Alpha & O: Music for Advent & Christmas
The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Edward Wickham
Each of Fox’s seven antiphons is preceded by the relevant Gregorian chant, setting the harmonic daring of Fox’s harmonic language in sharp juxtaposition. Some of the tight intervals test the...
Alpha & O: Music for Advent & Christmas
The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Edward Wickham
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Each of Fox’s seven antiphons is preceded by the relevant Gregorian chant, setting the harmonic daring of Fox’s harmonic language in sharp juxtaposition. Some of the tight intervals test the...
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The two choirs of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge return to Resonus Classics to collaborate once more on a new recording of contemporary works for Advent and Christmas. Featuring many world premiere recordings, the programme includes works written specially for the two college choirs including Diana Burrell’s exuberant carol, Green groweth the holly; Christopher Fox’s major new setting of the O Anitphons, insterpersed with the original plainchant, and Jeremy Thurlow’s Magnificat for upper voices, organ and tape, that blazes with the intensity of a new vision of the world.
Contents and tracklist
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
- The Choirs of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edward Wickham
Awards and reviews
Christmas 2020
Each of Fox’s seven antiphons is preceded by the relevant Gregorian chant, setting the harmonic daring of Fox’s harmonic language in sharp juxtaposition. Some of the tight intervals test the choir, but Edward Wickham’s astute direction secures generally convincing results.
5th December 2020
The well-drilled combination of mixed and girls’ choirs makes a winning, ethereal combination.
