Love came down at Christmas : carols from Wells Cathedral.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Blain, Terry, writer of added commentary.

Cole, Jeremy (Organist), instrumentalist.

Owens, Matthew, 1971- conductor.

Wells Cathedral. Choir, performer.

Series:

BBC music magazine collection ; v. 27, no. 3.

BBC music magazine collection ; vol. 27, no. 3

Language:

English

German

Latin

Russian

Swedish

Subjects (All):

Christmas music.

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices).

Organ music.

Genre:

Organ music.

Sound recordings.

Carols.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (74:58) : digital, stereo, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Carols from Wells Cathedral

Place of Publication:

[London] : BBC Music, [2018]

Language Note:

Sung in English, Latin, Russian, Swedish, or German.

System Details:

digital optical stereo

audio file

CD audio

Contents:

Sir Christèmas / William Mathias (1:29)

The shepherds' farewell / Hector Berlioz (6:13)

Good King Wenceslas : English traditional / arr. Bob Chilcott (2:41)

The lamb / John Tavener (4:53)

Toccata on Good King Wenceslas / Matthew Owens (3:43)

O magnum mysterium / Morten Lauridsen (8:04)

The bell carol / Philip Ledger (1:56)

Bethlehem down / Peter Warlock (5:44)

The holly and the ivy / Matthew Owens (2:59)

Bogoroditse devo / Sergei Rachmaninov (3:30)

A child is born in Bethlehem / Samuel Scheidt ; arr. David Willcocks (2:53)

Der är en ros utsprungen / Jan Sandström (5:17)

Ave Maria / Franz Biebl (6:14)

Still, still, still : Austrian traditional / arr. Ledger (3:25)

Love came down at Christmas / John Rutter (3:07)

A great and mighty wonder / Michael Praetorius ; arr. Erling Pedersen (3:19)

Sortie on In dulci jubilo / David Briggs (6:04)

Have yourself a merry little Christmas / Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane ; arr. Peter Gritton (3:25).

Participant:

Wells Cathedral Choir ; Jeremy Cole, organ ; Matthew Owens, conductor.

Notes:

Title from disc label.

Accompanies BBC music magazine, v. 27, no. 3, Christmas 2018.

Compact disc.

Tracks 1-3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13-17 Recorded 2018 October 4-5 Wells Cathedral.

Tracks 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 18 previously released by Regent Records.

Program notes by Terry Blain (2 unnumbered pages) inserted in container.

Contains:

Mathias, William. Ave Rex. Sir Christèmas

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Enfance du Christ. Adieu des bergers à la Sainte Famille; arranged. English.

Chilcott, Bob. Good King Wenceslas.

Tavener, John. Lamb.

Owens, Matthew, 1971- Toccata on Good King Wenceslas.

Lauridsen, Morten, 1943- O magnum mysterium.

Ledger, Philip. Bell carol.

Warlock, Peter, 1894-1930. Bethlehem Down.

Owens, Matthew, 1971- Holly and the ivy.

Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Vsenoshchnoe bdenie. Bogorodit︠s︡e Devo, raduĭsi︠a︡

Scheidt, Samuel, 1587-1654. Cantiones sacrae. Puer natus in Bethlehem. English.

Sandström, Jan. Det är en ros utsprungen.

Biebl, Franz. Ave Maria.

Ledger, Philip. Still, still, still.

Rutter, John, 1945- Love came down at Christmas.

Praetorius, Michael, 1571-1621. Musae Sioniae, 6. T. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen; arranged. English.

Briggs, David, 1962- Sortie on In dulci jubilo.

Martin, Hugh, 1914-2011. Have yourself a merry little Christmas.

OCLC:

1082191058

Publisher Number:

BBCMM430 BBC Music

MM430 BBC Music