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COR34_Ceremony Booklet.indd 2-3 24/8/05 09:19:43 In December 1977, as a member of the choir of BrittenBenjamin Choral Britten Works(22 NovemberII: Benjamin 1913 Britten- 4th December - 22 Nov 1913 1976) - 4 Dec 1976 Westminster Abbey, I sang at Britten’s memorial service; at that time, I was also a member of English fter three years in the United States, whole sequence with the plainsong antiphon Music Theatre, successor to English Opera Group Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears from the Vespers of the Nativity, which has and the brainchild of conductor Steuart Bedford Areturned to England in spring 1942, in that Latin text. This version of the Ceremony the Swedish merchant ship M.S. Axel Johnson of Carols was first performed, by women’s and producer Colin Graham but with the blessing On the way the ship stopped at Halifax, Nova voices, in the Library of Norwich Castle on and support of Britten. Unfortunately, I never had Scotia, where they came across The English 5th December 1942; shortly before publication the privilege of meeting Benjamin Britten but I felt Galaxy of Shorter Poems in a bookshop. With the next year Britten added That yongë Child I knew him through his music and working closely this small book (he also had with him two harp (14th C anon.), as a complement to Balulalow, manuals to study for an eventually unfulfilled and the solo harp interlude, marked andante with not only Steuart and Colin but also Peter Pears. concerto commission), working in a cabin Pears pastorale - where the plainsong melody is heard It had taken England many centuries to produce described as “miserable… the smell & heat again - and thus it received its first London such a distinctive musical personality. Indeed there would be many that would were intolerable”, Britten was able to create a performance in December 1943, and was musical language for the narrative of Christmas recorded by the Morriston Boys’ Choir. agree with me that he was the first of such stature since Henry Purcell. and the rebirth of spring, that would become A Britten had with him also on the Axel Having sung most of the works on this disc as a boy chorister and as a Ceremony of Carols; one wh ich seems at once Johnson some poems by W. H. Auden, with rather indifferent tenor, I found it most refreshing to look over these scores strange and far-off, and familiar and personal, whom they had stayed for a time in the US, archaic and precisely modern, with the verve and whom Britten had met when composing from a conductor’s viewpoint. I am always astounded how years of misguided and immediacy of response of youth. for the GPO Film Unit in 1935. These included interpretation lead to the composer’s intentions being flagrantly ignored and The settings of five poems from the parts of a Christmas Oratorio, of which in then termed “tradition” but I didn’t really expect it in performances of more anthology, There is no Rose, As Dew in Aprille the end Britten set only two short sections, a recent composers’ works. And so it was doubly refreshing to attempt to be (both to 14th century anonymous poems), Chorale (later withdrawn) and A Shepherd’s This little Babe and In Freezing Winter Night Carol, included in the BBC programme A Poet’s faithful to Britten’s requests. His music is never easy but it is always challenging (Robert Southwell, 1561?-1595), and Deo Christmas, in 1944. Auden’s work was published, for performers, be they singers or instrumentalists. However, and take note all Gracias (15th C anon.), as well as Balulalow with the title For the Time Being, the same year, budding composers, he never sets impossible tasks! (James, John and Robert Wedderburn, 16th C) but without the carol, whose refrain the poet and the music of Wolcum Yole! (14th C anon.), apparently feared might be misconstrued, and at first with the Latin words Hodie Christus thus a mysterious, atmospheric poem, setting natus est, were composed on board ship. After the transcendent sad calm of a shepherd’s vision their arrival in England, Britten added the against the dramatic imagination and less Spring Carol (William Cornish, 14?-1523), glamorous reality of a poet’s life, was saved from and most significantly decided to frame the oblivion by Britten’s lovely music. 2 3

