Christmas CD
In January 2001, we recorded a CD of Christmas Music entitled Cum Cantibus in Choro, with Simon Williams (conductor), Bernard Barker (organ and piano), and Alban Brass. In keeping with the ethos of the choir it includes a wide range of music, both traditional and newly commissioned works, and a number of the carols have a connection with Harrow. This high quality CD is available for purchase through local record and music shops and also through the choir..
For further details, or to purchase a copy, please contact Peter Miller, Tel: 020 8868 0539.
Track listing (click the underlined track titles to hear an extract)
- Hark the
Herald Angels Sing
Words by C. Wesley, T. Whitefield, M. Madan and others; music by F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy; descant and organ part by David Willcocks - Birthday
Carol
Words and music by David Willcocks - Ding
Dong! Merrily on high
Words by G.R. Woodward; 16th-century French tune, harmonized by Charles Wood - Away in a
Manger
Words anon.; traditional tune, arranged by Reginald Jacques - Past
Three a Clock
Words by G.R. Woodward; traditional tune harmonized by Charles Wood - Unto us
is Born a Son
Words translated by G.R. Woodward; tune from Piae Cantiones 1582, arranged by David Willcocks - Noël
Nouvelet (organ)
W.S. Lloyd Webber - Good
King Wenceslas (organ)
W.S. Lloyd Webber - Coventry
Carol
Words and melody English 15th-century, arranged by Antony le Fleming - O
Little Town of Bethlehem
Words by Bishop Phillips Brooks; English traditional tune, arranged by R. Vaughan Williams; descant by Thomas Armstrong - Alleluia!
Words and music by Lorna K. Dawson - The
Coventry Carol (organ)
W.S. Lloyd Webber - God
rest you merry, Gentlemen (organ)
W.S. Lloyd Webber - Ave
Maria
Rebecca Clarke - Joseph's
Carol
Words by Andrew Hawes; music by Patrick Hawes - It came
upon a Midnight clear
Words by E.H. Sears; English traditional tune adapted by Arthur Sullivan - Angelus
ad Virginem
14th-century English carol arranged by David Willcocks - Gaudeamus
Words by Revd Keith H. Wilkinson; music by Antony Hopkins
This carol was commissioned by Harrow Choral Society in memory of Julie Cooksey, our former accompanist. - The
Holly and the Ivy (organ)
W.S. Lloyd Webber - Whence
is that goodly fragrance? (organ)
W.S. Lloyd Webber - I
saw three ships
English traditional carol, arranged by John Rutter - Christmas
Day - a Choral Fantasy on Old Carols
Gustav Holst - A
Merry Christmas
Traditional (West Country) carol, arranged by Arthur Warrell - O Come,
all ye Faithful
Words translated by F. Oakeley, W.T. Brooke and others; tune arranged by David Willcocks
Harrow Choral Society also features on a historical recording of the 1963 performance of Mahler's Second Symphony (Resurrection), available with audio samples here and reviewed here..
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