A WINTER’S NIGHT FOREWORD Winchester College is very fortunate to have on its staff composer Oliver Tarney. His two 1 I saw three ships come sailing in English traditional arr. Philip Marshall [2.11] The addition of a brass ensemble to Christmas arrangements of popular Christmas hymns use concerts and carol services, combining with the the full forces to great and novel effect, and serve Christmas cantata: A winter’s night Cecilia McDowall more traditional sounds of choir and organ, has to compliment the much-loved David Willcocks 2 I. In dulci Jubilo [5.15] become increasingly popular in recent years. arrangement of O come, all ye faithful. Two 3 II. O little one sweet [3.02] This recording brings together a number of works works already in circulation have been especially 4 III. Noël nouvelet [3.09] for the specific forces of choir, brass quintet, arranged for our forces and premiered on this 5 IV. Still, still, still [3.41] organ and percussion, some of which have been disc: Jonathan Willcocks’s The holly and the ivy 6 V. Sussex carol [3.39] arranged specially for this release. and Mack Wilberg’s Ding dong! merrily on high. 7 Adam lay y’bounden Philip Ledger [2.22] 8 O little town of Bethlehem Ralph Vaughan Williams arr. Oliver Tarney [3.47] As I began exploring repertoire for this Interspersed amongst these works are a selection 9 Puer natus in Bethlehem Samuel Scheidt [2.15] combination, Cecilia McDowall’s wonderful of popular Christmas carols which have formed 0 See amid the winter’s snow John Goss arr. David Willcocks [5.10] Christmas cantata (the title track of this disc) an integral part of Winchester College Chapel q In the bleak midwinter Gustav Holst arr. Timothy Jackson [2.13] became an obvious central work to record. This Choir’s core repertoire for many years. I hope you w Away in a manger W. J. Kirkpatrick arr. Robert Quinney [3.08] contemporary take on five well-loved Christmas will enjoy listening to the disc as much as we e What sweeter music John Rutter [4.44] carols receives its first complete recording with enjoyed making it. r Tomorrow shall be my dancing day English traditional arr. David Willcocks [2.19] the original scoring. t O come, all ye faithful John Francis Wade arr. David Willcocks [3.38] Howard Ionascu y Past three o’clock Traditional, arr. Roger Harvey [2.34] u The holly and the ivy Jonathan Willcocks [4.17] i Mater ora, filium Charles Wood arr. Harrison Oxley [3.34] o Hark! the herald angels sing Felix Mendelssohn arr. Oliver Tarney [3.49] p Ding dong! merrily on high French traditional arr. Mack Wilberg [2.40]
Total timings: [67.36]
Winchester College Chapel Choir • Onyx Brass Benjamin Cunningham organ • Sebastian Guard Percussion Howard Ionascu director
www.signumrecords.com - 3 - The traditional carol I saw three ships come of these carols, both harmonic and rhythmic, However, the best-known setting in the UK is hymnal in 1906. (Harold Darke’s setting of five sailing in is believed to have come from are preceded by, and interspersed with, an the English hymn-tune known as Forest green, years later is widely popular, even preferred to the Derbyshire, its first appearance in print dating introduction and decorative “commentary” for adapted by Vaughan Williams from an English Holst setting by many choirs). This instrumental from as long ago as the 17th century. This brass, organ and percussion. The peace and folk ballad called The ploughboy’s dream. arrangement is by Timothy Jackson, composer, arrangement for SATB, organ and brass is tenderness of O little one sweet and Still, still, arranger and principal horn in the Royal Liverpool by Philip Marshall (1921-2005). Marshall’s still ideally offset the vigorous, extrovert Puer natus in Bethlehem by Samuel Scheidt Philharmonic Orchestra. distinguished career included positions as character of movements 1, 3 and 5. (1587-1654) was first published in 1620 as Organist of Ripon and Lincoln Cathedrals. number 15a in the collection of 31 pieces The text of Away in a manger, derived from Adam lay y’bounden, believed to date from entitled Cantiones sacrae. The text is a hymn passages in St Luke’s Gospel, was believed to be Born in London in 1951, Cecilia McDowall read c.1400, originated as a macaronic text based on for Christmas morning. With its attractive the work of Martin Luther, but later scholarship music at Edinburgh University before studying at Genesis Chapter 3 and relating to the Fall of Man. rhythmic swing, Scheidt’s setting conveys the has found it to be probably of American origin. Trinity College of Music, London. Her composition The British Library speculated that the text may joy of Christ’s birth. The melody itself