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The title of this Choir of King's College, Cambridge album, In the Bleak Midwinter, refers to the poem by Christina Rossetti and its settings to music here by Harold Darke and Gustav Holst, two popular Christmastime choir tunes. However, it also refers to the choir's return to the Chapel of King's College for its Christmas Eve broadcast of the Festival of Nine Carols and Lessons in December of 2020, in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (four of the tracks were recorded the following June). Led by Daniel Hyde, the director of music at King's College since 2019, with organist Matthew Martin, the King's College Choir is well-rehearsed and in fine form, as one has come to expect, even after online learning that didn't allow for rehearsals as a group. The sound from an emptier than usual chapel, with some furniture removed and no audience, is resonant and is captured well in this recording, and Hyde takes advantage by letting the sound ring an extra beat throughout at appropriate times. Amid everything else that made the 2020 Festival different than previous years, O come, all ye faithful is moved to the middle of the service, and a hauntingly beautiful, intimate arrangement of Still, still, still by Bob Chilcott -- a notable alumnus of the King's College Choir -- takes its place after the final blessing. As is tradition, Hark! the herald angels sing closes out the service, and even without the congregation joining in, it is joyous. Issued in time for the 2021 holiday season, this will be a welcome return to some normalcy for many listeners.
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Stephen Cleobury, Arranger - David Willcocks, Arranger - Henry John Gauntlett, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Arthur Henry Mann, Arranger - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, MainArtist - Matthew Martin, Organ, MainArtist - Samuel Hodson, MainArtist, VocalSolo
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Otto Goldschmidt, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, MainArtist
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, MainArtist
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Harold Darke, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, MainArtist - Matthew Martin, Organ, MainArtist - Owen Elsley, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, Arranger - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, MainArtist - Matthew Martin, Organ, MainArtist - Traditional (Piae Cantiones), Composer
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Traditional, Composer - Reginald Jacques, Arranger - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, MainArtist
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Roger Quilter, Composer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, MainArtist - Matthew Martin, Organ, MainArtist
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Traditional, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, Arranger, MainArtist - Robert Lucas de Pearsall, Arranger
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Philip Moore, Composer - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, MainArtist - Matthew Martin, Organ, MainArtist - Vladimir Pantea, MainArtist, VocalSolo
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Adeste Fideles, Composer - Christopher Robinson, Arranger - David Hill, Arranger - David Willcocks, Arranger - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, MainArtist - Matthew Martin, Organ, MainArtist
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Traditional, Composer - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arranger - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, MainArtist - Matthew Martin, Organ, MainArtist
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, Arranger, MainArtist - Matthew Martin, Organ, MainArtist - Este's Psalter, Composer - Nicholas Marston, Arranger
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Traditional, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, Arranger, MainArtist - Matthew Martin, Organ, MainArtist - Charles Herbert Kitson, Arranger
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Karl Leuner, Composer - Charles Macpherson, Arranger - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, MainArtist
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Gustav Holst, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Mack Wilberg, Arranger - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, MainArtist - Matthew Martin, Organ, MainArtist
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Traditional, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Elizabeth Poston, Arranger - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, Arranger, MainArtist - Matthew Martin, Organ, MainArtist
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Traditional, Composer - Bob Chilcott, Arranger - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, MainArtist - Matthew Martin, Organ, MainArtist
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Matthew Martin, Composer, Organ, MainArtist
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Philip Ledger, Arranger - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - William Hayman Cummings, Arranger - Daniel Hyde, Conductor, MainArtist - Matthew Martin, Organ, MainArtist
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Francis Pott, Composer - Matthew Martin, Organ, MainArtist
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
Albumbeschreibung
The title of this Choir of King's College, Cambridge album, In the Bleak Midwinter, refers to the poem by Christina Rossetti and its settings to music here by Harold Darke and Gustav Holst, two popular Christmastime choir tunes. However, it also refers to the choir's return to the Chapel of King's College for its Christmas Eve broadcast of the Festival of Nine Carols and Lessons in December of 2020, in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (four of the tracks were recorded the following June). Led by Daniel Hyde, the director of music at King's College since 2019, with organist Matthew Martin, the King's College Choir is well-rehearsed and in fine form, as one has come to expect, even after online learning that didn't allow for rehearsals as a group. The sound from an emptier than usual chapel, with some furniture removed and no audience, is resonant and is captured well in this recording, and Hyde takes advantage by letting the sound ring an extra beat throughout at appropriate times. Amid everything else that made the 2020 Festival different than previous years, O come, all ye faithful is moved to the middle of the service, and a hauntingly beautiful, intimate arrangement of Still, still, still by Bob Chilcott -- a notable alumnus of the King's College Choir -- takes its place after the final blessing. As is tradition, Hark! the herald angels sing closes out the service, and even without the congregation joining in, it is joyous. Issued in time for the 2021 holiday season, this will be a welcome return to some normalcy for many listeners.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:20
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Choir of King's College, Cambridge Daniel Hyde
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Kings College Cambridge
- Genre: Klassiek
2021 King's College, Cambridge 2021 King's College, Cambridge
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