2008-12-24: A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England, UK

~ Release by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Director of Music: Stephen Cleobury
Organ Scholar: Peter Stevens

Lineage: Analog Broadcast from 91.5, WOSP Portsmouth, OH, USA->Sony XDR-F1HD->Auzen X-FI Prelude 7.1->CD Wave for recording->Audacity for normalizing & splits>flac

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistLength
1[Introduction]
[Announcer]3:23
2Once in Royal David's City
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (harmony Arthur Mann, descant Stephen Cleobury) (on 2008-12-24)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
additional composer:
Stephen Cleobury and Arthur Henry Mann
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
publisher:
Novello
version of:
Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Mann)
Henry John Gauntlett, arr. Stephen Cleobury4:21
3Bidding Prayer
[Dean]4:03
4If Ye Would Hear the Angels Sing
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
If ye would hear the angels sing (on 2008-12-24)
composer:
Peter Tranchell
Peter Tranchell2:37
5First Lesson: Genesis 3:8-19
[unknown]3:21
6Remember, O Thou Man
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
Remember, O Thou Man (on 2008-12-24)
composer:
Thomas Ravenscroft (in 1611)
Thomas Ravenscroft2:08
7Adam lay ybounden
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord version) (on 2008-12-24)
writer:
[unknown]
composer:
Boris Ord
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
Adam lay i-bowndyn (15th-century macaronic English poem)
Boris Ord1:19
8Second Lesson: Genesis 22:15-18
[unknown]1:15
9Angels From the Realms of Glory
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (sung to the tune of “Regent Square” by Henry Smart) (on 2008-12-24)
lyricist:
James Montgomery
composer:
Henry Smart
is based on:
Angels From the Realms of Glory (hymn without specified tune)
is based on:
Regent Square (hymn tune)
Henry T. Smart, arr. Philip Ledger2:43
10In dulci jubilo
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
In dulci jubilo (arr. Michael Praetorius. Musae Sioniae VI, no. 32) (on 2008-12-24)
composer:
Michael Praetorius (in 1607)
version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
Hieronymus Praetorius2:36
11Third Lesson: Isaiah 9:2, 6-7
[unknown]1:34
12Nowell Sing We
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
[traditional]2:51
13Unto Us Is Born a Son
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
Unto Us is born a Son (arr. Willcocks) (on 2008-12-24)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
translator:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
arrangement of:
Unto Us is born a Son (carol)
[traditional], arr. David Willcocks2:23
14Fourth Lesson: Isaiah 11:1-3a, 4a, 6-9
[unknown]1:50
15The Lamb
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
The Lamb (on 2008-12-24)
lyricist:
William Blake (in 1789)
composer:
John Tavener (in 1982)
publisher:
Chester Music Ltd., Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd. and J. & W. Chester, Ltd.
John Tavener3:25
16A Spotless Rose
organ:
Francis Grier
baritone vocals:
Gareth Morrell
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
conductor:
Philip Ledger
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
A Spotless Rose (on 2008-12-24)
lyricist:
[anonymous]
composer:
Herbert Howells (in 1919)
translator:
Catherine Winkworth
publisher:
Galaxy Music Corp. and Stainer & Bell
is based on:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (original anonymous version)
part of:
Three Carol-Anthems
Herbert Howells3:02
17Fifth Lesson: Luke 1:26-35, 38
[unknown]2:58
18I Sing of a Maiden
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
I Sing of a Maiden (carol) (on 2008-12-24)
lyricist:
[anonymous]
composer:
Sir Lennox Berkeley
Sir Lennox Berkeley2:33
19Mary
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
Mary (on 2008-12-24)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Dominic Muldowney
translator:
Michael Hamburger
Dominic Muldowney4:28
20Sixth Lesson: Luke 2:1, 3-7
[unknown]1:30
21Wither's Rocking Hymn
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
Wither’s Rocking Hymn (on 2008-12-24)
lyricist:
George Wither
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:16
22What Sweeter Music?
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
What Sweeter Music (on 2008-12-24)
lyricist:
Robert Herrick
composer:
John Rutter (in 1988)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
John Rutter4:26
23Seventh Lesson: Luke 2:8-16
[unknown]2:00
24Infant Holy
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (arr. Cleobury) (on 2008-12-24)
composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Stephen Cleobury
translated version of:
W żlobie leży
[traditional], arr. Stephen Cleobury2:12
25God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks) (on 2008-12-24)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
arrangement of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
[traditional], arr. David Willcocks3:54
26Eighth Lesson: Matthew 2:1-12
[unknown]3:10
27Illuminare, Jerusalem
organ:
Benjamin Bayl
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
Illuminare, Jerusalem (on 2008-12-24)
composer:
Judith Weir (in 1985)
Judith Weir2:16
28Glory to the Christ Child
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
Glory to the Christ Child (on 2008-12-24)
composer:
Alan Bullard (in 2005)
Alan Bullard2:18
29Ninth Lesson: John 1:1-14
[unknown]2:40
30O Come, All Ye Faithful
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. Willcocks) (on 2008-12-24)
additional composer:
David Hill and Christopher Robinson
composer:
John Francis Wade
arranger:
David Willcocks
translator:
Frederick Oakeley
publisher:
Oxford University Press
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 30)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
John Francis Wade, arr. David Willcocks4:41
31Collect and Blessing
[unknown]1:18
32Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (on 2008-12-24)
chorus master:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr. Willcocks) (on 2008-12-24)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (in 1840)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
Felix Mendelssohn, descant David Willcocks3:24
33In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 / [talking]
organ:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 (on 2008-12-24)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 729)
version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
Johann Sebastian Bach / [Announcer]2:50
34La Nativité du seigneur : Dieu parmi nous
organ:
Stephen Cleobury (on 2008-12-24)
live recording of:
La Nativité du Seigneur: IX. Dieu parmi nous (on 2008-12-24)
composer:
Olivier Messiaen (in 1935)
publisher:
Éditions Leduc
part of:
La Nativité du Seigneur
Olivier Messiaen8:22
35[Outro]
[Announcer]0:59