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This new album recollects and celebrates some of the choral music heard on royal occasions during the lifetime of HM Elizabeth II. The music chosen reflects the personal choices and commission by the Royal Family for weddings, funerals, and anniversaries.
Featuring John Rutter’s celebratory royal wedding anthem This is the day, written for the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey in 2011. Newly orchestrated exclusively for this recording, it reminds us of the event that captivated the attention of the nation last year. The CD also includes a new arrangement for unaccompanied choir of the Londonderry Air to the text I would be true, and an orchestration of Schubert’s beautiful Psalm 23 - The Lord is my Shepherd by John Rutter for this recording.
Rutter: This is the Day
This is the Day
Mozart: Laudate Dominum
Laudate Dominum
Schubert: Psalm 23
Psalm 23
Brahms: How lovely is thy dwelling place
How lovely is thy dwelling place
Elgar: The spirit of the Lord is upon me
The spirit of the Lord is upon me
William McKie: We wait for thy loving kindness
We wait for thy loving kindness
Mealor: Ubi caritas
Ubi caritas
Duruflé: Ubi caritas
Ubi caritas
William Harris: Holy is the true light
Holy is the true light
Tavener: Song for Athene
Song for Athene
Richard Rodney Bennett: These Three
These Three
Walton: Set me as a seal upon thine heart
Set me as a seal upon thine heart
H. Walford Davies: God be in my head
God be in my head
arr. Rutter: I would be true
I would be true
Walton: Touch her soft lips and part
Touch her soft lips and part
Britten: Choral Dances from Gloriana
1. Time
2. Concord
3. Time and Concord
4. Country Girls
5. Rustics and Fishermen
6. Final Dance of Homage
Handel: Let the bright seraphim and Let their celestial concerts all unite
Let the bright seraphim and Let their celestial concerts all unite
September 2012
*****
“Elin Manahan Thomas is impressive with her poise and limpidity...The Cambridge Singers, outstandingly fresh and communicative throughout under John Rutter's expert, energising direction, excel particularly in a superbly buoyant, incisive performance of the 'Choral Dances' from Britten's Gloriana...Of its type, this is a virtually unimproveable collection.”
Charlotte Gardner
16th May 2012
“it's all beautifully sung. Elin Manahan Thomas performs Mozart's Laudate Dominum with effortless grace, whilst the Cambridge Singers are chameleon-like in their ability to take on different musical styles...Light, joyous, and beautifully performed, this is sacred choral easy listening of the highest standard.”
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This is the Day
