This Christmas Night Choir of Worcester College & Stephen Farr

• Hafliði Hallgrímsson (b. 1941)
• 1 Joseph and the Angel 03:48
• Anthony Piccolo (b. 1946)
• 2 I Look from Afar 06:19
• Thomas Hyde (b. 1978)
• 3 Sweet was the Song 02:07
• Mark-Anthony Turnage (b. 1960)
• 4 Christmas Night 02:45
• John McCabe (b. 1939)
• 5 Mary Laid her Child 02:21
• Malcolm Williamson (1931-2003)
• 6 This Christmas Night 03:06
• 7 I Sing of a Maiden 02:29
• 8 Suite on Plainchant Themes, Op. 12: I. Improvisation on Puer natus 05:16
• 9 Tu creasti domine 04:02
• 10 Balulalow 01:50
• 11 Claremont Carol 04:08
• 12 There Is no Rose 02:39
• 13 Hush! My Dear 03:30
• 14 Fleecy Care Carol, Op. 256, No. 7 02:58
• 15 Of a Rose 02:48
• 16 Twas in the Year that King Uzziah Died (arr. G. Bush) 03:05
• 17 Nativity 05:55
• 18 Entrez-y tous en surete, Op. 93: Let Us Securely Enter 02:18
• 19 O Leave Your Sheep 04:14
• 20 Veni redemptor, Op. 93 10:16
• Total Runtime 01:15:54

Info for This Christmas Night

This album includes a world premiere recording by Hafliði Hallgrímsson entitled Joseph and the Angel, which was written specially for this album. Also included are several world premiere recordings by leading composers including Peter Maxwell Davies, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Richard Allain, Matthew Martin, Gabriel Jackson, Judith Bingham, Cecilia McDowall and Thomas Hyde.

Other works include Anthony Piccolo's ‘I look from afar', John McCabe's ‘Mary laid her child', Malcolm Williamson's ‘This Christmas Night', Geoffrey Bush's ‘Twas in the year that King Uzziah died', Elisabeth Lutyens's ‘Nativity', Edmund Rubbra's ‘Let us securely enter' and two works by Kenneth Leighton, ‘O leave your sheep' and ‘Veni Redemptor - A Celebration'.

'superbly crafted, invigorating performances, combining youthful vigour and enthusiasm with profound musical insight and technical fluency' (Gramophone)

'Farr’s playing is always alert to the textural nuances [...] thoroughly enthralling' (BBC Music Magazine)

The Choir of Worcester College, Oxford
Stephen Farr, organ
Edward Turner, organ

Recorded in the Keble College Chapel, Oxford, on 17-19 June 2012

by kind permission of the Warden and Fellows of the College.

Producer & Engineer and Editor: Adam Binks