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In the Stillness: A Merton Christmas

The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, Simon Hogan, Catrin Meek, Benjamin Nicholas

In the Stillness: A Merton Christmas
Joined by the lower voices of Merton College Choir, the Girl Choristers exhibit a crystalline clarity of tone in the traditional Rocking Carol, and full-voiced attack in Joubert ’s Torc he s....

BBC Music Magazine, Chrstmas 20224 out of 5 stars

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In the Stillness: A Merton Christmas

The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, Simon Hogan, Catrin Meek, Benjamin Nicholas

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Joined by the lower voices of Merton College Choir, the Girl Choristers exhibit a crystalline clarity of tone in the traditional Rocking Carol, and full-voiced attack in Joubert ’s Torc he s....

BBC Music Magazine, Chrstmas 20224 out of 5 stars

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In the stillness of a midnight stable, a babe is born ... In the stillness of an Oxford chapel on a winter’s afternoon, a girl’s voice sings. The newest star in Oxford’s – and Delphian’s – choral firmament, the girl choristers of Merton College have been singing services under the directorship of Benjamin Nicholas for less than five years: in their debut album recording, supported by the lower voices of the Chapel Choir, they tell once more in music from across the centuries the timeless Christmas story of light, hope and joy for a troubled world.

Contents and tracklist

Elgar: Angelus (Tuscany), Op. 56
Work length2:52
Head, M: The Little Road to Bethlehem
Work length3:10
Leontovich: Carol of the Bells
Work length1:37
Wallen: Peace on earth
Work length3:52
Berkeley, L: I sing of a maiden
Work length3:00
Ireland: The Holy Boy
Work length2:55
Rutter: Star carol
Work length3:17
trad.: Infant Holy
Work length2:07
Jackson, Gabriel: Hush! My Dear
Work length3:17
Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV605 'Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich'
Work length2:03
Charpentier, M-A: Sing to the Infant Boy
Work length5:34
Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV607 'Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schaar'
Work length1:20
trad.: Rocking Carol
Work length2:25
Britten: A New Year Carol
Work length2:18
Piae Cantiones: up! Good Christen Folk
Work length1:31
Beamish: In the stillness
Work length2:29
Joubert: Torches
Work length1:39
Dearnley: The growing limbs of God the Son (Hymn)
Work length3:02
Holst: In the Bleak Mid-winter
Work length4:30
Michael Praetorius, Melchior Vulpuis, Melchior Vulpius: There is a Flower Springing (English translation by Ursula Wood)
Work length3:43
Praetorius, M: Come, thou Redeemer of the earth
Work length4:55
Bednall: Make We Merry
Work length4:17
Rutter: Candlelight carol
Work length4:12

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Chrstmas 2022

Joined by the lower voices of Merton College Choir, the Girl Choristers exhibit a crystalline clarity of tone in the traditional Rocking Carol, and full-voiced attack in Joubert ’s Torc he s. Impressive unanimity characterises Britten’s A New Year Carol, while Holst’s In the Bleak Midwinter is limpidly evocative. Benjamin Nicholas conducts empathetically.
4 out of 5 stars
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