originates One of the two most frequently performed teachers included Joseph Horovitz and Robert have belonged to a wandering minstrel. According in the 13th century. musical settings is by the Irish-born William Saxton. Short-listed many times for the British to medieval theology, Adam remained in bonds James Kirkpatrick, whose family settled in Composer Awards, she has also received with other patriarchs in the limbus patrum (or See amid the winter’s snow has words by Edward America when he was still an infant. The carol is diverse commissions. One such request from limbo) from the time of his death until released Caswall and music by John Goss. The text of the generally considered to be among the two or three the Portsmouth Festival Choir resulted in The by Christ’s death four thousand years later. No original hymn was first published in 1858 in most popular ever composed. The arrangement shipping forecast (2011), which gained wide musical settings from the 15th century have The masque of mary and other poems. Caswell recorded here is by Robert Quinney, Organist of circulation. One music journal remarked on “a survived, but several 20th-century composers wrote these verses soon after converting from the New College Oxford. communicative gift that is very rare in modern have written choral versions. The one recorded Church of England to the Roman Catholic Church. music”. Her composition list includes works for here is by Philip Ledger (1937-2012), who was Goss’s melody dates from 1871. Entitled “Hymn What sweeter music by John Rutter (born 1945) orchestra and chamber orchestra, chamber music Director of Music at King’s College Cambridge for Christmas Day”, it was included in 1871 was composed for the Festival of Nine Lessons and choral works. In the five movements of her from 1974-82. Christmas carols old and new by Henry Ramsden and Carols at King’s College Cambridge in Christmas cantata: a winter’s night McDowall Bramley and John Stainer. response to a commission by Stephen Cleobury. incorporates several popular carol melodies – The text of O little town of Bethlehem was written It was premiered during the 1987 service. The In dulci Jubilo, O little one sweet, Noël nouvelet by Phillips Brooks, a Philadelphia rector who was In the bleak midwinter, based on the celebrated text is adapted from a poem (published in 1648) (originally a traditional French carol, known in inspired by a visit to Bethlehem in 1865. He wrote poem by Christina Rossetti (published 1872 in by the poet Robert Herrick, while Rutter’s setting English as Now the green blade rises), Still, still, the poem for his church three years later and the the January issue of Scribner’s Monthly) was first – the first piece which he composed for this still and Sussex carol. McDowall’s re-creations melody was added by his organist Lewis Redner. set to music by Holst, appearing in The English choir – is typically engaging. As it followed the
- 4 - - 5 - reading about the wise men, it provided an Past three o’clock is an English carol loosely are often blurred. Born in Armagh, Wood taught published in 1924 in his Cambridge carol-book. opportunity, he recalled, to emphasise the idea derived from the traditional call of the town crier. both Vaughan Williams and Herbert Howells. Mack Wilberg, music director of the Mormon of the gifts we can all bring. With words by George Ratcliffe Woodward (who Though best known for his church music, he also Tabernacle Choir since 2008, arranged the added some to the original refrain) combined composed six string quartets, a piano concerto, version sung here, with its brilliant organ part, The carol Tomorrow shall be my dancing day with the traditional tune London Waits, it was a wind quintet, a violin sonata, secular cantatas, and additional brass parts by Mark Jordan. is usually described as “traditional”. It first published in 1924 in A Cambridge carol book: solo songs, secular SATB settings and many other appeared in print in 1833, included in William B Being fifty-two songs for Christmas, easter instrumental and vocal works. The arrangement © Philip Borg-Wheeler Sandys’ Carols ancient and modern, though the and other seasons. Performed here is a brass of Mater ora, filium recorded here is by organist archaic language suggest a much earlier origin instrumental version by Roger Harvey, trombonist Harrison Oxley and is scored for 2-part treble – possibly a medieval mystery play. In addition with distinguished ensembles including the Hallé voices (with optional solos) and organ. to the David Willcocks arrangement recorded Orchestra, the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and here, there are alternative versions