The Tudor Choir Book, Vol. 1 Ronny Krippner, Croydon Minster Choir Of Whitgift School, The English Cornett, Sackbut Ensemble

• Giovanni Coperario (1570 - 1626):
• 1 Fantasia, RC 75 "Al folgorante squardo" (Arr. for Brass Ensemble) 03:01
• Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585):
• 2 Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter: No. 3, Psalm 2 "Why Fum'th in Fight" (Arr. for Choir, Organ & Brass Ensemble) 03:47
• Adrian Batten (1591 - 1637):
• 3 Short Communion Service (Excerpts Arr. for Choir, Organ & Brass Ensemble): II. Credo 03:55
• 4 Short Communion Service (Excerpts Arr. for Choir, Organ & Brass Ensemble): III. Sanctus 00:43
• 5 Short Communion Service (Excerpts Arr. for Choir, Organ & Brass Ensemble): VI. Gloria in excelsis Deo 02:23
• Nathaniel Giles (1558 - 1633):
• 6 God, Which as on This Day (Arr. for Choir, Organ & Brass Ensemble) 05:51
• Thomas Morley (1557 - 1602):
• 7 The First Service (Arr. for Choir, Organ & Brass Ensemble): I. Magnificat 07:05
• 8 The First Service (Arr. for Choir, Organ & Brass Ensemble): II. Nunc dimittis 03:06
• Alfonso Ferrabosco The Elder (1543 - 1588):
• 9 Exaudi Deus orationem meam (Arr. for Brass Ensemble) 02:50
• Peter Philips (1560 - 1628):
• 10 Bow Down Thine Ear 04:39
• Anonymous:
• 11 Psalm 77 (I with My Voice to God Do Cry) 04:42
• Thomas Morley:
• 12 Out of the Deep (Arr. for Choir, Organ & Brass Ensemble) 05:35
• Adrian Batten:
• 13 O Sing Joyfully (Arr. for Choir, Organ & Brass Ensemble) 01:58
• Loys Bourgeois (1510 - 1559):
• 14 Old 100th (Arr. for Choir, Organ & Brass Ensemble) 04:04
• Jeronimo Bassano (1480 - 1545):
• 15 Fantasia, Mus. MS. 734 "Note felice" (Arr. for Brass Ensemble) 03:07
• Total Runtime 56:46

Info for The Tudor Choir Book, Vol. 1

The album includes rare recordings of Tudor instrumental items by Coperario, Bassano and Ferrabosco, captured on period instruments, as well as choral greats from Tallis, Batten, Morley and Phillips, performed by the Croydon Minster Choir of Whitgift School, accompanied by the English Cornett & Sackbut Enesmble and directed by Ronny Krippner.

The advent of metrical psalters was mainly, although not exclusively, the trademark of the Protestant church. The Renaissance historian, Dr Jonathan Willis, argues that:

“Metrical Psalmody was a purely optional activity which found a place in the church because of its genuine popular nature […] In attempting to facilitate congregational psalmody, the cathedrals had begun to negotiate for themselves a new religious dynamic, and a new role in English society.”

These psalms were therefore intended to be sung by the choir and the congregation, very much like hymns today. In 1566, a stock of metrical psalters – probably the newly-published Sternhold and Hopkins Psalter of 1562 – was purchased for Canterbury Cathedral, and two of the Psalms on this record were taken from that very same edition, including the well-known Genevan melody to Psalm 100. The orchestral arrangement of the latter is particularly well known today and was written by Ralph Vaughan Williams for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. ...

Croydon Minster Choir of Whitgift School
English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble
Ronny Krippner, conductor

The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
is a virtuoso period instrument ensemble with a host of distinguished recordings to its name.

Since its formation in 1993, ECSE has performed at many major music festivals in the UK and abroad. They have held sell-out concerts at London’s Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square and the Purcell Room. Other performances include York Early Music Festival, Bath International Festival, Spitalfields Festival, La Folle Journée, Laus Polyphoniae, and the International Izmir Festival.

ECSE regularly travels abroad with vocal ensembles inlcuding I Fagiolini, Alamire and Cantus Cölln. The group has appeared on numerous CDs. The Spy’s Choirbook with David Skinner and Alamire won the prestigious 2015 Gramophone Award for Early Music.

The Choir of Whitgift School
is based at Croydon Minster, which is deeply rooted in the Anglican choral tradition. It boasts over 70 singers in its four choirs: the Choir of Boys & Men, the Girls’ Choir, the Choral Scholars and Lay Clerks. There are five choral services each week during term time, as well as regular concerts throughout the year. All choirs have toured, broadcast and recorded.

Over the years, the Minster has developed strong links with Whitgift School and the School has now become a major part of the Minster’s rich choral programme. More than half of the Minster boy choristers attend Whitgift School where they receive a Minster Choristership carrying a remission of day fees of 10%. Whitgift also provides postgraduate Organ and Choral Scholars, as well as professional Lay Clerks to sing regularly with the Minster Boys’ Choir, enabling the Minster to run a busy schedule of cathedral-style choral services.

Ronny Krippner
is Organist and Director of Choral Music at Croydon Minster and Whitgift School (London).

Born in Bavaria, Ronny is in the unique position of having been formed in both the German and British choral traditions. He studied organ playing and improvisation with Prof. Franz-Josef Stoiber at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Regensburg while at the same time working as Assistant Choirmaster of the Regensburger Domspatzen” (“Regensburg Cathedral Sparrows”), Regensburg Cathedral’s famous boys’ choir. After graduating, Ronny went to Exeter University to take his master’s degree (M.A.) in “English Cathedral Music” whilst singing in the Cathedral Choir as a Choral Scholar. Building on these twin musical foundations, Ronny went on to take up various organist posts, including St George’s Church Hanover Square in London.

Being fascinated from an early age by organ improvisation, Ronny has made this a specialism. Finalist in the prestigious Organ Improvisation Competition in St Albans in 2009, he won two Prizes in the International Organ Improvisation Competition in Biarritz in the same year. From 2010-2013, Ronny was Specialist Lecturer for Organ Improvisation at Birmingham Conservatoire and Trinity Laban Conservatoire, London.

Ronny has recorded several CDs of organ and choir music and has frequently been heard performing on television and radio, both in Germany and the UK. He has given organ recitals in Germany, Holland, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the United States, Mexico and Australia.

This album contains no booklet.