Carols from Royal Holloway (CD)

The Choir of Royal Holloway - Carols from Royal Holloway
Edition Peters 0700461442318


The Choir of Royal Holloway is one of the finest mixed-voice collegiate choirs in Britain. Its first recording on Edition Peters Sounds brings together the music, atmosphere and ethos of Christmas at Royal Holloway in the Chapel, celebrating with both sacred and secular music.

The album presents a broad mix of old and new complete with contemporary arrangements of familiar carols and pieces the Baltic states. Several pieces have not been recorded before, including an upper voice setting of William Blake’s The Lamb by American composer George Whitefield Chadwick. New contemporary arrangements include Away in a manger by the Norwegian-born composer Ola Gjeilo. There are three arrangements by Royal Holloway musicians: O little one sweet (by a Royal Holloway choral scholar), Silent Night (by Rupert Gough) and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by a former choral scholar. Also previously unrecorded are original compositions by James Burton and Rihards Dubra.

Edition Peters Sounds
Featuring James Kealey (organ) and Cecily Beer (harp)
Readings by Prunella Scales and Timothy West
Catalogue number: EPS003
UPC 700461442318
Released on: November 30th, 2015


Tracks

• O come, O come Emmanuel - Arr. John Rutter
• Adam lay y’bounden - Howard Skempton
• A tender shoot - Otto Goldschmidt
• Gabriel’s message - Arr. Jim Clements
• READING: Softly the night is sleeping
• Sussex Carol - Arr. David Willcocks
• O little town of Bethlehem
• Maria Wiegenlied - Max Reger, arr. R. Proulx
• Silent Night - Arr. Rupert Gough
• READING: The Oxen - Thomas Hardy
• The Lamb - G.W. Chadwick
• Away in a manger - Ola Gjeilo
• READING: The Sheepdog - U.A. Fanthorpe
• O little one sweet - Alexander Turner
• A child’s prayer - Rihards Dubra
• Bogoroditsye Dyevo- Arvo Pärt
• READING: Christmas - John Betjeman
• On Christmas Night - James Burton
• O come, all ye faithful - Arr.David Willcocks
• READING: Christmas Bells - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Ding dong merrily on high - Arr. MackWilberg
• Sleigh ride - Arr. Thomas Trotter (organ solo)
• Jingle Bells - Arr. Ben Parry
• Have yourself a merry little Christmas - Martin/Blane, arr. Tom Robson

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