An Ely Christmas

Bright, firm, well-supported but honest singing that is frequently joyous and only occasionally a little strained. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2018

Release Date: 19th Oct 2018
Catalogue No: REGCD527
Label: Regent

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trad.: Deck the Hall

arr. Mark Armstrong
Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Edwards, P: No small wonder

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Adam: O Holy Night

arr. Sarah MacDonald
Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Joubert: There Is No Rose

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Warlock: Come to Bethlehem

arr. Maurice Jacobson
Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

trad.: Away in a manger

arr. Alexander Berry
Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Rooney: Glorificamus Deum

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Peat: Corpus Christi Carol

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

trad.: Cherry Tree Carol

arr. Sarah MacDonald
Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Rubbra: A Hymn to the Virgin, Op. 13 No. 2

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Trafford: Sir Christèmas

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Mealor: Four Madrigals On Rose Texts: A Spotless Rose

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Lole: Love came down at Christmas

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Gritton, P: Follow that star

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Larkin: Adam Lay Y bounden

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Rutter: What sweeter music

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Higginson: St Godric’s Hymn

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Wood, C: Mater Ora Filium

arr. Harrison Oxley
Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Stopford: A Christmas Blessing

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

trad.: The Holly and the Ivy

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Todd: My Lord has come

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

Parry, B: Three angels

Aaron Shilson (organ)
The Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Ely Cathedral
Sarah MacDonald

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New carols, new arrangements, and a selection of beautiful and exhilarating Christmas favourites sung by the remarkable Ely Cathedral Girl Choristers, who are joined in a number of tracks by the Ely Cathedral Lay Clerks. Recorded in the glorious acoustic of Ely Cathedral this disc offers twenty-three immediately attractive and captivating carols for Christmas.

Of particular interest are first recordings of original new carols by Ben Parry, Gary Higginson, Mathew Larkin, Annabel Rooney, and the instantly-memorable winner of the BBC Radio Three Carol Competition 2017, ‘Sir Christèmas’ by Bernard Trafford.

Ely Cathedral Girls’ Choir was founded in 2006. The 16 choristers are all boarders at King’s Ely, and are currently in the Senior School, in Years 9 to 13. The girls rehearse four mornings a week before school, and sing Evensong twice per week during school term. Weekend duties and other cathedral commitments occur once or twice a month, and they are regularly involved in the major liturgical feasts, often singing with the boys and men.

Since their foundation the Girls have made several critically acclaimed commercial CDs on the Regent label (both on their own, and jointly with the Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge).

The girls have sung recently with Lesley Garrett and John Rutter, and were featured on BBC television in Gareth Malone’s ‘The Choir: Sing while you work’. The girls have broadcast Choral Evensong on Radio 3 on a number of occasions.

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December 2018

Bright, firm, well-supported but honest singing that is frequently joyous and only occasionally a little strained.

An Ely Christmas

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