The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Douglas Tang & Tom Etheridge organ
Directed by Stephen Cleobury
Released 8 July 2016
Evensong Live 2016 (Download)
£6.99 – £10.00
Available as a cd
The tracks on this album were recorded live during Evensong services in the 2014-2015 academic year, as part of the College’s regular Chapel webcasts. This second collection of treasures provides a snapshot of the ensemble during a fleeting moment in its five-century history, and a glimpse of the daily music making that is so integral to life at King’s.
“Afficionados of often challenging Anglican Church music should not hesitate” – Classic FM
**** – BBC Music Magazine
| 1 | At the round earth’s imagined corners | 07:01 | Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings |
| 2 | Morning, Communion and Evening Service in G, Op. 81: Magnificat | 04:10 | Stanford, Sir Charles Villiers |
| 3 | Valiant-for-truth | 05:43 | Vaughan Williams, Ralph |
| 4 | Jubilate Deo | 03:36 | Walton, Sir William |
| 5 | Iehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei | 06:29 | Purcell, Henry ed. Bruce Wood |
| 6 | This is the record of John | 04:09 | Gibbons, Orlando ed. Peter le Huray |
| 7 | Laudate nomen Domini | 01:57 | Tye, Christopher arr. Edmund H Fellowes |
| 8 | Drop, drop, slow tears | 02:30 | Leighton, Kenneth |
| 9 | Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis “Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense”: Magnificat | 04:19 | Tippett, Sir Michael |
| 10 | O sacrum convivium | 04:10 | Messiaen, Olivier |
| 11 | Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis “Gloucester Service”: Magnificat | 06:45 | Howells, Herbert |
| 12 | Twas in the year that King Uzziah died | 06:33 | Benjamin, George |
| 13 | Magnificamus | 03:30 | Grier, Francis |
| 14 | Vertue | 03:14 | Weir, Judith |
| 15 | Te Deum and Jubilate “Collegium Regale”: Te Deum | 08:54 | Howells, Herbert |
| Total playing time – 73:00 |
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- The Choristers in their ‘croc’ formation, ready to walk to the Chapel for Evensong.
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- The Choristers processing from school to the Chapel.
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- Evensong in the Chapel.
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- Evensong in the Chapel.
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- Microphones hung from the 27m-high fan-vault ceiling, recording daily services in the Chapel.
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- Microphones hung from the 27m-high fan-vault ceiling, recording daily services in the Chapel.
Recorded at 44.1kHz 24-bit PCM stereo in the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, by kind permission of the Provost and Fellows.
Recording dates
2014: 29 April (Track 11), 11 May (Track 13), 16 May (Track 10), 24 May (Tracks 5 & 9), 25 May (Track 1), 1 June (Track 4), and 24 June (Track 6).
2015: 16 January (Track 7), 20 January (Tracks 12 & 15), 24 February (Track 14), 12 March (Track 8), 8 May (Track 2), and 7 June (Track 3).
Producer & Engineer Benjamin Sheen
Mastering Benjamin Sheen