Experience a staple of the Oxford calendar in this set of works inspired by the May Morning tradition, with music spanning from the traditional to contemporary. Starting with The College Clock welcoming in the sunrise, this special recording displays The Magdalen College Choir in radiant form, shining in the glorious acoustics of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Oxford. Track List - 1. The College Clock 2. Sumer is icumen in - Traditional round arr. Grayston Ives 3. Now is the month of Maying - Thomas Morley 4. Lay a garland - Robert Lucas de Pearsall 5. I’ll follow the sun - Lennon & McCartney arr. Grayston Ives 6. O Lusty May - Anon 7. Ah Robin, gentle - Robin William Cornysh 8. Linden Lea - Ralph Vaughan Williams 9. Loch Lomond - Traditional Scottish folksong, arr. David Overton 10. Hymnus Eucharisticus - Benjamin Rogers 11. Sicut lilium - John Stainer 12. Haste on my joys - Gerald Finzi 13. Music when soft voices die - Charles Hubert Hastings Parry 14. Somewhere over the rainbow - Harold Arlen, arr. Guy Turner 15. Dieu qu’il la fait bon regarder - Claude Debussy 16. Lark in the Clear Air - Trad. Irish Folksong, arr. James Whitbourn 17. The Silver Swan - Orlando Gibbons 18. Felice primavera - Carlo Gesualdo 19. The Hills - John Ireland 20. This sweet & merry month of May - William Byrd 21. The Spring of the Year - Peter Warlock 22. The Oak and the Ash - Trad. English folksong, arr. Gordon Langford 23. In pride of May - Thomas Weelkes 24. Hora e di Maggio - Heinrich Isaac 25. As torrents in Summer - Edward Elgar 26. The Bluebird - Charles Villiers Stanford 27. The Ballad of Green Broom - Benjamin Britten 28. The Bells of Magdalen College, Oxford

Artists

The Clock of Magdalen College, Oxford, Max Thomas (treble), Benjamin Seward (treble), Luke Rowe (treble), Henry Isaacs (treble), Leo Dolan (treble), Myron Buist (treble), Benjamin Watkins (bass), Sebastian Hill (tenor), Milo Hodgkiss (tenor), Matthew Pope (tenor), Samuel Thyr (alto), Owen Huxford (bass), The Bells of Magdalen College, Choir of Magdalen College Oxford, Mark Williams