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2020-12-03 07:36:02
Bristol Brass Consort This year's round up of discs for Christmas and Advent proved to be quite an eclectic mix. There are carols of course, traditional, modern and everything in between, but we also visit 17th century Puebla with its lively villancicos (showing that nuns singing with guitars in church was certainly not a new phenomenon) and skip back 800 years for a programme of medieval carols with readings. Contemporary music features quite strongly, with at least one disc featuring exclusively contemporary composers. Also featured rather too strongly is Britten's A Ceremony of Carols in various different combinations of forces. Alongside discs from Christmas regulars, it is nice to see other choirs such as Clifton Cathedral Choir, and the choir of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Perhaps the most surprising disc is a large scale work for male voice choir, children's choir and orchestra by a Georgian composer, […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2019-12-23 23:18:38
Jews composed Christmas. Get over it
Irving Berlin Mel Tormé Jay Livingston Jonny Marks Noel Regner/Gloria Shayne
2017-12-25 09:33:00
Mel Tormé famously co-wrote one of the most well-known carols of all time in 1945. His son, James, tells the story of how the song came to be.
2017-08-14 02:05:37
Traditional German Carol (arr. R. Brooks & K. Turner): Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming George Frideric Handel (arr. C. Jones): ”For Unto Us a Child is Born” (from Messiah) [4] William James (arr. E. Gregan): The Three Drovers Mel Torme (arr. W. Perkins ...
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