Special offer. Chilcott: The Shepherd's Carol
SATB unaccompanied (SATB)
There's a more overt King's College connection with The Shepherd's Carol. With this carol Chilcott joined the ever-expanding list of prominent composers who have been commissioned to write for...
Special offer. Chilcott: The Shepherd's Carol
SATB unaccompanied (SATB)
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There's a more overt King's College connection with The Shepherd's Carol. With this carol Chilcott joined the ever-expanding list of prominent composers who have been commissioned to write for...
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for SATB unaccompanied The text is a beautiful poem by Clive Sansom (1910-81) that narrates the experience of the shepherds, drawn by starlight to the baby Jesus. The lovely, poignant melody of folk-like simplicity is supported by languid and atmospheric harmonies. The effect is a sublime marriage of poetic imagery and music.
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There's a more overt King's College connection with The Shepherd's Carol. With this carol Chilcott joined the ever-expanding list of prominent composers who have been commissioned to write for the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. I rather think this has become one of the composer's 'hits', judging by the number of times it is included on discs or live programmes of Christmas music. Rightly so, for it's a lovely piece, mainly gentle but achieving a brief, ecstatic climax
Bob Chilcott wrote this for King's College Choir in 2000 to a text probably by Charles Causley. For my money, this is the most beautiful modern carol there is. It brings on cascades of tears every time
