The Choir of HM Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace build on the tradition established by its historic forebears of cradling new church music, with a programme of music for Advent, Christmas and the Epiphany featuring seven premiere recordings alongside new interpretations of more established repertory that has become embedded in the musical heritage at the Palace.
The album features music by composers including Philip Moore, Andrew Carter, William Mathias, Martin Hindmarsh, David Willcocks and Francis Grier.
Works:
• Barvinskyi: Shcho to za predïvo
•Bédard, Denis: Variations on 'In dulci jubilo'
•Carter, A: Angelus ad virginem
•Edwards, P: No small wonder
•Ferguson, W: From the eastern mountains (Cuddesdon)
•Frowde, R: Adam Lay Ybounden
•Frowde, R: Joyful and Triumphant (Fanfare on ‘Adeste fideles’)
•Grier, F: I Saw a Stable
•Grier, F: Moonless Darkness
•Grier, F: The Christmas Rose
•Halsey, L: Coventry Carol
•Hindmarsh, M: Of a Rose Sing We
•Hindmarsh, M: Three Kings of Orient
•Jackson, S: Noël nouvelet
•Mathias: A babe is born
•McPhee, G: Whence is that goodly fragrance
•Moore, P: Variations on 'Noël nouvelet'
•Smith, Andrew: Veni Emmanuel
•Wade, J F: O come, all ye faithful
•Willcocks, D: God rest you merry, gentlemen