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100 Years of Nine Lessons and Carols

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100 Years of Nine Lessons and Carols
100 Years of Nine Lessons and Carols album cover
Live album / Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 2018
Recorded1958–2017
VenueKing's College Chapel, Cambridge
GenreChoral music
Length106 minutes 26 seconds
LabelKing's College Recordings
ProducerVarious

100 Years of Nine Lessons and Carols is a double album by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge released to mark 100 years since the first festival of nine lessons and carols service was held in King's College Chapel, Cambridge. One disc contains recordings of live performances from the BBC Radio broadcasts of the services from the period 1958 to 2017, while the second contains newly recorded versions of works previously performed at the service.[1][2]

The album debuted at number 1 in the UK Classical music chart on 22 November 2018, a position it retained for 9 weeks.[3]

Track listing

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Disc 1[4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Year Recorded (Conductor)Length
1."Gabriel's Message"Traditional, arr. Edgar Pettman1958 (David Willcocks)2:35
2."Adam lay ybounden"Boris Ord1963 (David Willcocks)1:15
3."Ding! dong! merrily on high"XVI Century French, arr. Charles Wood1963 (David Willcocks)2:03
4."Sussex Carol"English traditional, arr. David Willcocks1963 (David Willcocks)1:53
5."O come, all ye faithful"John Francis Wade, arr. David Willcocks1963 (David Willcocks)4:37
6."In dulci jubilo"German trad., arr. Robert Lucas de Pearsall, ed. Reginald Jacques1980 (Philip Ledger)3:36
7."Unto us is born a Son"Piae Cantiones, 1582, arr. David Willcocks1980 (Philip Ledger)2:16
8."Hark! the herald angels sing"Felix Mendelssohn, arr. Philip Ledger1978 (Philip Ledger)3:46
9."Illuminare, Jerusalem"Judith Weir1985 (Stephen Cleobury)2:31
10."The holly and the ivy"Traditional, arr. Walford Davies1994 (Stephen Cleobury)2:35
11."Benedicamus Domino"Peter Warlock1994 (Stephen Cleobury)1:12
12."I saw three ships"Traditional, arr. Simon Preston1994 (Stephen Cleobury)2:03
13."The Fayrfax Carol"Thomas Adès1997 (Stephen Cleobury)4:23
14."Tomorrow shall be my dancing day"John Gardner1997 (Stephen Cleobury)2:18
15."I wonder as I wander"Carl Rütti2000 (Stephen Cleobury)1:48
16."The Shepherd’s Carol"Bob Chilcott2001 (Stephen Cleobury)2:53
17."Dormi, Jesu"John Rutter2007 (Stephen Cleobury)4:29
18."Bogoróditse Djévo"Arvo Pärt2007 (Stephen Cleobury)1:09
19."This Endernight"Michael Berkeley2016 (Stephen Cleobury)4:07
20."Carol Eliseus"Huw Watkins2017 (Stephen Cleobury)2:20
21."Once in royal David’s city"Henry Gauntlett & Arthur Henry Mann, desc. Stephen Cleobury2017 (Stephen Cleobury)4:23
Total length:58:12
Disc 2[4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."O Holy Night"Adolphe Adam, arr. John Rutter5:38
2."The Linden Tree Carol"Traditional, arr. Stephen Cleobury3:04
3."The Lamb"John Tavener3:39
4."God rest you merry, gentlemen"English traditional, arr. David Willcocks3:39
5."The Shepherds’ Farewell"Hector Berlioz4:04
6."I saw three ships"Traditional, arr. Philip Ledger1:50
7."We three kings of Orient are"John Henry Hopkins, arr. Martin Neary3:07
8."Can I not syng but hoy?"Francis Jackson3:11
9."The Magi’s Dream"James Whitbourn3:30
10."There is no rose"John Joubert2:13
11."Adam’s Fall"Richard Elfyn Jones3:15
12."How shall I fitly meet thee?"Johann Sebastian Bach1:07
13."Love came down at Christmas"R O Morris, arr. Stephen Cleobury1:18
14."Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light"Johann Sebastian Bach1:15
15."O come, all ye faithful"John Francis Wade, arr. David Willcocks3:11
16."Hark! the herald angels sing"Felix Mendelssohn, desc. Stephen Cleobury4:29
Total length:48:30

References

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  1. ^ David Vernier. "King's Celebrates 100th Carol Service". ClassicsToday.com. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. ^ Geoff Brown (21 December 2018). "Alma Deutscher/Rolando Villazón/King's College Choir review". The Times. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. ^ Official Specialist Classical Chart Top 30, p. 11 January 2019 - 17 January 2019
  4. ^ a b "100 Years of Nine Lessons and Carols". King's College Recordings. Retrieved 13 January 2019.