COR34_Ceremony Booklet.indd Sec1:2-Sec1:3 24/8/05 09:19:56 Once back in England, Britten and Pears settled written when he was still a boy himself” A Ceremony of Carols Missa Brevis in D in Aldeburgh in Suffolk, The Borough of George (Wilfrid Mellers). This was Britten’s first choral Crabbe’s poem which Britten had read in the US publication and his first choral music to be Harp: Sioned Williams solos: Carys Lane, Rebecca Outram, in 1941 and which had made him realise “where broadcast, on 23rd February 1934 - the day 1 Procession 1.41 Deborah Miles-Johnson br I belonged and what I lacked”; the poem would of Elgar’s death - and was thus a significant 2 Wolcum Yole! 1.16 Kyrie 1.57 lead to the opera Peter Grimes. Britten rewrote his launching upon the world, for one still a student bs Gloria 2.33 music for the traditional text The Sycamore Tree, at the Royal College of Music. The music is a 3 There is no Rose 2.16 bt which had begun life as I saw three ships in 1931 at set of variations, on the motif at the beginning 4 That yongë child 1.39 Sanctus/Benedictus 3.00 a Lowestoft Musical Society concert, for the 1968 of the hymn-like opening theme, D-E-G-E; solo: Sally Dunkley bu Agnus Dei 2.06 Aldeburgh Festival. Also dating from 1931, and Edmund Rubbra wrote in a preview for the Radio 5 rewritten for the 1966 festival, Sweet was the song, Times that it contained “the best elements of Balulalow 1.15 to words from William Ballet’s 16th century Lute Elizabethan choral writing”; it’s true that except solo: Libby Crabtree A Boy was Born Book, was extracted from a Christmas suite Thy for some sections of the War Requiem he never 6 As dew in Aprille 0.56 with the Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral King’s Birthday. wrote such elaborate vocal counterpoint again, 7 Organist and master of the choristers of and one can already hear that his gifts incline This little Babe 1.21 (Director: John Scott) solo: Jamie Hopkins Westminster Cathedral, George Malcolm had more to a dramatic, rhetorical stylization more 8 Interlude 3.53 cl Theme 2.21 deliberately created in the boys of his choir a raw, akin to the 17th century, and his (later) much- harp solo: Sioned Williams cm Variation I: Lullay, Jesu 4.23 ‘continental’ sound far removed from the soft beloved Purcell, than to the polyphony of Tallis 9 In freezing winter night 3.08 cn Variation II: Herod 2.12 roundness of Anglican tradition. Britten heard the (as in, say, Vaughan Williams). solos: Libby Crabtree, Sally Dunkley choir in January 1959; they sang, he wrote, “with A Boy was Born is also notable for Britten’s co Variation III: Jesu, as Thou art 2.50 bl Spring Carol 1.02 a brilliance & authority which was staggering.” precocious selection and understanding of poetic cp A commission for a Mass was discussed, and a texts, which would be among his most consistent solos: Libby Crabtree, Sally Dunkley Variation IV: The Three Kings 3.29 little later, Malcolm related, he met Britten by and valuable qualities. As well as anonymous 15th bm Deo Gracias! 1.06 cq Variation V: chance and told him he would be leaving the century sources, and the translation of the 16th In the Bleak Mid-Winter 5.07 bn Recession 1.51 Cathedral in the summer to go freelance. “He century German title chorale, he gives fresh life to cr didn’t say, as some of my friends kindly had, Christina Rossetti’s hymn In the bleak mid-winter, Variation VI: Noel! 9.10 ‘What a loss for English church music’. He just not least by the breathtaking imaginative leap of bo A Shepherd's Carol 3.29 said, ‘What about my Mass?’ & 3 weeks later bringing in the boys’ voices above the slow-falling Total playing time 69.37 solos: Simon Birchall, Neil MacKenzie, he delivered it…” The result is a work of fierce snow to sing the Corpus Christi carol. The sixth Deborah Miles-Johnson, Carys Lane concision, with bright, sometimes even harsh, variation, Finale, incorporates poems by Thomas sounds from voices and organ, and yet enormous Tusser (1558) and Francis Quarles (1592-1644) in bp The Sycamore Tree 1.44 poignancy. a rondo, with a moment of bell-like stasis on the bq Sweet was the Song 2.27 “Britten began his career with a rebirth, word 'Glory', before the final peroration. a work specifically called A Boy was Born, © nicolas robertson 4 5

