Performer: Choir of Magdalen College Oxford, Max Thomas, Benjamin Seward, Luke Rowe, Henry Isaacs, Leo Dolan, Myron Buist, Benjamin Watkins, Sebastian Hill, Milo Hodgkiss, Matthew Pope, Samuel Thyr, Owen Huxford
Conductor: Mark Williams
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Opus Arte
Catalogue: OACD9049D
Release: 2022
Size: 364 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. The College Clock
02. trad.: Sumer Is Icumen in (Arr. G. Ives for Choir)
03. Morley: Now is the month of maying
04. Pearsall: Lay a Garland
05. Lennon: I’ll Follow the Sun (Arr. G. Ives for Choir)
06. anon.: O Lusty May
07. Cornysh the elder: Ah Robyn
08. Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea
09. trad.: Loch Lomond (Arr. D. Overton for Choir)
10. Rogers: Hymnus eucharisticus – Te deum patrem colimus
11. Stainer: Sicut lilium
12. Finzi: Seven Poems of Robert Bridges, Op. 17. No. 6, Haste on My Joys!
13. Parry: 6 Modern Lyrics. No. 6, Music, When Soft Voices Die
14. Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Arr. G. Turner for Choir)
15. Debussy: Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans. No. 1, Dieu ! Qu’il la fait bon regarder!
16. trad.: The Lark in Clear Air (Arr. J. Whitbourn for Choir)
17. Gibbons: The Silver Swan
18. Gesualdo: Felice primavera
19. Ireland: The Hills
20. Byrd: The sweet and merry month of May
21. Warlock: The Spring Of The Year
22. trad.: The Oak and the Ash (Arr. G. Langford for Choir)
23. Weelkes: In Pride of May
24. Isaac: Hora è di Maggio
25. Elgar: Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf. As Torrents in Summer
26. Stanford: Part-songs, Op. 119. No. 3, The Blue Bird
27. Britten: The Ballad of Green Broom
28. The Bells of Magdalen College, Oxford
Experience a staple of the Oxford calendar in this set of works inspired by the May Morning tradition, with music spanning from the traditional to contemporary. Starting with The College Clock welcoming in the sunrise, this special recording displays The Magdalen College Choir in radiant form, shining in the glorious acoustics of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Oxford.
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford was founded in 1480 with provision made in the statutes for 16 singing boys, eight Academical Clerks and four chaplains. Magdalen College was then one of the oldest and largest choral foundations in late-medieval England, and this historic legacy has been preserved and maintained over five centuries. The Choir, which now enjoys an international reputation as one of the finest ensembles in the UK, exists primarily to sing the daily church services in Magdalen College Chapel