol had mostly contracted to Christmas time, one reason being that young people only received gifts for their singing during that season. Some carols were uprooted from other times of the year and forced into the festive season. A good example is ‘The Lamb of God’ (no.11) which was given a totally inappropriate ‘Happy New Year’ refrain.
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