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HEAR my words Hear my words

1. Hear my words, ye people Hubert Parry [15.03] This disc, featuring some of the best-loved After the justified success of Blest Pair of Sirens in 2. Teach me, O Lord William Byrd [3.23] words, ye people anthems in the church repertoire, is loosely woven 1887, Parry could reasonably be regarded as the 3. Magnificat in G Charles Villiers Stanford [3.57] around two strands in particular. The first is the leading choral composer in England. Hear my 4. BenedictusJoannis de Deofrom Hob Missa XXII/7 Brevis Sancti treble, or boy soprano, voice. The English choral was written for the Diocesan (Little Organ Mass) tradition, at least as old (for example) as the late Choral Festival in Salisbury Cathedral in 1894, in Joseph Haydn [4.24] mediaeval Eton Choirbook, depends integrally on which choirs were drawn together from across the 5. Thou, O God, art praised in Sion Malcolm Boyle [6.04] the nurturing of treble singing in schools. Eton diocese, with the Cathedral Choir serving as the 6. Lord, let me know mine end Maurice Greene [5.34] College, which maintained a choir school until smaller semi-chorus who feature to fine 1968 and subsequently replaced this with its antiphonal effect in the latter stages of the piece. 7. A Prayer of King Henry VI Henry Ley [1.53] flourishing music scholarship system, is now From the opening pages, it shows Parry’s gift not 8. Laudate Dominum from unusual in providing the entire top line of its choir only for organising large-scale structures Vesperae solennes de Confessore W.A. Mozart [4.02] from boys already at the school, aged from 13 to thematically, but also, more particularly, for vocal 9. Out of the deep Thomas Tomkins [4.06] 15, and therefore in relying neither on sixth-form declamation at the smaller level, with phrase 10. A Song of wisdom KV339 Charles Villiers Stanford [5.27] girls nor an arrangement with a choir or prep balancing phrase. Somewhat after the manner of school. In the year this disc was made the choir a cantata by Parry’s beloved Bach, substantial 11. Panis Angelicus from Messe Solennelle César Franck [3.58] enjoyed a unusually abundant crop of these choral sections are interleaved with two arias, one 12. Hear my Prayer and O for the wings of a dove Felix Mendelssohn [11.19] voices, including the eight soloists on this disc. for baritone and one for trebles, which in their 13. The Lord is my Shepherd Lennox Berkeley [4.28] The second strand is that of music with an different ways are shaped with impressive 14. I was glad Hubert Parry [5.19] Etonian connection. Thus it is entirely appropriate command. The conclusion of the work, ‘O praise ye that we begin and end with the music of Parry, the Lord’ has entered the liturgical repertoire as a Total Timings [79.00] Eton’s favourite musical son, whose quiet hymn, complete with elaborate organ pedal part. overhauling of Eton music while a boy here ETON COLLEGE CHAPEL CHOIR undoubtedly proved a fertile training-ground for As the English anthem gradually developed after RALPH ALLWOOD DIRECTOR the wider work he subsequently did for English the various stages of the Reformation in England, DAVID GOODE ORGAN music in general. a form that emerged gradually was the ‘verse’ www.signumrecords.com anthem. Interspersing solo and tutti sections, this

