Album Summary
Performers
Lichfield Cathedral Choir
Robert Sharpe (Organ)
Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ)
Andrew Lumsden (Organ)
Gerald Hendrie (1935 - )
Elizabeth Poston (1905 - 1987)
Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
Garth Edmundson (1900 - 1971)
William Crotch (1775 - 1847)
Christmas Traditional
John Linton Gardner (1917 - )
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Lennox Berkeley (1903 - 1989)
Harold Darke (Organ/Composer) (1888 - 1976)
Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
John Tavener (Composer) (1944 - )
Thomas Armstrong (Composer/Conductor) (1898 - 1994)
Notes & Reviews:
Presents an attractively representative collection of music for an English Christmas service by one of Britains finest choirs, accompanied by the world renowned Lichfield organ.
Notes & Reviews:Personnel: Andrew Lumsden (organ).
Recording information: Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.
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Works Details
Traditional, Christmas : Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night") - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Robert Sharpe (Organ); Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Notes: Arranged: David Willcocks
- Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
- Period Time: Post-Romantic
- Form: Christmas
- Written: by 1892
- Language: English
- Studio/Live: Studio
Warlock, Peter : Bethlehem Down - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Robert Sharpe (Organ); Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Christmas
- Written: 1927
- Language: English
- Studio/Live: Studio
Hendrie, Gerald : There Is No Rose - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ); Robert Sharpe (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Contemporary
- Language: English
- Studio/Live: Studio
Gardner, John Linton : Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, for chorus, Op. 75/2 - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Robert Sharpe (Organ); Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Christmas
- Written: 1965
- Language: Latin
- Studio/Live: Studio
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orgelbüchlein - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ); Robert Sharpe (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1713-1715
- Language: English
- Studio/Live: Studio
Poston, Elisabeth : Jesus Christ the Apple Tree - Performers: Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ); Robert Sharpe (Organ); Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1967
- Studio/Live: Studio
Mendelssohn, Felix : Christus, oratorio, Op. 97 (unfinished) :: Christus - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Robert Sharpe (Organ); Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 7 min. 18 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1847
- Language: English
- Studio/Live: Studio
Howells, Herbert : Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Robert Sharpe (Organ); Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1918
- Language: English
- Studio/Live: Studio
Howells, Herbert : Here is the little door - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Robert Sharpe (Organ); Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Notes: Arranged: Jackson
- Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Christmas
- Written: 1918
- Studio/Live: Studio
Bach, Johann Sebastian : In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Robert Sharpe (Organ); Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Notes: Arranged: Andrew Lumsden
- Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: by 1751
- Studio/Live: Studio
Traditional, Christmas : Noël nouvelet, carol (French) - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ); Robert Sharpe (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 16th Century
- Language: English
- Studio/Live: Studio
Gruber, Franz : Silent Night - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ); Robert Sharpe (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1818
- Language: English
- Studio/Live: Studio
Berkeley, Lennox : Look Up Sweet Babe, for treble voice & chorus, Op. 43/2 - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ); Robert Sharpe (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1954
- Studio/Live: Studio
Tavener, John : The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?" - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Robert Sharpe (Organ); Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
- Period Time: Contemporary
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1982
- Language: English
- Studio/Live: Studio
Edmundson, Garth : Toccata Prelude for organ no 4 ("Von Himmel Hoch") - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Robert Sharpe (Organ); Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ); Andrew Lumsden (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Language: English
- Studio/Live: Studio
Darke, Harold Edwin : In the Bleak Midwinter - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ); Robert Sharpe (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Christmas
- Written: 19th Century
- Language: English
- Studio/Live: Studio
Armstrong, Thomas : New Year Carol, for chorus - Performers: Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ); Robert Sharpe (Organ); Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Language: English
- Studio/Live: Studio
Crotch, William : Lo! star-led chiefs - Performers: Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Robert Sharpe (Organ); Choir of Lichfield Cathedral (Organ)
- Conductor: Andrew Lumsden
- Ensemble: Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic

























