Performer: Choir of St John’s College Cambridge
Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Catalogue: SIGCD535
Release: 2018
Size: 266 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Britten: A Hymn of Saint Columba
02. Burton: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (I)
03. trad.: The Truth Sent from Above (arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams & Christopher Robinson)
04. Shaw: Adam Lay Ybounden
05. trad.: The Cherry Tree Carol (arr. Stephen Cleobury)
06. Long: Vigilate
07. Palestrina: Fuit homo missus a Deo
08. Gibbons: This is the Record of John
09. Archer: The Linden Tree Carol (arr. John Woodhead)
10. Joubert: There Is No Rose
11. Watts: The Birth of Speech
12. trad.: The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came (arr. Edgar Pettman)
13. Jackson: I Know a Flower
14. Bullard: Glory to the Christ Child
15. Comeau: Lux mundi
16. Shaw: I Sing of a Maiden
17. trad.: Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day
18. Bingham: The clouded heaven
19. Bednall: Noe, noe
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge’s advent service is a staple of the British choral world, and is broadcast on BBC Radio 3 almost every year. The service features much-loved favourites from the festive season alongside a variety of new works commissioned especially for the event.
This disc of live recordings features performances by the choir from their four most recent services from 2014-17.