Magdalen College Choir: The Sweet & Merry Month - Music for May Morning / Williams

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Label
Opus Arte
Release Date
April 22, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Oxford The Choir Of Magdalen College
    • PERFORMER
      Mark Williams
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 22, 2022
    • UPC
      809478090496
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      OA CD9049D
    • LABEL
      Opus Arte
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. The College Clock

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: na Not Applicable

    2. Sumer is icumen in (arr. B. Ives for choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    3. Balletts to Five Voyces, Book 1: No. 11. Now is the month of Maying

      Composer: Thomas Morley

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    4. Lay a garland on her hearse

      Composer: Robert Lucas Pearsall

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    5. I'll Follow the Sun (arr. B. Ives for choir)

      Composer: John Lennon, Paul McCartney

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    6. O Lusty May [16th-17th Century, Scottish]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    7. Ah Robin, gentle Robin

      Composer: William Cornysh

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Performer: Luke Rowe, Benjamin Seward, Myron Buist, Leo Dolan, Henry Isaacs, Max Thomas

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    8. Linden Lea

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    9. Loch Lomond (arr. D. Overton for choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Performer: Benjamin Watkins

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    10. Hymnus Eucharisticus

      Composer: Benjamin Rogers

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    11. Sicut lilium

      Composer: John Stainer

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    12. 7 Partsongs, Op. 17: No. 6. Haste on, my joys!

      Composer: Gerald Finzi

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    13. Music when soft voices die

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    14. Somewhere Over the Rainbow (arr. G. Turner for choir)

      Composer: Harold Arlen

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    15. 3 Chansons de Charles d'Orléans: No. 1. Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    16. The Lark in Clear Air (arr. J. Whitbourn for choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Performer: Sebastian Hill

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    17. The silver swanne

      Composer: Orlando Gibbons

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    18. Felice primavera

      Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    19. The Hills

      Composer: John Ireland

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    20. This sweet and merry month of May

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    21. The Spring of the Year

      Composer: Peter Warlock

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    22. The Oak and the Ash (arr. G. Langford for choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Performer: Samuel Thyr, Milo Hodgkiss, Matthew Pope, Owen Huxford

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    23. In pride of May

      Composer: Thomas Weelkes

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    24. Hor'è di maggio

      Composer: Heinrich Isaac

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    25. Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30: As Torrents in Summer

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    26. 8 Partsongs, Op. 119: No. 3. The Bluebird

      Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    27. 5 Flower Songs, Op. 47: No. 5. Ballad of Green Broom

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Oxford Magdalen College Choir

      Conductor: Mark Williams

    28. The Bells of Magdalen College, Oxford

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: na Not Applicable


Experience a staple of the Oxford calendar in this set of works inspired by the May Morning tradition, with music spanning from the traditional to contemporary. Starting with The College Clock welcoming in the sunrise, this special recording displays The Magdalen College Choir in radiant form, shining in the glorious acoustics of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Oxford. The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford was founded in 1480 with provision made in the statutes for 16 singing boys, eight Academical Clerks and four chaplains. Magdalen College was then one of the oldest and largest choral foundations in late-medieval England, and this historic legacy has been preserved and maintained over five centuries. The Choir, which now enjoys an international reputation as one of the finest ensembles in the UK, exists primarily to sing the daily church services in Magdalen College Chapel.