And comes the Day: Carols and Antiphons for Advent (2012)

Here is a beautiful new recording exploring the music and themes of Advent, including some well-known carols and antiphons alongside some newer, less frequently heard pieces. An ideal present!

The Choir of Queens’ College, Cambridge is well known in the UK, singing three times a week at services in Queens’ College Chapel. They also travel abroad outside the academic term, with recent tours to Hong Kong, USA, France, Germany, Italy and Belgium.

Silas Wollston, their director, has been principal continuo player and assistant conductor to Sir John Eliot Gardiner since 1999 and has a versatile and varied career as researcher, performer and composer.

trad.:
O come, o come, Emmanuel

anon.:
There is no rose
Veni, veni, Emanuel

Britten:
A Hymn to the Virgin

Charpentier, M-A:
Noel: Joseph est bien marié, H. 534
Noel: Or, nous dites, Marie, H. 534
6 Noëls, H534
O clavis David, H. 40

Chilcott:
Advent Antiphons

Howells:
A Spotless Rose

Joubert:
There Is No Rose

Ord:
Adam lay ybounden

Palestrina:
I look from afar

Pärt:
O Morgenstern
Seven Magnificat Antiphons

Praetorius, H:
In dulci jubilo
Magnificat quarti toni

Walton:
All this time

Warlock:
Benedicamus Domino
Bethlehem Down

Wollston:
I saw a sweet and seemly sight