In the Bleak Midwinter: Christmas Carols from King’s
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Label: Kings College Cambridge
Cat No: KGS0060
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Christmas
Release Date: 5th November 2021
Contents
Works
Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachts-Oratorium), BWV248Once in Royal David's City
A tender shoot
In the bleak midwinter (arr. M Wilberg)
The Shepherd's Cradle Song (arr. C Macpherson)
Prelude to 'Hark! the herald angels sing'
Hark! The herald angels sing (arr. Ledger)
The Angel Gabriel
Improvisation on Adeste fideles
Songs (6), op.25
In dulci jubilo (arr. Pearsall, D Hyde)
I saw three ships (arr. E Poston, D Hyde)
Of the Father's heart begotten (arr. Willcocks)
Still, still, still, weil's Kindlein schlafen will (arr. B Chilcott)
Sussex Carol (arr. Vaughan Williams)
Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour (arr. C Kitson, D Hyde)
While shepherds watched
O come, all ye faithful
Artists
The Choir of King’s College, CambridgeConductor
Daniel HydeWorks
Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachts-Oratorium), BWV248Once in Royal David's City
A tender shoot
In the bleak midwinter (arr. M Wilberg)
The Shepherd's Cradle Song (arr. C Macpherson)
Prelude to 'Hark! the herald angels sing'
Hark! The herald angels sing (arr. Ledger)
The Angel Gabriel
Improvisation on Adeste fideles
Songs (6), op.25
In dulci jubilo (arr. Pearsall, D Hyde)
I saw three ships (arr. E Poston, D Hyde)
Of the Father's heart begotten (arr. Willcocks)
Still, still, still, weil's Kindlein schlafen will (arr. B Chilcott)
Sussex Carol (arr. Vaughan Williams)
Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour (arr. C Kitson, D Hyde)
While shepherds watched
O come, all ye faithful
Artists
The Choir of King’s College, CambridgeConductor
Daniel HydeAbout
But for Christmas Eve 2020, the continuation of this uniquely long-running tradition was not to be. A full service, with lessons, carols, organ voluntaries and prayers, had been recorded in an empty Chapel for use in the event that a live broadcast became impossible, and it was this that was called upon just days before Christmas Eve. For its millions of listeners, the broadcast meant the continuation of a Christmas tradition in a year when so many were without their friends and family, and without so much of what makes Christmas special.
Music from Christmas Eve is supplemented on this album by a selection of specially recorded tracks. It marks not only a moment of light in a time of considerable darkness for so many, but the beginning of a new era for the Choir of King’s College under the direction of Daniel Hyde, with this his first full album at King’s since his appointment in 2019.
“A few of the choristers gazed at the vaulted ceiling about 80 feet above them. Then Daniel Hyde, the choir’s music director, signalled that he was ready to begin, and all slipped off the masks they had been wearing to sing ‘I Saw Three Ships’, a sprightly carol that will be heard by about 100 million people on Thursday.” – The New York Times, December 2020
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