by many other the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Charles Wesley’s text of what we know as Hark! composers including Stravinsky and Holst. the herald angels sing first appeared in 1739 The holly and the ivy by Jonathan Willcocks (born in the collection Hymns and sacred poems. The music of Adeste fideles (O Come, all ye 1953) dates from 1990. Willcocks, who has many Within the carol genre, this has one of the faithful) was long attributed to John Francis vocal pieces to his name, composed this engaging most complicated histories of all. Originally Wade, but an earlier manuscript version setting, which bears only the slightest melodic the first line had different words, while Wesley appeared in 1946, suggesting that Wade resemblance to the universally familiar tune, for intended the tune to be the same as his may have been merely the copyist. Among the the Bach Choir in honour of the 70th birthday of Christ the Lord is risen today. The now-familiar various other composers to whom the tune has his father David (1919-2015). music originated in a Mendelssohn cantata been speculatively attributed is King John IV of (celebrating Gutenburg’s invention of the Portugal (1604-56) – “The Musician King”, who Originally an Irish folk-song, Mater ora, filium printing press) but in 1815 it was adapted amassed one of the largest musical libraries in was very successfully adapted as a carol by by William H. Cummings to fit Wesley’s words. the world – and anonymous Cistercian monks. Charles Wood (1866-1926), using as a text some The version recorded here is one of the numerous anonymous 15th-century words. It is not the only The tune of Ding dong! merrily on high first carol arrangements by David Willcocks (Director folk-song to have enjoyed a new life as a hymn or appeared in Orchésographie, a dance-book of Music at Kings College Cambridge 1957-74). carol, a subject which Vaughan Williams covers by Jehan Tabourot (1519-95) – the pen-name in one of his essays. Indeed the distinctions (nearly a perfect anagram) of Thoinot Arbeau. between what we term folk-song, hymn and carol George Ratcliffe Woodward’s lyrics were first
- 6 - - 7 - Texts and Translations O, they sailed into Bethlehem, Unsers Herzens Wonne liegt Our delight and pleasure lies On Christmas day, on Christmas day, In praesepio, In a manger 1 I saw three ships come sailing in O, they sailed into Bethlehem, Und leuchtet als die Sonne Like sunshine is our treasure On Christmas day in the morning. Matris in gremio, In the mother’s lap I saw three ships come sailing in Alpha es et O! Thou art Alpha and Omega On Christmas day, on Christmas day And all the bells on earth shall ring, I saw three ships come sailing in On Christmas day, on Christmas day, O Jesu parvule O tiny Jesus On Christmas day in the morning. And all the bells on earth shall ring, Nach dir ist mir so weh! For thee I long alway On Christmas day in the morning. Tröst’ mir mein Gemüte Comfort my heart’s blindness, And what was in those ships all three? O puer optime O best of boys On Christmas day, on Christmas day, And all the angels in Heaven shall sing, Durch alle deine Güte With all Thy loving kindness, And what was in those ships all three? On Christmas day, on Christmas day, O princeps gloriae. O Prince of glory On Christmas day in the morning. And all the angels in Heaven shall sing, Trahe me post te! Draw me unto thee On Christmas day in the morning. Our Saviour, Christ, and His Lady, O Patris caritas! O love of the Father On Christmas day, on Christmas day, And all the souls on earth shall sing, O Nati lenitas! O gentleness of the Son Our Saviour, Christ, and His Lady, On Christmas day, on Christmas day, Wir wären all verloren (verdorben) Deeply were we stained On Christmas day in the morning. And all the souls on earth shall sing, Per nostra crimina Through our sins On Christmas day in the morning. So hat er uns erworben But Thou for us hast gained Pray, whither sailed those ships all three? Then let us all rejoice amain, Coelorum gaudia The joy of heaven On Christmas day, on Christmas day, On Christmas day, on Christmas day, Eia, wären wir da! O that we were there! Pray, whither sailed those ships all three? Then let us all rejoice amain, On Christmas day in the morning. Ubi sunt gaudia Where are joys On Christmas day in the morning. Nirgend mehr denn da! In any place but there? Da die Engel singen There are angels singing Nova cantica, New songs 2 In dulci Jubilo Und die Schellen klingen And there the bells are ringing In regis curia. In the king’s court In dulci jubilo, In quiet joy Eia, wären wir da! O that we were there! Nun singet und seid froh! Now sing with hearts aglow!