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1 Procession Wolcum, Wolcum, Wolcum be ye that are here, Hodie Christus natus est: Wolcum Yole! hodie Salvator apparuit: Wolcum alle and make good cheer. hodie in terra canunt angeli: Wolcum alle and another yere, laetantur archangeli: Wolcum Yole. Wolcum! hodie exultant justi dicentes: gloria in excelsis Deo. Alleluia! 3 There is no Rose SOPRANO TENOR 2 Wolcum Yole! There is no rose of such vertu Fiona Clarke, Libby Crabtree, Ruth Dean, Simon Berridge, Philip Daggett, As is the rose that bare Jesu. Micaela Haslam, Carys Lane, Rebecca Outram Neil MacKenzie, Matthew Vine Wolcum, Wolcum, Alleluia. Wolcum be thou hevenè king, ALTO BASS Wolcum Yole! For in this rose containèd was Deborah Miles-Johnson, Philip Newton Simon Birchall, Robert Evans Wolcum, born in one morning, Heaven and eart in litel space, Christopher Royall, Nigel Short Timothy Jones, Jeremy White Wolcum for whom we sall sing! Res miranda. HARP ORGAN PIANO Wolcum be ye, Stevene and Jon, By that rose we may well see Sioned Williams Margaret Phillips Stephen Westrop Wolcum Innocentes every one, There be one God in persons three, Wolcum Thomas marter one, Pares forma. Missa Brevis A Ceremony of Carols Wolcum be ye, good Newe Yere, The aungels sungen the shepherds to: Wolcum Twelfthe Day both in fere, Gloria in excelsis Deo! I Fiona Clarke, Libby Crabtree I Libby Crabtree, Ruth Dean Wolcum, seintes lefe and dere, Gaudeamus. Ruth Dean, Carys Lane Micaela Haslam, Rosemary Hattrell Wolcum Yole, Wolcum Yole, Wolcum! Leave we all this werldly mirth, II Sally Dunkley, Michaela Haslam II Fiona Clarke, Sally Dunkley Candelmesse, Quene of bliss, and follow we this joyful birth. Nicola-Jane Kemp, Rebecca Outram Lucinda Houghton, Nicola-Jane Kemp Wolcum bothe to more and lesse. Transeamus. III Deborah Miles-Johnson, Philip Newton III Sarah Connolly, Philip Newton Christopher Royall, Nigel Short Christopher Royall, Nigel Short 6 7

COR34_Ceremony Booklet.indd Sec1:6-Sec1:7 24/8/05 09:19:57 4 That yongë child He came al so stille There his moder lay, 8 Interlude bl Spring Carol As dew in Aprille That falleth on the spray. That yongë child when it gan weep Sioned Williams ‒ Harp solo Pleasure it is to hear iwis, the Birdès sing. Moder and mayden was never none but she: With song she lulled him asleep: The deer in the dale, the sheep in the vale, Well may such a lady Goddes moder be. That was so sweet a melody the corn springing. 9 It passèd alle minstrelsy. In freezing winter night God’s purvayance For sustenance, it is for man. 7 The nightingalë sang also: This little Babe Behold, a silly tender babe, Then we always to him give praise, Her song is hoarse and nought thereto: This little Baby so few days old, in freezing winter night, And thank him than. Whoso attendeth to her song Is come to rifle Satan’s fold; In homely manger trembling lies – And leaveth the first then doth he wrong. All hell doth at his presence quake, Alas, a piteous sight! bm Deo Gracias Though he himself for cold do shake; The inns are full; no man will yield 5 Balulalow For in this weak unarmèd wise This little pilgrim bed. Deo gracias! Deo gracias! The gates of hell he will surprise. But forced he is with silly beasts Adam lay ibounden, bounden in a bond; O my deare hert, young Jesus sweit, In crib to shroud his head. Four thousand winter thought he not to long. With tears he fights and wins the field, Prepare thy creddil in my spreit, This stable is a Prince’s court, His naked breast stands for a shield; And I sall rock thee to my hert, This crib his chair of State; Deo gracias! Deo gracias! His battering shot