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genre flourished in the Elizabethan era as well as some point in the 1770s. In contrast to the highly the mid-eighteenth century) are all the more Thomas Tomkins was Organist of Worcester in Restoration times; its later descendants were compressed nature of the rest of the Mass (it has remarkable. The walking bass that persists Cathedral from 1596, in the midst of the glory the large-scale anthems of S. S. Wesley and been suggested that it was perhaps considered throughout the piece can be taken as an evocative days of Elizabethan music, to the 1640s, well into indeed Parry. Byrd’s Teach me O Lord is an desirable to get through the longer portions as depiction of life’s journey; over it, Greene crafts a the culturally and religiously lean times of the example of charming simplicity, wholly appropriate quickly as possible) the Benedictus, traditionally series of thoughtful imitative points with, at the Commonwealth. Out of the deep was included to its text and a gentle counterpart to the grandeur the moment in the Mass when the Host was centre, a treble duet of some beauty. in Musica Deo Sacra, a substantial posthumous of Hear my words. venerated, is treated with elaborate, even publication probably compiled by his son, Nathaniel, Prayer, operatic, artifice. The treble solo duets throughout Eton was founded by King Henry VI in 1440; and in 1668; but this is Tomkins’ original version, in An important contemporary of Parry was an with an organ part that is decidedly Rococo in its the prayer written by him, known as the Founder’s five parts. It is a highly atmospheric verse anthem Irishman, Charles Villiers Stanford, Professor of gestures and its ornamentation. has often been considered a model of which is, as it were, pulled steadily out of the Music at Cambridge and of composition at the devotion. It was set by Henry Ley, Precentor and depths by the solo line, drawing in other soloists Royal Academy of Music at the turn of the twentieth Malcolm Boyle was a chorister at the Eton Choir Director of Music at Eton from 1926-1945, to as it progresses. Tomkins’ quotation of Gibbons’ century. Amidst his large output of nearly 200 School, before pursuing a career in church music music of comparably moving simplicity which famous madrigal ‘The silver swan’ (using the works, Stanford is probably best known today for inpraised St. George’s, in Sion, Windsor Castle and Chester makes its timeless effect partly through Ley’s use passage of music which sets the words ‘more geese his Anglican service settings, which continue to Cathedral. His setting of Psalm 65, Thou, O God, art of the Dorian mode, hovering between D minor and than swans now live, more fools than wise’) perhaps form the backbone of the cathedral repertoire. The opens in extrovert manner with an C major, and partly through rhetorical handling of suggests dismay at the state of the nation. Magnificat in G is both unusual in its scoring for organ solo not unlike that of Parry’s Hear my words; phrase lengths. Dominum, treble solo and chorus - a depiction, it is said, of the middle section (‘Thou wilt keep him’) is a long- We return to later periods, and Stanford. Despite the Virgin Mary at her spinning wheel (this breathed and memorable melody for full trebles, To balance Haydn’s Benedictus, Mozart’s Laudate the fame of his service settings, The Grove perhaps an appropriation of Schubert’s Gretchen?) before the grandiose style returns for the close. a sweetly beautiful Rococo confection, Dictionary of Music and Musicians asserts, not - and highly effective in the right performance, with words from the diminutive Psalm 117. This without substance, that ‘in the writing of a song with an attractive freshness lacking in much of The early eighteenth century was generally a forms part of the Solemn Vespers of 1780, one of [he] attained more easily and frequently than in the Anglican music of the period, and with only the rather fallow period in English church music, in the last pieces he wrote while employed by the any other branch of creation the absolute fusion of merest suggestion of operatic sentimentality in which the fashion for German and Italian music, Archbishop of Salzburg. Einstein describes it in thought and feeling sought by composers.’ His set the interaction with the choral group. particularly opera, had diluted the native product. his Mozart as ‘a piece completely unconcerned of 6 Bible Songs Op. 113 (from 1909, thus rather Thus the technical strength and expressive power with anything churchly, and so enchanting and late in his career) were possibly inspired by the Completing this trio of solos is the Benedictus of Lord, let me know mine end, a setting of verses poetic in its expression that it is difficult to find Biblical Songs of Dvorák.v The last and most from Haydn’s Missa Brevis St. Johannis de Deo, from Psalm 39 by Maurice Greene (Organist of St. its counterpart.’ ambitious of the set, A Song of wisdom, takes its also known as the Little Organ Mass, written at Paul’s Cathedral and Master of the King’s Music in text from the Apocrypha. Sung here by a solo