- 8 - - 9 - 3 O little one sweet En Bethléem trouverez l’agnelet.’ In Bethlehem the newborn Lamb you’ll see.’ Noël nouvelet, Noël chantons ici. Noël nouvelet, a new Noël sing we! O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild! O sweet little Jesus, O mild little Jesus, Deins Vaters Willn hast du erfüllt; The Father’s will you have fulfilled; En Bethléem Marie et Joseph vis Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem they found, Bist kommen aus dem Himmelreich, You have come from the heavenly kingdom, L’âne et le boeuf, l’enfant couché parmi; Where the infant lay, with ox and ass around, Uns armen Menschen worden gleich, (you have) become like us poor mortals, La crèche était au lieu d’un bercelet. And for a crib, their manger full of hay. O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild! O sweet little Jesus, O mild little Jesus. Noël nouvelet, Noël chantons ici. This new Noël sing we: Noël nouvelet! L’étoile y vis qui la nuit éclaircit. The star I saw that turned darkness to light, O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild! O sweet little Jesus, O mild little Jesus, Qui d’Orient dont elle était sortie Which from orient skies, where it rose one night, Mit Freuden hast du die Welt erfüllt, You are the image of love: En Bethléem les trois rois conduissant, To Bethlehem guided those wise men three. Du kommst herab vom Himmelssaal, Ignite in us the flame of love, Noël nouvelet, Noël chantons ici. Noel nouvelet, a new Noel sing we. Und tröst’st uns in dem Jammertal, That we all of one accord love you, O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild! O sweet little Jesus, O mild little Jesus. L’un porte l’or, l’autre le myrrhe aussi, One carries myrrh, another gold bears, L’autre l’encens qui faisait bon sentir. The third offers incense, which perfumed the air. O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild! O sweet little Jesus, O mild little Jesus, Du Paradis semblait le jardinet Like a heavenly garden the place seemed to be. Du bist der Lieb ein Ebenbild, In thee love’s beauties are all distilled; Noël nouvelet, Noël chantons ici. Noel nouvelet, a new Noel sing we. Zünd an in uns der Liebe Flamm, Then light in us thy love’s bright flame, That we may give thee back the same, Dass wir dich lieben all zusamm’, 5 Still, still, still O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild! O sweet little Jesus, O mild little Jesus, Still, still, still, Hush, hush, hush, 4 Noël nouvelet Weil’s Kindlein schlafen will! For the little child wants wants to sleep! Maria tut es nieder singen, Maria sings to him, Noël nouvelet, Noël chantons ici; Noël nouvelet, sing we a new Noël; Ihre keusche Brust darbringen, Offers him her chaste breast. Dévotes gens, crions à Dieu merci. Thank we now our God, and of his goodness tell; Still, still, still, Hush, hush, hush, Chantons Noël pour le roi nouvelet, Sing we Noël to greet the newborn King; Weil’s Kindlein schlafen will! For the little child wants to sleep. Noël nouvelet, Noël chantons ici. Noël nouvelet, a new Noël we sing! Schlaf, schlaf, schlaf, Sleep, sleep, sleep, D’un oiselet après le chant ouïs Then a tiny bird ceased joyous song to say Mein liebes Kind schlaf! My dear child sleep! Qui aux pasteurs disait: ‘Partez ici; Unto certain shepherds: ‘Haste you now away! Die Engel tun schon musizieren, The angels are making beautiful music,
- 10 - - 11 - Bei dem Kindlein jubilieren. Celebrating the little child 7 Adam lay y’bounden 8 O little town of Bethlehem Schlaf, schlaf, schlaf, Sleep, sleep, sleep, Mein liebes Kind schlaf! My dear child sleep. Adam lay y’bounden, O little town of Bethlehem how still we see thee lie! Bounden in a bond: Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent Groß, groß, groß, Great, great, great, Four thousand winter stars go by Die Lieb’ ist übergroß! The love is enormous! Thought he not too long. Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light Gott hat den Himmelsthron verlassen, God has left his heavenly throne Deo gracias! The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Und muss reisen auf der Strassen. And must travel on the road. thee tonight. Groß, groß, groß, Great, great, great, And all was for an apple, Die Lieb’ ist übergroß. The love is enormous! An apple that he took, O morning stars, together proclaim the holy birth, As clerkès finden And praises sing to God the King and peace to Wir, wir, wir, We, we, we, Written in their book. men on earth; Tun rufen all zu Dir: Are all calling to Thee: Deo gracias! For Christ is born of Mary; and, gathered all above, Tu uns des Himmels Reich aufzuschließen, Open up the heavenly realm to us, While mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch Wenn wir einmal sterben müssen. When we once must die. Nè had the apple taken been, of wondring love’. Wir, wir, wir, We, we, we, The apple taken been, How silently, how silently, the wondrous gift is giv’n! Tun rufen all zu Dir. Are all calling out to Thee. Ne had never our lady Abeen heavenè queen. So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of his heav’n. Blessèd be the time No ear may hear his coming; but in this world 6 Sussex carol When sin departs before his grace, That apple taken was, of sin, Then life and health come in its place; Therefore we moun singen, Where meek souls will receive him, still the dear On Christmas night all Christians sing Angels and men with joy may sing, Deo gracias! Christ enters in. To hear the news the angels bring. All for to see the new-born King. News of great joy, news of great mirth, O holy child of Bethlehem, descend to us we pray, News of our merciful King’s birth. All out of darkness we have light, Cast out our sin and enter in, be born in us today, Which made the angels sing this night: We hear the Christmas angels, the great glad Then why should men on earth be so sad, ‘Glory to God and peace to men, tidings tell; Since our redeemer made us glad, Now and for evermore. Amen.’ O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel. When from our sin he set us free All for to gain our liberty?
- 12 - - 13 - 9 Puer natus in Bethlehem Angels singing, peace on earth The cattle are lowing, the Baby awakes, Told us of the Saviour’s birth. But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes; Puer natus in Bethlehem, A child is born in Bethlehem, I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky Unde gaudet Jerusalem, Exult for joy, Jerusalem! Hail, thou ever blessed morn ... And stay by my side untill morning is nigh. alleluia. Allelujah. Sacred infant, all divine, Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay Hic iacet in praesepio, Lo he who reigns above the skies, What a tender love was thine, Close by me forever, and love me, I pray; Qui regnat sine termino, There in a manger lowly, lies. Thus to come from highest bliss Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care, alleluia. Allelujah. Down to such a world as this. And fit us for Heaven to live with Thee there. In hoc natali gaudio, Come then, and on his natal day, Benedicamus Domino, Rejoice before the Lord and pray. Hail, thou ever blessed morn ... e What sweeter music alleluia. Allelujah. Teach, O teach us, Holy Child, What sweeter music can we bring By thy face so meek and mild, Than a carol, for to sing Teach us to resemble thee, The birth of this our heavenly King? 0 See amid the winter’s snow He who, throned in height sublime, In thy sweet humility. Awake the voice! Awake the string! Sits amid the cherubim. See amid the winter’s snow, Hail, thou ever blessed morn ... Dark and dull night, fly hence away, Born for us on earth below; Hail, thou ever blessed morn ... And give the honor to this day, See the tender lamb appears, w Away in a manger That sees December turned to May. Promis’d from eternal years. Say, ye holy shepherds, say What your joyful news today; Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, Why does the chilling winter’s morn Hail, thou ever blessed morn; Wherefore have ye left your sheep, The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head. Smile, like a field beset with corn? Hail, redemption’s happy dawn; On the lonely mountain steep? The stars in the bright sky looked down where Or smell like a meadow newly-shorn, Sing through all Jerusalem, He lay, Thus, on the sudden? Come and see Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hail, thou ever blessed morn ... The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay. The cause, why things thus fragrant be: ‘Tis He is born, whose quickening birth Lo, within a manger lies As we watch’d at dead of night, Gives life and luster, public mirth, He who built the starry skies; Lo, we saw a wondrous light; To heaven, and the under-earth.
