Carols from Chelsea / Vann, Orford, Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

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Label
SOMM Recordings
Release Date
November 18, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Chapel Choir Of The Royal Hospital Chelsea
    • PERFORMER
      Orford, Vann
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 18, 2016
    • UPC
      748871016125
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SOMMCD 0161
    • LABEL
      SOMM Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Stille Nacht (Silent Night) (arr. D. Cashmore for choir)

      Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Conductor: William Vann

    2. Once in Royal David's City (arr. D. Willcocks for choir)

      Composer: Henry John Gauntlett

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Performer: Eloise Irving, James Orford

      Conductor: William Vann

    3. 8 Traditional English Carols: No. 6. Truth Sent from Above

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Performer: Thomas Stoddart

      Conductor: William Vann

    4. In dulci jubilo, BWV 729

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: James Orford

    5. A Spotless Rose

      Composer: Herbert Howells

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Performer: Angus McPhee

      Conductor: William Vann

    6. O magnum misterium

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Performer: Rosemary Galton, Clara Kanter, Jonathan Beatty

      Conductor: William Vann

    7. Dormi, Jesu

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Performer: James Orford

      Conductor: William Vann

    8. Hodie Christus natus est

      Composer: Francis Pott

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Conductor: William Vann

    9. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen (arr. D. Willocks for choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Performer: James Orford

      Conductor: William Vann

    10. Benedicamus Domino

      Composer: Peter Warlock

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Conductor: William Vann

    11. 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 8. Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: James Orford

    12. In the Bleak Mid-Winter

      Composer: Harold Darke

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Performer: Helen Ashby, Jonathan Beatty, James Orford

      Conductor: William Vann

    13. Ding Dong! Merrily on High (arr. M. Wilberg for chorus and organ)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Performer: James Orford

      Conductor: William Vann

    14. Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)

      Composer: Adolphe Adam

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Performer: Eloise Irving, Edward Hughes, James Orford

      Conductor: William Vann

    15. Holy Boy (A Carol of the Nativity)

      Composer: John Ireland

      Performer: James Orford

    16. The Little Road To Bethlehem

      Composer: Michael Head

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Performer: James Orford

      Conductor: William Vann

    17. O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. R. Vaughan Williams and T. Armstrong for choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Performer: James Orford, William Vann

    18. Sleigh Ride (arr. T. Trotter for organ)

      Composer: Leroy Anderson

      Performer: James Orford

    19. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, Op. 75, No. 2

      Composer: John Gardner

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Performer: James Orford

      Conductor: William Vann

    20. Holiday Inn: White Christmas (arr. J. Clements for choir)

      Composer: Irving Berlin

      Ensemble: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

      Performer: George Hatton

      Conductor: William Vann


SOMM celebrates Christmas this year with Carols from Chelsea, a delicious offering from the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea under their Director, William Vann. The Royal Hospital, founded in 1682 by Charles II, is the home of the iconic Chelsea Pensioners, who are all retired soldiers of the British Army. The Chapel Choir sings for the Sunday morning Matins service in the Royal Hospital's Wren Chapel during the year, but in December provides the music for carol services and other Christmas-themed events almost every day. This recording showcases some of the Choir's most cherished carol repertoire, alongside solo organ music performed by the Royal Hospital's Organ Scholar, James Orford, and a very special performance with Chelsea Pensioner and George Hatton. Many of the Royal Hospital's carol services begin wtih Franz Gruber's spine-tingling carol Stille Nacht, an especially moving carol to hear in the original German, given it's celebrated performance in the trenches on Christmas Day, 1914. Once in Royal David's City is the first of three carols that are usually sung with the full congregation, opening with the famous solo that captures the mood of Christmas like nothing else.