Hark! What a Sound: Advent from Dublin
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Label: Regent Records
Cat No: REGCD556
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Christmas
Release Date: 27th November 2020
Contents
Works
O AdonaiO Emmanuel
O Radix Jesse
O clavis David
O oriens
O rex gentium
O sapientia
O virgo virginum
Come my way
A tender shoot
Gloucester Service
There is no rose
Lo! he comes with clouds descending ('Helmsley')
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Never weather beaten sail
A Song of Wisdom, op.113
Hark what a sound
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (arr. David Blackwell)
Hail to the Lord's Anointed (arr. Vaughan Williams)
O come, O come, Emmanuel (arr. John Rutter)
Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day (arr. Stuart Nicholson)
Drop down, ye heavens, from above
Artists
The Choir of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, DublinDavid Leigh (organ)
Harry Meehan (organ)
Conductors
Stuart NicholsonDavid Leigh
Works
O AdonaiO Emmanuel
O Radix Jesse
O clavis David
O oriens
O rex gentium
O sapientia
O virgo virginum
Come my way
A tender shoot
Gloucester Service
There is no rose
Lo! he comes with clouds descending ('Helmsley')
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Never weather beaten sail
A Song of Wisdom, op.113
Hark what a sound
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (arr. David Blackwell)
Hail to the Lord's Anointed (arr. Vaughan Williams)
O come, O come, Emmanuel (arr. John Rutter)
Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day (arr. Stuart Nicholson)
Drop down, ye heavens, from above
Artists
The Choir of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, DublinDavid Leigh (organ)
Harry Meehan (organ)
Conductors
Stuart NicholsonDavid Leigh
About
This recording, made just before the pandemic-imposed lockdown began in March, includes beautiful Advent carols and anthems, interspersed with the traditional ‘O Antiphons’. There is a selection of well-established and more recent works for Advent, giving an approachable programme blending the familiar and the unfamiliar.
The recording was made in the radiant acoustic of The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel close to the choir’s home of St Patrick’s Cathedral - which was unavailable to record in, due to roof works taking place at the time.
Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Choir is made up of 24 boy choristers, the girls’ choir (24 choristers and 16 scholars), 8 lay vicars choral, and a number of choral scholars. The choristers are educated at St Patrick’s Choir school, the oldest choir school in Ireland, founded in 1432.
The main function of the choir today is the same as it has always been: to adorn the daily offices with hymns, psalms, canticles and anthems. It is the only cathedral in the British isles to maintain daily sung Matins.
The choir is well-known for its annual broadcast of Nine Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve on RTÉ radio, as well as annual broadcasts for Saint Patrick’s Day & Remembrance Sunday.
‘..uniformly excellent performances and captured perfectly in the resonant acoustic..’ – MusicWeb (REGCD504)
‘this ensemble can stand toe-to-toe with most of England’s better cathedral choirs.’ – American Record Guide (REGCD418)
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