- 14 - - 15 - We see him come, and know him ours, Thus was I knit to man’s nature God of God, Light of Light, Oh, the rising of the sun ... Who, with his sunshine and his showers, To call my true love to my dance. Lo, He abhors not the Virgin’s womb; Turns all the patient ground to flowers. Very God, begotten, not created; The holly bears a prickle as sharp as any thorn The darling of the world is come, Sing, oh! my love ... O come, let us adore Him ... And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ on Christmas And fit it is, we find a room Day in the morn To welcome him. In a manger laid, and wrapped I was Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation; So very poor, this was my chance Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above! Oh, the rising of the sun ... The nobler part of all the house here, is the heart. Betwixt an ox and a silly poor ass Glory to God, in the highest; Which we will give him; and bequeath To call my true love to my dance. O come, let us adore Him ... The holly bears a bark as bitter as any gall This holly, and this ivy wreath, And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ for to redeem To do him honour, who’s our King, Sing, oh! my love ... u The holly and the ivy us all And Lord of all this revelling. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; The holly and the ivy when they are both full grown Oh, the rising of the sun ... What sweeter music can we bring, I would my true love did so chance Of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly Than a carol for to sing To see the legend of my play, bears the crown The holly and the ivy when they are both full grown The birth of this our heavenly King? To call my true love to my dance; Of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly Oh, the rising of the sun and the running of the deer bears the crown r Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Sing, oh! my love ... The playing of the merry organ, sweet singing in the choir i Mater ora, filium Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; t O come, all ye faithful I would my true love did so chance The holly bears a blossom as white as lily flower Mater ora filium To see the legend of my play, O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ to be our sweet Ut post hoc exilium To call my true love to my dance; O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem. savior Nobis donet gaudium Come and behold Him, born the King of angels; Beatorum omnium. Sing, oh! my love, oh! my love, my love, my love, O come, let us adore Him! Oh, the rising of the sun ... This have I done for my true love O come, let us adore Him! Fair maid, who is this babe O come, let us adore Him, The holly bears a berry as red as any blood That thou bearest in thine arms? Then was I born of a virgin pure, Christ the Lord. And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ to do poor Sir, it is a Kingës son Of her I took fleshly substance sinners good That in heav’n above doth won.
