Advent Live / Nethsingha

Regular price $19.99
Added to Cart! View cart or continue shopping.

A Staple of the British choral world, the Advent service from St John's College, Cambridge is broadcast on BBC Radio 3 every year, and features a variety of new commissions alongside much-loved favorites from the festive season. This album of live recordings features performances by the choir from their four most recent services from 2014-17. The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge (link is external) is one of the finest collegiate choirs in the world – known and loved by millions from its broadcasts, concert tours and over 90 recordings. Founded in the 1670s, the Choir is known for its rich, warm and distinctive sound, its expressive interpretations and its ability to sing in a variety of styles. Alongside this discipline, the Choir is particularly proud of its happy, relaxed and mutually supportive atmosphere. The Choir is directed by Andrew Nethsingha following in a long line of eminent Directors of Music, recently Dr George Guest, Dr Christopher Robinson and Dr David Hill.



Product Description:


  • Catalog Number: SIGCD535


  • UPC: 635212053522


  • Label: Signum Classics


  • Composer: Alan Bullard, Benjamin Britten, David Bednall, Francis Jackson, Giovanni Palestrina, Ian Shaw, James Burton, John Joubert, Judith Bingham, Malcolm Archer, Orlando Gibbons, Paul Comeau, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Traditional


  • Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir


  • Performer: Hugh Cutting, James Adams, Joseph Wicks, Michael Bell



Works:


  1. Hymn of St Columba

    Composer: Benjamin Britten

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Performer: Joseph Wicks (Organ)

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  2. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Composer: James Burton

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Performer: James Adams (Bass), Michael Bell (Tenor), Joseph Wicks (Organ)

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  3. Traditional English Carols (8): no 6, The truth sent from above

    Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  4. Adam Lay Ybounden

    Composer: Ian Shaw

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Performer: Joseph Wicks (Organ)

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  5. The Cherry Tree Carol

    Composer: Traditional

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  6. The Linden Tree Carol

    Composer: Malcolm Archer

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  7. Fuit homo missus a Deo

    Composer: Giovanni Palestrina

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  8. I Know a Flower

    Composer: Francis Jackson

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  9. This is the record of John

    Composer: Orlando Gibbons

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Performer: Hugh Cutting (Countertenor), Joseph Wicks (Organ)

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  10. I Sing of a Maiden

    Composer: Ian Shaw

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  11. There is no rose, Op. 14

    Composer: John Joubert

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  12. The Angel Gabriel

    Composer: Traditional

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  13. Glory, alleluia to the Christ Child

    Composer: Alan Bullard

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  14. Lux mundi

    Composer: Paul Comeau

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  15. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

    Composer: Traditional

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  16. The clouded heaven

    Composer: Judith Bingham

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Performer: Joseph Wicks (Organ)

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  17. Noe, noe, for chorus & organ

    Composer: David Bednall

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Performer: Joseph Wicks (Organ)

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  18. Lux mundi

    Composer: Paul Comeau

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  19. I Sing of a Maiden

    Composer: Ian Shaw

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  20. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

    Composer: Traditional

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  21. The clouded heaven

    Composer: Judith Bingham

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Performer: Joseph Wicks (Organ)

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


  22. Noe, noe, for chorus & organ

    Composer: David Bednall

    Ensemble: Cambridge St. John's College Choir

    Performer: Joseph Wicks (Organ)

    Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha