The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Directed by Stephen Cleobury
Released 23 March 2015
DVD
Easter from King’s (DVD)
£13.00
Featuring seasonal hymns and readings alongside choral favourites, including Allegri’s Miserere, the Lacrimosa from Mozart’s Requiem, the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah and Cesar Frank’s Panis Angelicus, Easter from King’s presents a contemplation of Christ’s death and resurrection.
This world-famous choir is perhaps best-known for its Christmas broadcasts, but gives daily sung services in the beautiful surroundings of King’s College Chapel. Cameras are normally forbidden during services, so this DVD provides a rare opportunity to experience the choir engaged in its core activity, celebrating the most important festival of the Christian calendar.
Broadcast originally at Easter 2014. 74 mins running time.
A BBC Religion and Ethics Production for BBC TWO.
| Opening | ||
| Processional Hymn: There is a Green Hill Far Away | ||
| Bidding prayer | ||
| Miserere mei | Allegri, Gregorio | |
| First Reading | ||
| Hosianna dem sohne Davids | Gesius, Bartholomäus | |
| Second Reading | ||
| Hymn: Ride on, ride on in majesty | ||
| Third Reading | ||
| Panis angelicus | Franck, César | |
| Ave verum corpus | Byrd, William | |
| Fourth Reading | ||
| Ah, holy Jesu | Crüger, Johann arr. Johann Sebastian Bach | |
| Lacrimosa | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | |
| Fifth Reading | ||
| Crux fidelis | King John IV of Portugal | |
| O saviour of the world | Ouseley, Frederick Arthur Gore | |
| Hymn: When I survey the wondrous cross | ||
| Sixth Reading | ||
| Christe, adoramus te | Monteverdi, Claudio Giovanni Antonio | |
| Were you there? | Trad arr. James Whitbourn | |
| Seventh Reading | ||
| This joyful Eastertide | Trad arr. Charles Wood | |
| Hallelujah (from Messiah) | Handel, George Frediric | |
| Eighth Reading | ||
| Ninth Reading | ||
| Let all the world | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | |
| The Prayer & Blessing | ||
| Hymn: Jesus Christ is risen today | ||
| Organ Voluntary: Christ lag in todesbanden, BMV625 | Bach, Johann Sebastian | |
| Total playing time – 73:05 |
Filmed 13-15 December 2013, by the BBC, in the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, by kind permission of the Provost and Fellows.
Video Format Colour, DVD5 (Region 0 – Worldwide) NTSC SD 16:9 Audio Format 16bit 48kHz PCM stereo
Subtitles None Menus English Other Booklet enclosed contains text of the service sheet