Tavener, Bax, Ireland, Finzi
Fom the chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, English music for Christmas performed by the 大象传媒 Singers and 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra, by Tavener, Bax, Ireland and Finzi.
Live from the chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Presented by Christopher Cook
A feast of English music for Christmas from the 大象传媒 Singers and 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
John Tavener: A Christmas Proclamation: God is with us
Arnold Bax: Mater ora filium
John Ireland: The Holy Boy
Gerald Finzi: Dies Natalis
Nicky Spence tenor
Edward Price baritone
大象传媒 Singers
大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
David Hill conductor
Three contrasting but much-loved English seasonal favourites lie at the heart of this Christmas programme from the 大象传媒 Singers and 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Gerald Finzi's solo cantata "Dies natalis" sets Thomas Traherne's ecstatic words to music of rapturous beauty, while Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia is a high-spirited sequence of traditional carols which takes the listener on a musical journey from Advent to New Year, and Herbert Howells' beautifully-wrought carol-anthems for a cappella choir have become modern choral classics.
Completing the programme, Finzi's evocation of a frosty Christmas Eve, Arnold Bax's hymn to the Virgin Mary, and other choral and orchestral works for the Festive Season by British composers.
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- Wed 19 Dec 2012 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3
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