are babish cries, And never mair from thee depart. The beasts are parcel of this pomp, And all was for an appil, an appil that he tok, His arrows looks of weeping eyes, The wooden dish his plate. As clerkès finden written in their book. But I sall praise thee evermoir His martial ensigns Cold and Need; The persons in that poor attire With sangës sweit unto thy gloir; And feeble Flesh his warrior’s steed. Deo gracias! Deo gracias! His royal liveries wear; The knees of my hert sall I bow, Ne had the appil takè ben, the appil takè ben, His camp is pitchèd in a stall, The Prince himself is come from heav’n; And sing that richt Balulalow! Ne haddè never our lady a ben hevenè quene. His bulwark but a broken wall; This pomp is prizèd there. The crib his trench, haystalks his stakes; With joy approach, O Christian wight, Blessèd be the time that appil takè was. 6 As dew in Aprille Of shepherds he his muster makes; Do homage to the King, Therefore we moun singen. And thus, as sure his foe to wound, And highly praise his humble pomp, Deo Gracias! I sing of a maiden That is makèles: The angels’ trumps alarum sound. which he from Heav’n doth bring. King of all kings To her son she ches. My soul, with Christ join thou in fight; bn Recession He came al so stille There his moder was, Stick to the tents that he hath pight. As dew in Aprille That falleth on the grass. Within his crib is surest ward; Hodie... (text as Procession, track 1 ) This little Babe will be thy guard. He came al so stille There his moder’s bour, If thou wilt foil thy foes with joy, As dew in Aprille That falleth on the flour. then flit not from this heavenly Boy. 8 9

COR34_Ceremony Booklet.indd Sec1:8-Sec1:9 24/8/05 09:19:57 bo Joseph did whistle and Mary did sing, bt Sanctus/Benedictus A Shepherd's Carol Mary did sing, Mary did sing, Missa Brevis in D O lift your little pinkie, and touch the winter sky. And all the bells on earth did ring Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Love’s all over the mountains For joy our Lord was born. br Kyrie Dominus Deus Sabaoth. where the beautiful go to die. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. O they sail'd into Bethlehem Kyrie eleison. Hosanna in excelsis. If Time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, To Bethlehem, to Bethlehem, Christe eleison. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. I’d pay for riding lessons Saint Michael was the steeresman, Kyrie eleison. Hosanna in excelsis. and take his gun away. O lift . . . Saint John sat in the horn1. bs If I were a Valentino, and Fortune were abroad, And all the bells on earth did ring, Gloria bu Agnus Dei I’d hypnotise that iceberg On earth did ring, on earth did ring: Gloria in exclesis Deo. till she kissed me of her own accord. O lift . . . Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: 'Welcome be Thou Heaven's King, Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. miserere nobis. If I’d stacked up the velvet On Christ's Sunday at morn!' Laudamus te, benedicimus te, Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: and my crooked rib were dead, 1prow adoramus te, glorificamus te. dona nobis pacem. I’d be breeding white canaries Gratias agimus tibi and eating crackers in bed. O lift . . . propter magnam gloriam tuam. bq Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, A Boy was Born But my cuffs are soiled and fraying. Sweet was the song Deus Pater omnipotens. The kitchen clock is slow, Sweet was the song the Virgin sung, cl Domine Fili unigenite, Iesu Christe. Theme: A Boy was Born and over the Blue Waters When she to Bethlem Juda came, Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris. the grass grew long ago. O lift . . . And was delivered of a son, A BOY WAS BORN in Bethlehem, That blessed Jesus hath to name. Qui tollis peccata mundi, Rejoice for that, Jerusalem! Alleluya. Lulla, lulla, lulla, lullaby, miserere nobis. bp The Sycamore Tree Qui tollis peccata mundi, He let himself a servant be, Lulla, lulla, lulla, lullaby, That all mankind He might set free: Alleluya. As I sat under a sycamore tree, Sweet Babe, sang she. suscipe deprecationem nostram. A sycamore tree, a sycamore tree, My Son and eke a Saviour born, Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, Then praise the Word of God who came I looked me out upon the sea Who hast vouchsafed from on high miserere nobis. to dwell within a human frame: Alleluya. On Christ's Sunday at morn. To visit us that were forlorn. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus, tu solus Dominus, Lalula, lalula, lalulaby, tu solus Altissimus Iesu Christe, cm Variation I: Lullay Jesu I saw three ships a-sailing there, Sweet Babe, sang she, Cum Sancto Spiritu A-sailing there, a-sailing there, Mine own dear mother, sing lullay! and rocked Him sweetly on her knee. in gloria Dei Patris. Amen. Jesu, Mary and Joseph they bear Lullay, Jesu, lullay, lullay! On Christ's Sunday at morn. Mine own dear mother, sing lullay! 10 11

COR34_Ceremony Booklet.indd Sec1:10-Sec1:11 1 24/8/05 09:19:57 So blessed a sight it was to see, Herod slew with pride and sin, cp Variation IV: Snow on snow, How Mary rocked her Son so free; Thousands of two year and within; In the bleak mid-winter So fair she rocked and sang 'by-by'. The body of Christ he thought to win The Three Kings Long ago. And to destroy the Christian fay2. 'Mine own dear son, why weepest Thou thus? There came three kings fro Galilee Lully, lulley, lully, lulley, Is not Thy Father King of bliss? Mary with Jesu forth yfraught3, Into Bethlehem, that fair city, The falcon hath borne my make1 away. Have I not done that in me is? As the angel her taught, To seek Him that should ever be by right-a, Your grievance, tell me what it is.' To flee the land till it were sought, Lord and king and knight-a. He bare him up, he bare him down, To Egypt she took her way. He bare him into an orchard brown. 'Therefore, mother weep I nought, They took their leave, both old and ying, But for the woe that shall be wrought Now Jesus that didst die for us on the Rood, Of Herod, that moody king; In that orchard there was an hall To me, ere I mankind have bought. And didst christen innocents in their blood, They went forth with their offering by light-a, That was hangëd with purple and pall. By the prayer of Thy mother good, By the star that shone so bright-a. And in that hall there was a bed, 'Ah, dear mother! yet shall a spear Bring us to bliss that lasteth ay. Till they came into the place It was hangëd with gold so red. My heart in sunder all to-tear; 1 2 3 No wonder though I careful were. Maid Faith Laden Where Jesus and His mother was, 1 In that bed there lieth a knight, Offered they up with great solace in fere-a His woundës bleeding, day and night. 'Now, dear mother, sing lullay, Gold, incense, and myrrh-a. And put away all heaviness; co Variation III: Jesu, By that bedside kneeleth a may, Into this world I took the way, Forth then went these kingës three, And she weepeth both night and day. Again to (heaven) I shall me dress, as Thou art our Saviour Till they came home to theri country; Where joy is without end ay, Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, Glad and blithe they were all three And by that bedside there standeth a stone, 2 Mine own dear mother, sing lullay!' Save us all through Thy virtue. Of the sight that they had see bydene-a . Corpus Christi written thereon. Lullay, Jesu, lullay, lullay! 1Together 2Together 1Mate Mine own dear mother, sing lullay! Jesu, as Thou art our Saviour That Thou save us fro dolour! cr Variation VI: cq Variation V: In the Jesu is mine paramour. (Finale) Noel! cn Variation II: Herod Blessed be Thy name, Jesu. bleak mid-winter Noel! Wassail! Good day, good day, Noel! Jesu was born of a may, In the bleak mid-winter My Lord Sir Christëmas, good day! Herod that was both wild and wode, Upon Christëmas Day, Frosty wind made moan, Full much he shed of Christian blood, She was may beforn and ay, Earth stood hard as iron, Good day, Sir Christëmas our King, To slay the Child so meek of mood, Blessed be Thy name, Jesu. Water like a stone; For every man, both old and ying, 1 that Mary bare, that clean may . Snow has fallen, snow on snow, Is glad of your coming. Good day. 12 13