- 16 - - 17 - Man to Father he had none With th’ angelic host proclaim, p Ding dong! merrily on high But himself, God alone; Christ is born in Bethlehem. Of a maid he would be born, Hark! the herald angels sing Ding dong! merrily on high in heav’n the bells To save mankind that was forlorn. Glory to the new-born King. are ringing: Ding dong! Verily the sky is riv’n with angel singing. Mater ora filium ... Christ, by highest heav’n adored, Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! Christ, the everlasting Lord, Three kings brought him presents: Late in time behold him come, E’en so here below, below, let steeple bells be Gold, myrrh and frankincense, Offspring of a virgin’s womb. swungen, To my son, full of might, Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, And i-o, i-o, i-o, by priest and people sungen. King of kings and Lord of light. Hail th’ incarnate Deity! Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! Pleased as man with man to dwell, Mater ora filium ... Jesus, our Emmanuel: Pray you, dutifully prime your matin chime, Hark! the herald angels sing ye ringers; Fair maiden, pray for us Glory to the new-born King. May you beautifully rime your evetime song, Unto thy son, sweet Jesus, ye singers. That he will send us of his grace Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace! Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! In heav’n on high to have a place. Hail the sun of righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, Mater ora filium ... Ris’n with healing in his wings; Mild he lays his glory by, o Hark! the herald angels sing Born that man no more may die; Born to raise the sons of earth, Hark! the herald angels sing Born to give them second birth: Glory to the new-born King; Hark! the herald angels sing Peace on earth and mercy mild, Glory to the new-born King. God and sinners reconciled. Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies,
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Quiristers Alto Bass Alex Allen, Henry Brodrick, David Clegg, Lewis Cullen, Angus Benton, Alfred Fardell, Thomas Edmondson, David Hurley, Arthur Lyhne-Gold, Laurie Goggin, Tom Herring, Thomas Gordon, William Guest, Carson White, Lucia Quinault John Johnston, Nathaniel Timothée Hairy, Christopher Morley, Dominic Percival, Higgs, William Higgs, Joss Tenor Zach Roberts, Thomas Sharrock, Pocock, Thomas Rakowicz, Luke Elkington, Oscar Golden-Lee, Finn Tellwright, David Thomas Oliver Maclay, Laurie Sawbridge, Jacob Nathenson, Oliver Street, Kyven Tan, Federico Sadie, Oliver Tarney, Anton Wright Harry Verity, Mark Williams
- 20 - - 21 - Winchester College was founded by William of In addition to singing the regular services each HOWARD IONASCU BENJAMIN CUNNINGHAM Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, in 1382, and week in the College Chapel, the Chapel Choir Winchester College Quiristers have for over 625 years broadcasts, records and tours. In recent years The Director of Chapel Music at Winchester Benjamin Cunningham is Assistant Director of sung services in Winchester College Chapel. In they have sung in the Baltic States, USA, Italy, College is Howard Ionascu. Howard studied music Chapel Music at Winchester College, and is the modem times they have formed a choir renowned France, Holland, Russia and Germany. They at Manchester University before being appointed College’s principal organist. Prior to taking up his for its excellence, and their musical director is have also performed Bach’s St. John Passion Vicar Choral in Wells Cathedral Choir. In 1997 current post, Benjamin was Organ Scholar at Howard Ionascu. Winchester College Chapel Choir with the Academy of Ancient Music. In 2016, he founded The Laudate Choir, which continues Westminster Abbey from 2016-2018 where he shared sings the regular services in the College Chapel. they sang together with The Temple Church to perform regularly in London as well as further in the responsibilities of playing for, and conducting Choir, for a special 70th birthday concert for afield. He is also Musical Director of the Exeter services, as well as the training of the boy choristers. The Quiristers, who form the top line of the the composer John Rutter. They have frequently Philharmonic Choir. Previously, he was Organ Scholar of Worcester choir, perform a wide variety of music at home appear on BBC TV and Radio, including the College, Oxford whilst reading for a degree in Music, and abroad. They benefit from bursaries, a first BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong programme, In recent years, Howard has also been Musical in which he attained a First, and during his gap rate all-round education, and a particularly as well as recording a number of Classic FM’s Director of Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, year was Organ Scholar of Chichester Cathedral. broad musical training which builds confidence, carol services. The Chapel Choir has recorded Finchley Children’s Music Group Trebles Choir teamwork and a commitment to the highest a number of discs with Convivium Records, and The Esterhazy Singers of London. Howard is Benjamin has given a number of recitals, most standards. The Quiristers also sing on their own including Stanford’s Choral Music, Britten’s also in constant demand as a guest conductor, notably at: Westminster Abbey; St Paul’s, Westminster, as a concert choir, as well as with Winchester A Ceremony of Carols and Mozart Requiem including City of London Choir, Rodolfus Choir, Bristol and Chichester Cathedrals; Reading Town College Chapel Choir, where they are joined by with the London Mozart Players. Choir of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Hall; and Merton, The Queen’s, Keble and Exeter lower voices who are senior boys from the College, Orlando Chamber Choir, Guildford Choral Society Colleges in Oxford. In 2017, Benjamin was a Young many with previous experience as both choristers Many former Quiristers and Chapel Choir and Eton Choral Courses. Howard has conducted Artist at the Newbury Spring Festival. and Quiristers. members have gone on to take up university a number of the leading UK orchestras and Until 1966 the Quiristers were educated in a small choral and organ scholarships and won places ensembles, including Bournemouth Symphony Benjamin is a co-Artistic Director of SANSARA and school within Winchester College but since that time at top UK musical conservatoires. Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, City of has conducted them in many concerts and venues they have attended The Pilgrims’ School, where they London Sinfonia, New London Orchestra and in London and the South of England, including: are given bursaries which are funded by Winchester Onyx Brass. St John’s Smith Square, The Temple Church, King’s College, and means tested top up funding is Place and Winchester Cathedral. In February 2020 available up to 100 per cent. At Pilgrims’ the Howard’s previous positions have included he conducted SANSARA in J.S. Bach’s Johnnes- Quiristers benefit from the best academic teaching Director of Music at The King’s School, Canterbury Passion with James Gilchrist as the Evangelist as and join in all the school’s sporting activities. and Director of the Junior Royal Academy of Music. part of the Visiting Artist Series at Winchester College.
