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

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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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