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treble, this matches Parry’s declamatory skill in its the near-operatic drama of the central scena, sweep and grandeur that one associates with The Lord’s seat is in heaven, clouds and darkness atmosphere, rhetoric and building of climaxes; resolved in the pastoral serenity of the final part. Empire as a whole. are round about Him, particularly notable is the high A flat at ‘Come Righteousness and judgement are the habitation unto me’. Anothermy Shepherd. pastoral treble solo opens and closes Life at Eton, and in the British ‘Establishment’ as of His seat. Lennox Berkeley’s version of Psalm 23, The Lord is a whole, may have changed significantly since He decketh Himself with light as with a garment, In its typical blend of devotion and sensuality, This was written in 1975 towards 1902. For a start, most of the boys appearing on and spreadeth out the heavens like a curtain. César Franck’s Panis angelicus fits the description the end of his career, when he had adopted a this recording are hard-working music scholars, He layeth the beams of His chambers in the given to the Mass for 3 voices by Franck’s devoted retrospective style from some fifty years earlier; granted substantial bursaries to facilitate their waters, and maketh the clouds His chariots, and pupil Vincent d’Indy: ‘…a curious dream, half the static harmony, often based on pedal points, education. And yet the music gathered here from walketh upon the wings of the wind. mystic, half secular’. Franck’s balancing of and the gently flowing counterpoint remain, this period, and indeed that of the English choral He bowed the heavens, and came down, and it phrases in this piece dealing with the Blessed however, an apt and evocative response to tradition as handed down over five hundred years, was dark, dark under his feet. Sacrament is certainly achieved with skill; in the text. has a power to stir; it refuses to be sidelined as He rode on the Cherubim and did fly, and came addition, his use of canon between soloist and dated or parochial, but remains vital, vigorous flying upon the wings of the wind. chorus at the reprise is a personal hallmark seen 1902 was the date when the Hill organ in Eton and admirably ‘fit for purpose’. The Lord’s seat is in heaven, His kingdom ruleth also in the finale of his violin sonata in the same College Chapel (possibly the finest English over all. © David Goode 2007 key. This piece originally featured the atmospheric Romantic organ in England) found its present Behold, the eye of the Lord is on them that fear combination of organ, cello and harp. form. But larger events were afoot, since Queen TEXTS Him, and upon them that put their trust in Victoria had died the previous year. Parry’s earlier His mercy. It was the recording by the Temple Church Choir work, as well as the positions he had held at 1 Hear my words, ye people To deliver their soul from death, and to feed them and its treble soloist Ernest Lough that made Oxford and the Royal College of Music, made him Hubert Parry (1848-1918) in time of dearth, Mendelssohn’s ‘O for the wings of a dove’ a smash the natural choice to provide an anthem for the Our soul hath patiently tarried for the Lord, hit in England in the 1920s. The complete anthem, Coronation of Edward VII. (Elgar, for example, was Hear my words, ye people, give ear unto me all ye For He is our help, and our shield. Hear my prayer, a setting of words from Psalm 55, only just becoming known as an orchestral that have knowledge. was written in 1844 at the request of William composer.) He responded as to the manner born. Let us choose to us judgement, let us know among He delivered the poor in his affliction, the Bartholomew for his concerts in Crosby Hall, and I was glad - its text a neat choice from Psalm 122, ourselves what is good. fatherless and him that hath none to help him. subsequently published in Berlin in a German by which the rejoicing of God’s people at the Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any, He He shall bind up the broken-hearted, and proclaim translation. The piece is laid out on a substantial temple of Jerusalem is appropriated for a much is mighty in strength and in wisdom. liberty to the captives, and comfort to those scale, almost that of a small cantata, with the later occasion of national rejoicing - conveys not Behold, He is great, and we know Him not, neither that mourn. questioning phrases of the opening section, and only the pomp of the Coronation but also the can the number of His years be searched out. He shall give them beauty for ashes; the garment

