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Once in royal David's city | Descant: Sir Stephen Cleobury
1 Once in royal David's city arr. Arthur Henry Mann & David Willcocks  
2 A tender shoot | Otto Goldschmidt  
3 How shall I fitly meet thee? | Johann Sebastian Bach, trans. John Troutbeck  
4 In the bleak midwinter | Harold Darke  
5 Of the Father's heart begotten | Traditional, arr. David Willcocks  
6 Angels, from the realms of glory | French traditional, arr. Reginald Jacques  
7 An Old Carol (I sing of a maiden) | Roger Quilter  
8 In dulci jubilo | German traditional, arr. Robert Lucas de Pearsall & Daniel Hyde  
9 The angel Gabriel | Philip Moore  
10 O come, all ye faithful Adeste fideles, arr. David Willcocks  
11 Sussex Carol English Traditional, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams  
12 While shepherds watched their flocks by night | Este's Psalter  
13 Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour arr. Charles Herbert Kitson & Daniel Hyde  
14 The Shepherd's Cradle Song | Karl Leuner, arr. Charles MacPherson  
15 In the bleak midwinter | Gustav Holst, arr. Mack Wilberg  
16 As I sat on a sunny bank | English Traditional, arr. Elizabeth Poston & Daniel Hyde  
17 Still, still, still | German Traditional, arr. Bob Chilcott  
18 Prelude to 'Hark! the herald angels sing' | Matthew Martin  
19 Hark! the herald angels sing | Felix Mendelssohn  
20 Improvisation on Adeste, fideles | Francis Pott  
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A new album of Christmas Carols – the inaugural recording of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge with Director of Music, Daniel Hyde

In the Bleak Midwinter reflects a Christmas that was unlike any other in recent history. Much of the music on this album was heard around the world as part of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, a service that has been broadcast live on Christmas Eve every year since 1930.

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    Posted At: December 17, 2021 12:00 AM

    WFMT writes....In the Bleak Midwinter reflects a Christmas that was unlike any other in recent history. Much of the music on this album was heard around the world as part of the 103rd Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, a service that has been broadcast live every year since 1930 from the Chapel at King's College, Cambridge. But for Christmas Eve 2020, the continuation of this uniquely long-running trad...
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  • As festive carols dominate this time of year, King's College Cambridge takes over CLASSIC fM chart
    Posted At: December 10, 2018 12:00 AM

    With more and more people opting for festive carols at this time of year, King's College Cambridge takes over the chart – but they are yet to reach No. 1. Only two new entries have made it on to the chart this week, both at opposite ends of the top 30. Katherine Jenkins' new album Guiding Light has entered an No. 2 and A Renaissance Christmas by The Sixteen & Harry Christophers enters a...
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  • Choir of King's College, Cambridge set to play Minnesota Public Radio's - Fitzgerald Theatre
    Posted At: February 6, 2015 12:00 AM

    "I would happily sit in King's College Chapel listening to this choir sing for the rest of my days." - The Times, London  Founded in the fifteenth century, the Choir of King's College, Cambridge is undoubtedly one of the world's best known choral groups. While the choir exists primarily to sing the daily services in King's College Chapel, its worldwide fame and reputation, enhanced by its ma...
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  • The Choir Of King's College Cambridge: I Heard A Voice. A stunning selection of Tudor Anthems
    Posted At: November 25, 2007 12:00 AM

    The College of King's College Cambridge has recorded a stunning selection of Tudor Anthems by Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Weelkes and Thomas Tomkins for EMI Classics. In I Heard A Voice: The Music of the Golden Age, the choir is joined by Fretwork, the UK-based consort of viols, and by organists Oliver Brett and Peter Stevens. Stephen Cleobury conducts. Although their lives crossed both the...
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