News of Great Joy - Christmas from St John's College, Oxford

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Label
Resonus Classics
Release Date
November 1, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Anonymous, David Bannister, David Bednall, Richard Rodney Bennett, Benjamin Britten, Bob Chilcott, G
    • PERFORMER
      The Choir of St John's College, Oxford, Christian Wilson
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 01, 2024
    • UPC
      5060262793855
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RES10348
    • LABEL
      Resonus Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. What Cheer? Good Cheer! (arr. for choir and harp)

      Composer: Peter Warlock

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Performer: Aoife Miralles

      Conductor: David Bannister

    2. Nowell and Nowell (arr. I. Holst for choir)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Conductor: David Bannister

    3. Lully, Lulla, Lullay

      Composer: Philip W.J. Stopford

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Conductor: David Bannister

    4. A Sussex Carol

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Performer: Christian Wilson

      Conductor: David Bannister

    5. All the Stars Looked Down

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Performer: Christian Wilson

      Conductor: David Bannister

    6. In the bleak midwinter

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Conductor: David Bannister

    7. I Saw a Fair Maiden (arr. E. Poston for choir and organ)

      Composer: Peter Warlock

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Performer: Christian Wilson

      Conductor: David Bannister

    8. Puer nobis

      Composer: Richard Rodney Bennett

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Conductor: David Bannister

    9. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (arr. D. Bannister)

      Composer: Melchior Vulpius

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Conductor: David Bannister

    10. Song of the Nuns of Chester (arr. M. Best)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Conductor: David Bannister

    11. A Boy Was Born: Variation 5: Corpus Christi Carol (arr. D. Bannister for choir and harp)

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Performer: Aoife Miralles

      Conductor: David Bannister

    12. There is no rose

      Composer: Elizabeth Maconchy

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Conductor: David Bannister

    13. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

      Composer: Elizabeth Poston

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Conductor: David Bannister

    14. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (arr. E. Poston for choir and saxophone)

      Composer: Michael Praetorius

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Performer: Eve Boulos

      Conductor: David Bannister

    15. Mass in A Minor: Gloria

      Composer: Imogen Holst

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Conductor: David Bannister

    16. Ave Maria

      Composer: David Bednall

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Performer: Vivian Lui, Christian Wilson

      Conductor: David Bannister

    17. The Shepherd's Carol

      Composer: Bob Chilcott

      Ensemble: Oxford St. John's College Choir

      Conductor: David Bannister


The Choir of St John's College, Oxford, directed by David Bannister, sings music associated with Christmas, together with youthful work by Imogen Holst and Benjamin Britten. Looking towards the sixtieth anniversary of Elizabeth Poston's Penguin Book of Carols (1965), initially undertaken with Ralph Vaughan Williams, the recording presents music associated with these two composers and the works they edited, alongside newer pieces exemplifying and revivifying the English carol tradition.