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of praise for the spirit of heaviness. 2 Teach me, O Lord For he that is mighty hath magnified me and holy 5 Thou, O God, art praised in Sion For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the William Byrd (c.1539-1623) is his Name. Malcolm Boyle garden causeth things that are sown to spring forth. And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout So the Lord God will cause righteousness and Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I all generations. Thou, O God, art praised in Sion, and unto Thee peace to spring forth before all the nations. shall keep it unto the end. He hath shewed strength with his arm: shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem. Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law: He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of Thou that hearest the prayer, unto Thee shall all The Lord is full of compassion and mercy, yea, I shall keep it with my whole heart. their hearts. flesh come. He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor Make me to go in the path of thy commandments, He hath put down the mighty from their seat and Blessed is the man whom Thou choosest and rewarded us according to our wickedness, for therein is my desire. hath exalted the humble and meek. receivest unto Thee. For look how high the heaven is in comparison of Incline my heart unto thy testimonies and not He hath filled the hungry with good things and the He shall dwell in Thy courts and shall be satisfied the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that unto covetousness. rich he hath sent empty away. with the pleasures of Thy house, e’en of Thy holy fear Him. O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity and He remembering his mercy hath holpen his temple. Look how wide also the east is from the west, so quicken me in thy way. servant Israel, as he promised to our forefathers Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is hath He set our sins from us. O stablish thy word in thy servant that I may fear thee. Abraham and his seed forever. stayed on Thee. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace because he O praise ye the Lord, praise Him upon earth, in Holy Ghost. Holy Ghost. trusteth in Thee. tuneful accord ye sons of new birth, As it was in the beginning, and is now, and ever As it was in the beginning, and is now, and ever Trust ye in the Lord forever, for in the Lord Jehovah Praise Him who hath brought you His grace shall be, world without end. shall be, world without end. is everlasting strength. from above, Amen. Amen. Let the people praise Thee, O God, yea, let all the Praise Him who hath taught you to sing of His love. Psalm 119:33-38 Luke 1:46-55 people praise, O praise ye the Lord! Then shall the earth bring forth her increase: and 3 Magnificat in G 4DeoBenedictus Hob XXII/7 from Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Thanksgiving and song to Him be out-poured all God shall give us His blessing. Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) (Little Or ages along; gan Mass) Psalm 65, 67; Isaiah 23 For love in creation, for heaven restored, for grace My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) of salvation 6 Lord, let me know mine end rejoiced in God my Saviour. O praise ye the Lord! Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Maurice Greene (1696-1755) For he hath regarded the lowliness of his Amen handmaiden. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Job, Psalms, Isaiah & H. W. Baker Lord, let me know mine end, and the number of For behold from henceforth all generations shall Ordinary of the Mass (Matthew 21:9) my days, call me blessed. that I may be certified how long I have to live. - 8 - - 9 - 115booklet 30/11/07 10:02 Page 11

Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a 9 Out of the deep I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a span long, Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) cypress on the mountains of Hermon. and mine age is even as nothing inme respect to that of which thee; I am; I was exalted like a palm tree on the seashore, and And verily every man living is altogetherthou knowest vanity. what thou wouldst make of me; Out of the deep have I called to Thee, O Lord. as a fair olive tree in the plain. For man walketh in a vain shadow, inand thy disquieteth mercy do with Henryme according VI to thy will. Lord, hear my voice. And my branches are branches of glory and grace, himself in vain; Amen. Confessore O let Thine ears consider well the voice of my and my flowers are the fruit of glory and riches. he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall 8 Laudate KV339Dominum from Vesperae solennes de complaint. Come unto me, ye that are desirous of me, and be gather them. If Thou, Lord, will be extreme to mark what is done ye filled with my fruits. And now, Lord, what is my hope? Truly my hope is W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) amiss, And I came out as a stream from a river, I said, I even in thee. O Lord who may abide it. will water my garden, and will water abundantly Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine ears consider Laudate Dominum omnes gentes: For there is mercy with Thee, therefore shalt Thou my garden bed; my calling; laudate eum omnes populi: be feared. And lo, my stream became a river, and my river hold not thy peace at my tears. Quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia Amen. became a sea. O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength, ejus: Psalm 130:1-4 For my thoughts are filled from the sea, and my before I go hence, and be no more seen. et veritas, Domini manet in aeternum. counsels from the great deep. Psalm 39:4-7, 12-13 Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. 0 A Song of wisdom I came forth from the mouth of the Most High, Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in Charles Villiers Stanford And my throne is in the pillar of the cloud. 7 A Prayer of King Henry VI saecula saeculorum. Ecclesiasticus 24 Henry Ley (1887-1962) Amen. I came forth from the mouth of the Most High and covered the earth as a mist. q Panis Angelicus from Messe Solennelle Domine, Jesu Christe, O praise the Lord all ye nations; I dwelt in high places, and my throne is in the César Franck (1822-1890) qui me creasti, redemisti, et preordinasti ad hoc praise him all ye people! pillar of the cloud. quod sum, For his merciful kindness is great toward us, Alone I compassed the circuit of heaven and Panis angelicus, fit panis hominum: tu scis quid de me facere vis; and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. walked in the depth of the abyss. Dat panis coelicus figuris terminum: fac de me secundum voluntatem tuam cum Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth, and O res mirabilis! manducat Dominum. misericordia. Holy Ghost; in every people and nation, Pauper, pauper, servus et humilis. Amen. as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, I got a possession, with all these I sought rest. world without end. And I took root in a people that was glorified, in The angelic bread becomes the bread of man; O Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. the portion of the Lord’s own inheritance. The heavenly bread gives an end to all figures. who created and redeemed me, and foreordained Psalm 116 (Vulgate) - 10 - - 11 - 115booklet 30/11/07 10:02 Page 13

What a wondrous thing! e The Lord is my Shepherd A poor and humble servant feeds on the Lord. Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) BIOGRAPHIES St. Thomas Aquinas The Lord is my Shepherd; w Hear my Prayer and O for the wings of a dove I shall not want. ETON COLLEGE CHAPEL CHOIR College Chapel Choir today is formed from boys in Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: the school, with the occasional master, about half He leadeth me beside the still waters. In 1441, Henry VI founded Eton College in honour of whom have been choristers at cathedrals or Hear my prayer, O God, incline Thine ear! of the Blessed Virgin Mary. At the same time, he chapels before they come to Eton for their Thyself from my petition do not hide! He restoreth my soul: founded its sister college, King’s College in secondary education. The choral tradition is Take heed to me! Hear how in prayer I mourn He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for Cambridge, and gave each its chapel in maintained by regular school services throughout to Thee! his name’s sake. magnificent Perpendicular style. The foundation of term-time. Music Scholarships are offered annually Without Thee all is dark, I have no guide. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the Eton College provided ten men and sixteen boys to to enable talented boys to continue their education The enemy shouteth, the godless come fast! shadow of death, I will fear no evil: sing the services and with very few breaks, the at Eton. The choir and boy organists’ ten Iniquity, hatred upon me they cast! For thou art with me; thy rod and staff they choir has been singing in the chapel from then recordings range from the 15th century Eton The wicked oppress me, Ah, where shall I fly? comfort me. until the present day. Choirbook to jazz standards in close harmony. Perplexed and bewildered, O God, hear my cry! Psalm 23:1-4 My heart is sorely pained within my breast, r My soul with deathly terror is oppressed, I was glad Trembling and fearfulness upon me fall, Hubert Parry With horror overwhelmed, Lord, hear me call! I was glad, glad when they said unto me, O for the wings of a dove! We will go into the house of the Lord. Far away would I rove! Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem. In the wilderness build me a nest, Jerusalem is builded as a city, that is at unity And remain there for ever at rest. in itself. W. Bartholomew after Psalm 55:1-7 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem, they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within thy palaces.

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Soloists

Trebles Alto Tenors Basses (Mendelssohn - O, for the wings (Stanford - Magnificat in G, of a dove, Franck - Panis Berkeley - The Lord is my *+ Adam Berman + Joseph Armon-Jones + Gwilym Bowen + Edward Blakeney angelicus) Shepherd) + + Edmund Bridges James Eager Nathan Eager Simon Chambers Adam Berman was the youngest Joshua Cooter sang as a boy Samuel Cator Alexander Greaves Samuel Ellison William Clarke chorister to join St Margaret’s chorister at Chichester + + Matthew Chambers Julian Harvie Kevin Gray Nicholas Daly choir, Westminster Abbey, aged Cathedral for 5 years where he * + + Alex Chance Henry Hunter Julian Gregory Alessandro Fisher 6. At the age of 11, he sang the role of Miles in was head chorister under Alan Thurlow and was *+ Joshua Cooter James Lowther Charles Phillips Robert Jeffrey Britten’s The Turn of the Screw in Brussels, Paris, educated at Prebendal School. He plays the * *+ Alex Eager Mr. Andrew Maynard Robert Ponti Alex Jones and Aix-en-Provence under Daniel Harding. Adam trombone, organ and piano and sings in College + Charles Gardiner-Hill James Prothero Marcus Roberts Hector Miller-Bakewell is a Music Scholar at Eton and plays oboe, piano Chapel and in the close harmony group Incognitos. + Simon Goldring Thomas Recknell Thomas Russell Jonathan Monro and percussion. He is in his first year at Eton as a Music Scholar. John Gowers Alasdair Russell Fergus Thirlwell James Poston *+ Sam Landman James Spicer Christopher Potts (Greene - Lord let me know (Greene - Lord let me know Nicholas Lee + Henry Vaughan Fernando Rodriguez-Villa mine end) mine end) Charles Longstaff Jack Ross Alex Chance was head chorister Alex Eager was a head chorister Joshua Nieboer Benjamin van Nieuwenhuizen at Beeston Hall School in at Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. He *+ Tom Norrington Norfolk, performing in St Peter went on three tours with the Rubin Patel Mancroft in Norwich amongst choir which included Singapore. *+ Hugo Popplewell other venerable East Anglian churches. He has He has worked with BBC Wales many times, and *+ Alex Robarts sung the part of Ralph Rackstraw in HMS he also sang in the Wales Remembrance Service Pinafore, and has performed with the viol consort three years in a row. He and his two elder brothers Fretwork. He plays the French horn, recorder, and are Music Scholars at Eton. + Small choir for ‘Laudate Dominum’ jazz piano. He is in his first year as a Music * Soloist Exhibitioner at Eton.