COR34_Ceremony Booklet.indd Sec1:12-Sec1:13 24/8/05 09:19:57 Godës Son so much of might Glory to God on high, and jolly mirth, From heaven to earth down is light 'Twixt man and man, and peace on earth! The Sixteen And born is of a maid so bright. Good day. HARRY CHRISTOPHERS Wassail, Wassail! Noel! Our King! Hosanna! Lully, lulley, lully, lulley... This night a Child is born. fter twenty-five years of world-wide performance Noel! Noel!... 1 and recording, The Sixteen is recognised as 'Get ivy and hull , woman, deck up thine house, Herod that was so wild and wode. Aone of the world’s greatest vocal ensembles. And take this same brawn for to seethe and to souse; Mine own dear mother... Jesu, Jesu!... Its special reputation for performing early English Provide us good cheer, for thou knowest the old guise, polyphony, masterpieces of the Renaissance and a Old customs that good be, let no man despise. This night a Child is born; diversity of 20th century music is drawn from the At Christmas be merry and thank God of all, This night a Son is given; passions of conductor and founder, Harry Christophers. Recording Producer: Mark Brown And feast thy poor nighbours, the great and the small. This son, this Child Over eighty recordings, many prize-winning, reflect Recording Engineers: Mike Hatch, Mike Clements Yea, all the year long have an eye to the poor, Hath reconciled Recorded at Snape Maltings, January 1991, The Sixteen’s quality in a range of work spanning the & St Michael's. Highgate, September 1992 And God shall send luck to keep open thy door. Poor man that was forlorn, music of six hundred years. Cover image: Creatas Good fruit and good plenty do well in thy loft, And the angry God of Heaven. The Sixteen has toured throughout Europe, Japan, Design: Richard Boxall Design Associates Then lay for an orchard and cherish it oft. Hosanna, sing Hosanna! Australia and the Americas and has given regular P 2005 The Sixteen Productions Ltd. The profit is mickle, the pleasure is much; performances at major concert halls and festivals © 2005 The Sixteen Productions Ltd. Now, now that joyful day, At pleasure with profit few wise men will grutch. worldwide, including the Barbican Centre, Sydney That blessed hour is come, For further information about The Sixteen For plants and for stocks lay aforehand to cast, Opera House, and Vienna Musikverein; also the BBC recordings on CORO or live performances That was foretold But set or remove them, while Twelve-tide do last. Proms, and the festivals of Salzburg, Granada, Lucerne and tours, call +44 (0) 1865 793 999 In days of old, or email [email protected] The profit is mickle, the pleasure is much; and Istanbul. The vigour and passion of its performance Wherein all nations may At pleasure with profit few wise men will grutch. win new fans wherever it performs. At home in the UK, Bless, bless the virgin's womb. For plants and for stocks lay aforehand to cast, the group promotes A Choral Pilgrimage, a tour of our Hosanna, sing Hosanna! But set or remove them, while Twelve-tide do last. finest cathedrals bringing music back to the buildings www.thesixteen.com Let heaven triumph above, for which it was written. Welcome be Thou, heaven-king, Let earth rejoice below; The choir is enhanced by the existence of its Welcome born in one morning, own period instrument orchestra, The Symphony Let heaven and earth Welcome for whom we shall sing Welcome Yule. of Harmony and Invention, and through it Harry Be filled with mirth, Christophers brings fresh insights to music including THE VOICES OF Welcome be ye that are here, For peace and lasting love that of Purcell, Monteverdi, JS Bach and Handel. 2004 Welcome all, and make good cheer, Atones your God and you. witnessed the launch of the group's annual Handel Welcome all another year! Welcome Yule. Hosanna, sing Hosanna! in Oxford Festival, a weekend of concerts and events 1Holly dedicated to the life of this great composer. N 14

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