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Special offer. Journey Into Light
Music for Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas
The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge, Mark Williams
Another Oxbridge college, another fine mixed-voice choir, another gorgeously captured chapel acoustic (Mike Hatch engineering) - this selection of favourite pieces by mainly British composers...
Special offer. Journey Into Light
Music for Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas
The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge, Mark Williams
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Another Oxbridge college, another fine mixed-voice choir, another gorgeously captured chapel acoustic (Mike Hatch engineering) - this selection of favourite pieces by mainly British composers...
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A new festive release from the Choir of Jesus College Cambridge under their director Mark Williams – with additional performances from organists Robert Dixon and Timothy Lambourn, and trumpeter Rebecca Crawshaw. The programme is drawn from pieces for the festivals of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas: "Of the annual Christian seasons, it is surely that from Advent to Epiphany which inspires believer and non-believer alike the most: the believer celebrates Christ’s birth whilst the non-believer considers hopes for rebirth and renewal as a New Year approaches … If aspirations surrounding the arrival of a new born child are universal, the Christmas music chosen here reflects the season’s inspiration through quite recent compositions, alongside music from the early part of the 20th century." Mark Williams
Contents and tracklist
- Robert Dixon, Alexander Beetschen
- The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Mark Williams
- Olympia Hetherington, Frances Burn, Edward Leach, Matthew Smith
- The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Mark Williams
- Timothy Lambourn, Alasdair Austin, Jaliya Senanayake
- The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Mark Williams
- Timothy Lambourn
- The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Mark Williams
- Timothy Lambourn, Nico Bryan, Edward Leach
- The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Mark Williams
- Timothy Lambourn
- The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Mark Williams
Awards and reviews
Christmas 2012
Another Oxbridge college, another fine mixed-voice choir, another gorgeously captured chapel acoustic (Mike Hatch engineering) - this selection of favourite pieces by mainly British composers makes a pleasingly intimate impression.
December 2012
a disc of mainstream Christmas music...which showcases the combined forces of the college's chapel choir, with its top line of boys, and the mixed-voice college choir. It's a performance of full, rich sounds from a group who are among the unsung heroes of a collegiate choir circuit currently dominated by the larger colleges.
December 2012
This is an attractive and very well-planned disc of music from Advent to Epiphany … The sound is unobtrusively excellent and the booklet includes complete sung texts. If the programme appeals (as it certainly does me), then my advice is to let yourself be tempted
November 2012
the choral singing is superb...I really enjoyed this record and looked forward to playing it often. The excellence of the singing coupled with the aptness of the selection make this collection special.
