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The Promise Of Ages: A Christmas Collection - Britten, Burney, Holst Etc.

Taverner Consort and Choir & Andrew Parrott

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Format: CD

Cat No: AV2291

Release Date:  27 October 2014

Label:  Avie

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  822252229127

Genres:  Classical  Choral  

  • Description

    'The Promise of Ages' by Andrew Parrott and his Taverner Consort & Choir is a timeless collection of Christmas music spanning seven centuries and including traditional carols from the British Isles, Medieval chants and Renaissance hymns, and the responses of 20th century composers to ancient seasonal poetry.

    Seamlessly melding religious with secular texts, and high art music with folk traditions, this reissue includes such favourites as the traditional Deck the Hall arranged for solo Welsh harp, There is No Rose from Britten's A Ceremony of Carols as well as the popular 15th-century setting, and I Wonder as I Wander intoned by Emily Van Evera's beautifully pure soprano. There are also plenty of delights and discoveries in this enduring and exquisite collection of holiday fare.

    Personnel: Taverner Consort & Choir, Andrew Parrott (director), Frances Kelly (Welsh harp), Emily Van Evera (soprano), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle)

    Critical acclaim for Andrew Parrott and the Taverner Consort:

    "Keen and dramatic...technically brilliant." - BBC Music Magazine 'Opera Choice' (on Monterverdi L'Orfeo)

    "Impressive and the power undeniable." - Early Music Review (on Gesualdo Tenebrae Response for Good Friday)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. 'C.B.' ?Charles Burney: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
      • 2. Welsh Traditional: Nos Galan (Deck the Hall)
      • 3. John Jacob Niles (?): Lullay, Thou Tiny Little Child
      • 4. 15th Century (Trinity Roll): Ther Is No Rose of Swych Vertu
      • 5. Gustav Holst: I Sing of a Maiden
      • 6. Benjamin Britten: There Is No Rose
      • 7. Peter Maxwell Davies: O magnum mysterium
      • 8. Medieval Chant (13th/14th century): Song of the Nuns of Chester (verses 1-3) (Qui creavit celum)
      • 9. Maxwell Davies: The Fader of Heven
      • 10. Medieval Chant (13th/14th century): Song of the Nuns of Chester (verses 4-6)
      • 11. Maxwell Davies: O magnum mysterium
      • 12. 15th Century (Ritson's Manuscript): Lullay, Lullow: I Saw a Swete Semly Syght
      • 13. Niles (?): I Wonder as I Wander
      • 14. Traditional: Staines Morris (Blessed Be That Maid Marie)
      • 15. 15th Century (Trinity Roll): Hayle, Mary, Ful of Grace
      • 16. English Traditional: The Seven Joys of Mary
      • 17. Judith Weir (arr. Andrew Parrott): Illuminare, Jerusalem
      • 18. Irish Traditional: Good People All, This Christmastide
      • 19. Niles (?): Sing We the Virgin Mary
      • 20. Ralph Vaughan Williams: In Bethlehem City
      • 21. Irish Traditional: Christmas Eve
      • 22. Chant: Hodie Christus natus est
      • 23. Holst: Jesu, Thou the Virgin-born
      • 24. Britten: As Dew in Aprille
      • 25. Martin Madan: Lo! He Comes, with Clouds Descending