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RALPH ALLWOOD (Parry - Hear my words, ye people) learnt the violin, piano and oboe alongside his Alex Jones was a treble at St. singing. Tom is now a Music Scholar at Eton, and Ralph Allwood is Precentor and Director of Music He has recently been made an honorary Fellow of John’s College, Cambridge for is a member of the Chapel Choir and the close at Eton College. He was a pupil at Tiffin School, the Royal School of Church Music and an honorary five years. With the choir he harmony group Incognitos. and graduated from Durham University in 1972 Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. went on numerous tours with the Eve Myra Kysh prize for music. He was including America and Japan. (Byrd - Teach me, O Lord) later a member of the Choir of King’s College, He is now a Music Scholar in his fourth year at Hugo Popplewell was a Cambridge under Sir David Willcocks, then Eton, and hopes to continue singing baritone one pupil at Prior Park Prep School, became Director of Music at Pangbourne College. day as a profession. where he was principal chorister While Director of Music at Uppingham he founded in the choir. He toured with them the annual Eton Choral Courses for prospective (Tomkins - Out of the deep) to Austria, and his solos choral scholars. There are now six of these courses Sam Landman was a chorister at included Mozart - Agnus Dei and Mendelssohn - attended each year by four hundred singers aged King’s College Cambridge from Hear my prayer. He came to Eton as a Music between 16 and 20. The courses broadcast and 2000 to 2005, and sang the Scholar in September 2006. record evensongs and sequences for BBC Radio famous ‘Once in Royal David’s Three. He has conducted choral courses and City’ on the television in his final (Stanford - A Song of wisdom) workshops all over the world, has been musical year. He also sang in the recording of Karl Jenkins’ Alex Robarts was a chorister in director for National Youth Music Theatre musicals Requiem in which he performed as a soloist in the the choir of St John’s College, for ITV, Granada and BBC2, and conducted on two Classical Brit awards. He is now a Music Scholar Cambridge. He toured with St. occasions for the Edinburgh International Festival. at Eton. John’s in seven countries, recorded three CDs and his solos Lord is my Shepherd. Eton College Chapel Choir, which he directs, tours (Mendelssohn - Hear my prayer, included Fauré - Pie Jesu, Mozart - Agnus Dei, abroad every year and have released ten Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb and Berkeley - The Mozart - Laudate Dominum, recordings. He also directs the Rodolfus Choir, the He is now a Music Haydn - Benedictus) Windsor and Eton Choral Society and the National Tom Norrington was educated at Exhibitioner at Eton. Youth Choir of Wales. He is a choral advisor for Horris Hill and The Pilgrims’

Novello and Co, for the National Youth Choir of Allwood © Tom School where he was a chorister Great Britain and for the Voices Foundation, and a at Winchester Cathedral under David Hill briefly judge for the Llangollen International Eisteddfod. and then Andrew Lumsden. Whilst at Pilgrims’ he

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DAVID GOODE

David Goode is Organist and Head of Keyboard at volume of a landmark project to record the Eton College; he combines this with a busy complete organ works of Max Reger. In 2005, he international career. A music scholar at Eton recordedMusic Works the BBC Music Magazine cover CD from College and then organ scholar at King’s College, Eton, A Bach Christmas, and in December Cambridge, he also studied organ with David appeared from there on Howard Goodall’s How Sanger and Jacques van Oortmerssen. From 1996- on Channel 4. 2001 he was Sub-Organist at Christ Church, Recorded at Eton College Chapel, UK, 5 December 2006 and 14 & 21 January 2007 Oxford, and following major prizes at the 1997 St. Producer - Matthew O'Donovan Alban’s Competition and the 1998 Calgary Engineer - Nick Goetzee Editor - Matthew O'Donovan Competition, he concentrated on a freelance Front cover photo - © Malcolm Crowthers career between 2001 and 2003. From 2003-5, he Design and Artwork - Woven Design www.wovendesign.co.uk

was Organist-in-Residence at First Congregational P 2008 The copyright in this recording is owned by Signum Records Ltd. C Church Los Angeles, home to the world’s largest 2008 The copyright in this CD booklet, notes and design is owned by Signum Records Ltd. Any unauthorised broadcasting, public performance, copying or re-recording of Signum Compact Discs constitutes an infringement of copyright and will render church organ. the infringer liable to an action by law. Licences for public performances or broadcasting may be obtained from Phonographic Performance Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this booklet may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission from Signum Records Ltd. In 2006 he featured in the ‘Rising Stars’ series SignumClassics, Signum Records Ltd., Suite 14, 21 Wadsworth Road, Perivale, Middx UB6 7JD, UK around Europe, played a rare solo recital in the +44 (0) 20 8997 4000 E-mail: [email protected] Proms, and toured Australia. In addition to www.signumrecords.com appearances in the Far East, Canada and South Africa, he has visited the US extensively since 1999; in 2007 he returns to play at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and plays at the Leipzig Gewandhaus and the Lahti Festival. Showpieces from King’s His recordings, including those with the BBC

Singers and BBC Philharmonic, range from French © Malcolm Crowthers in 1994, to the 2004 first

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