Dancing Day: Music for Christmas Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys

• Matthew Martin (1976 - ):
• 1 Novo profusi gaudio 03:37
• Patrick Hadley (1899-1973):
• 2 I sing of a maiden 02:55
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28:
• 3 I. Procession 01:32
• 4 II. Wolcum Yole! 01:24
• 5 III. There is no Rose 02:26
• 6 IVa. That yongë child 01:46
• 7 IVb. Balulalow 01:21
• 8 V. As dew in Aprille 01:02
• 9 VI. This little Babe 01:30
• 10 VII. Interlude 03:33
• 11 VIII. In Freezing Winter Night 03:50
• 12 IX. Spring Carol 01:15
• 13 X. Adam lay i-bounden 01:12
• 14 XI. Recession 01:37
• Benjamin Britten:
• 15 A New Year Carol 02:19
• Traditional Dutch arr. John Scott (1956 - ):
• 16 King Jesus hath a garden 03:21
• John Rutter (1945 - ): Dancing Day Part 1:
• 17 Prelude 03:36
• 18 I. Angelus ad virginem 01:55
• 19 II. A virgin most pure 05:05
• 20 III. Personent hodie 01:58
• Dancing Day Part 2:
• 21 Interlude 04:06
• 22 IV. There is no rose 01:54
• 23 V. Coventry Carol 03:54
• 24 VI. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day 03:04
• Traditional English arr. Philip Ledger (1937 - 2012):
• 25 On Christmas Night (Sussex Carol) 02:00
• William Mathias (1934 - 1992):
• 26 Wassail Carol 01:41
• Total Runtime 01:03:53

Info for Dancing Day: Music for Christmas

Sent to press just days before his untimely death in August 2015, John Scott's last recording is Dancing Day, a programme of works for Christmas, made with his beloved Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys of Fifth Avenue, New York.

Recorded in the home of the choir in Manhattan, the recording is centred around two works for treble voices and harp performed annually by the boys of the choir under John's direction - Benjamin Britten's inimitable A Ceremony of Carols and John Rutter's companion piece Dancing Day.

Completing a compelling disc that features medieval texts and themes are further works for treble voices - Britten's A New Year Carol and Patrick Hadley's I sing of a maiden. The boys are joined by the men of the choir for works by Matthew Martin, Philip Ledger and William Mathias. Also included is John's own arrangement of the simple traditional Dutch carol King Jesus hath a garden, penned whilst organ scholar of St John's College, Cambridge

Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys
Fifth Avenue
New York Sara Cutler, harp
Benjamin Sheen, organ
Stephen Buzard, organ
John Scott, conductor

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