Love Came Down at Christmas

Malcolm Archer`s own carol gives its title to this inspiring new collection from the wonderful acoustic of this world famous Cathedral. Included also is his arrangement of "Silent Night" as well as six superb & now standard arrangements by Sir David Willcocks, alongside the beautiful setting of Christina Rosetti`s "In the bleak mid-winter". Full texts included!

"Whether it is for singing along by the fireside or sitting in exhausted contentment when the guests have gone, this year`s seasonal CDs offer ample choice. The choir of St Paul`s Cathedral tops the list of new discs of traditional fare with Love came down at Christmas, conducted by the cathedral`s director of music, Malcolm Archer." -Daily Telegraph, 12/12/2005

"`Hauntingly beautiful`is how choirmaster Malcolm Archer describes Sandstrom`s arrangement of Praetorius`s `Es ist ein Ros ensprungen` - and so it is... The huge St Paul`s acoustic is appropriately atmospheric****." -BBC Music Magazine, 13/12/2005

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Jon English (tenor); Timothy Jones (bass voice); Oliver Jackson (treble); Huw Williams (organ).

Recording information: St. Paul's Cathedral.

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Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

Performers: St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Huw Williams (Organ)
Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: 1818

Mendelssohn, Felix : Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"

Performers: St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Huw Williams (Organ)
Notes: Composition written: 1840.
Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Christmas
Written: 1840

Holst, Gustav : In the bleak mid-winter

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; John English (Voice)
Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Christmas
Written: 1904-1905

Praetorious, Michael : Musae Sioniae

Performers: St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Huw Williams (Organ); Oliver Jackson (Treble); Duncan Kelly (Treble)
Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance
Written: 1600

Cornelius, Peter : The Three Kings

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); Martin Oxenham (Baritone); St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Christmas
Written: 1856

Traditional, Christmas : Of the Father's heart begotten (A Christmas Procession)

Performers: St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Huw Williams (Organ)
Running Time: 4 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Medieval
Form: Christmas
Written: by 1582

Gardner, John Linton : Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, for chorus, Op. 75/2

Performers: St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Huw Williams (Organ)
Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Christmas
Written: 1965

Gauntlett, Henry John : Once in Royal David's City, carol

Performers: St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Huw Williams (Organ)
Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: circa 1850

Traditional, Christmas : Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Medieval
Form: Christmas
Written: circa 1588

Hadley, Patrick : I sing of a maiden

Performers: St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Huw Williams (Organ)
Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Christmas
Written: 1936

Traditional, Christmas : O Little Town of Bethlehem

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1868

Traditional, Christmas : In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones)

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Medieval
Form: Christmas
Written: circa 1400

Traditional, Christmas : God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English)

Performers: St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Huw Williams (Organ)
Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night")

Performers: St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Huw Williams (Organ)
Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Post-Romantic
Form: Christmas
Written: by 1892

Archer, Malcolm : Love Came Down at Christmas, for chorus

Performers: St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Huw Williams (Organ)
Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary
Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Wiegenlied der Hirten (Shepherds' Cradle Song) (Glatz folk song)

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.

Goss, John : See Amid the Winter's Snow, for chorus

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); St. Paul's Cathedral Choir; Timothy Jones (Bass-Baritone)
Running Time: 6 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Hajej, nynej, Jezishku (Rocking Carol) (Czech)

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.

Wade, John Francis : O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Choral
Written: 1751

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