Hark! Traditional Carols in a New Light

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Album Summary

Performer

• Alexandra Saunders

Conductor

• Appleton, Tom

Ensemble

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Composers

• Christmas Traditional
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• William James Kirkpatrick (1838 - 1921)
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786)
• Henry John Gauntlett (1805 - 1876)
• Henry Walford Davies (1869 - 1941)
• Adam Woolf
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
• Harold Darke (Organ/Composer) (1888 - 1976)
• Edward Maxwell

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: King's Lynn Festival, St. Nicholas's Chapel (01/15/2011-01/16/2011).

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Works Details

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

• Conductor: Tom Appleton
• Notes: King's Lynn Festival, St. Nicholas's Chapel (01/15/2011-01/16/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1840

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

• Conductor: Tom Appleton
• Notes: King's Lynn Festival, St. Nicholas's Chapel (01/15/2011-01/16/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1588

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

• Performer: Alexandra Saunders
• Conductor: Tom Appleton
• Notes: King's Lynn Festival, St. Nicholas's Chapel (01/15/2011-01/16/2011)
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1850

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Conductor: Tom Appleton
• Notes: King's Lynn Festival, St. Nicholas's Chapel (01/15/2011-01/16/2011)
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818

Handel, George Frideric : Joy to the World (theme by Handel)

• Conductor: Tom Appleton
• Notes: King's Lynn Festival, St. Nicholas's Chapel (01/15/2011-01/16/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1742

Davies, Henry Walford : O Little Town of Bethlehem, carol

• Performer: Alexandra Saunders
• Conductor: Tom Appleton
• Notes: King's Lynn Festival, St. Nicholas's Chapel (01/15/2011-01/16/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1920

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

• Conductor: Tom Appleton
• Notes: King's Lynn Festival, St. Nicholas's Chapel (01/15/2011-01/16/2011)
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas

Darke, Harold Edwin : In the Bleak Midwinter

• Conductor: Tom Appleton
• Notes: King's Lynn Festival, St. Nicholas's Chapel (01/15/2011-01/16/2011)
• Running Time: 5 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 19th Century

Kirkpatrick, William J. : Away in a manger :: Cradle Song) (New English Hymnal 22)

• Conductor: Tom Appleton
• Notes: King's Lynn Festival, St. Nicholas's Chapel (01/15/2011-01/16/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1885

Traditional, Christmas : Angels From the Realms Of Glory

• Conductor: Tom Appleton
• Notes: King's Lynn Festival, St. Nicholas's Chapel (01/15/2011-01/16/2011)
• Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1816

Woolf, Adam : Hush-a-Bye, carol for chorus & brass ensemble

• Conductor: Tom Appleton
• Notes: King's Lynn Festival, St. Nicholas's Chapel (01/15/2011-01/16/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 09/1963

Maxwell, Edward : See Christmas All Around Us Shine, carol for chorus & brass ensemble

• Conductor: Tom Appleton
• Notes: King's Lynn Festival, St. Nicholas's Chapel (01/15/2011-01/16/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 2010

Traditional, Christmas : The First Nowell (English)

• Conductor: Tom Appleton
• Notes: King's Lynn Festival, St. Nicholas's Chapel (01/15/2011-01/16/2011)
• Running Time: 8 min. 1 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1823

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

• Conductor: Tom Appleton
• Notes: King's Lynn Festival, St. Nicholas's Chapel (01/15/2011-01/16/2011)
• Running Time: 6 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1751