- 22 - - 23 - ONYX BRASS Gabriel Jackson, Giles Swayne, Graham Lynch, The individual members of the group are also Steve Martland, Jonathan Dove, John White, Paul active orchestral musicians: they hold permanent Mealor, Julian Philips, Rory Boyle, Kenny Wheeler, positions in the London Symphony Orchestra, Guy Barker, Gwilym Simcock and Trish Clowes. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of English National Opera, the Onyx and its recordings are also regularly Royal Ballet Sinfonia and the English featured on BBC Radio 3, with presenter Sarah Chamber Orchestra. Walker recently remarking that “Their virtuosity is absolutely staggering…they are brilliant!”. During 2014, Onyx Brass toured the country, bringing contemporary brass music to Education is a large part of the remit of bandstands, parks and public spaces as part of Onyx Brass: they have led workshops and the Tour de Brass! The project was generously masterclasses in an enormous variety of contexts supported by PRS for Music’s New Music Biennial that range from Primary School reception classes Scheme, and the Tour passed through London’s to the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Southbank Centre and Glasgow UNESCO City of Music for special performances coinciding Alan Thomas, Philip Cobb – Trumpets pipeline for performance and recording. Work with singers also forms a central part of with the Commonwealth Games. The featured Andrew Sutton – French Horn It is a point of justifiable pride for the group Onyx’s work: the group recently recorded an album commission, Bronze and Iron by David Sawer, was Amos Miller – Trombone to play authentic and sometimes challenging for Hyperion with the Westminster Abbey Choir, recorded live for the NMC label and BBC Radio 3. David Gordon Shute – Tuba music, yet remain a group which is accessible featuring the music of Parry, which reached the to audiences: there is no need to “dumb top spot in the specialist classical chart. In recent Having celebrated its 25th anniversary in the down” when programmes are presented in the years the group has worked regularly with the 2017-18 season, Onyx Brass continues to be the entertaining and articulate fashion that has BBC Singers and the Choir of St. Bride’s, Fleet leading light in establishing the brass quintet as become the group’s trademark. A brief snapshot Street, as well as superb amateur choirs such a medium for serious chamber music, inspired of the composers whose work Onyx has premièred as the Brighton Festival Chorus and the choir of by the pioneering early years of the Philip Jones includes David Sawer, Thea Musgrave, Stuart Selwyn College, Cambridge. Much of this work has Brass Ensemble. To this end, the group has MacRae, Michael Nyman, Joe Duddell, John been under the auspices of the remarkable John commissioned and performed the world premières Tavener, Judith Bingham, John McCabe, Tarik Armitage Memorial trust, with whom Onyx Brass of over 200 new works, with many more in the O’Regan, Cheryl Frances Hoad, Timothy Jackson, has been affiliated since its inception.
- 24 - - 25 - Recorded in Merton College Chapel, Oxford, UK from 10th to 12th January 2020. Producer – Isabella Gardiner Recording Engineer & Editor – Tony Faulkner
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