Tomkins: When David Heard

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truly sumptuous. Although the standout solos sound as young as you would expect from a group of undergraduates, corporately there is the strongly identifiable John's sound of adult professional... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2014 More…

Release Date: 1st Sep 2014
Catalogue No: CHAN0804
Label: Chandos
Series: Chaconne
Length: 62 minutes

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Tomkins: When David heard that Absalom was slain

Work length5:26

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
Recorded: 16-18 July 2013
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Tomkins: Almighty God, which hast knit together

Work length5:09

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, Freddie James
Recorded: 16-18 July 2013
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Tomkins: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis

Work length8:30

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, Freddie James
Recorded: 16-18 July 2013
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Magnificat

Track length5:41

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Nunc dimittis

Track length2:49

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Tomkins: Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom

Work length7:14

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
Recorded: 16-18 July 2013
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Tomkins: A sad Pavan for these distracted times

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, Freddie James
Recorded: 16-18 July 2013
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Tomkins: My shepherd is the living Lord

Work length3:52

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, Freddie James
Recorded: 16-18 July 2013
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Tomkins: Behold, I bring you glad tidings

Work length3:40

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, Freddie James
Recorded: 16-18 July 2013
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Tomkins: Voluntary in A minor

Work length3:32

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Freddie James
Recorded: 16-18 July 2013
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Tomkins: The Third Service: Jubilate

Work length7:10

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, Freddie James
Recorded: 16-18 July 2013
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Tomkins: Clarifica me Peter

Work length2:26

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, Freddie James
Recorded: 16-18 July 2013
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Tomkins: The Third Service: Te Deum

Work length11:45

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Choir of St. Johns College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, Freddie James
Recorded: 16-18 July 2013
Recording Venue: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Thomas Tomkins, born in 1572, was one of the most accomplished and versatile English composers of his era. A total mastery of contrapuntal technique and expressive intensity are hallmarks of his style. Here the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, a cornerstone of the great English choral tradition since the 1670s, performs a collection of choral works complemented by several pieces for organ.

Canticles from two of Tomkins’s Services are included, the pieces from the complex and ambitious Third Service contrasting with those of the more modest Sixth, indebted to the style of Tomkins’s teacher William Byrd.

The four fine verse anthems recorded here reveal the range in Tomkins’s expressive capabilities, from the calming pastoral tones of My shepherd is the living Lord to the joyful ebullience of Behold, I bring you glad tidings. Four full anthems are also performed, including the famous When David heard that Absalom was slain, a poignant portrayal of the grief that King David experienced at the death of his son.

This melancholic mood is continued in the best-known of the keyboard works on this disc, ‘A Sad Pavan for these distracted times’, written for himself to play privately after losing his position as organist of Worcester Cathedral following its destruction in the English Civil War.

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October 2014

truly sumptuous. Although the standout solos sound as young as you would expect from a group of undergraduates, corporately there is the strongly identifiable John's sound of adult professional choir in microcosm. The John's acoustics, too, are particularly good for this music because they buoy up, warm and upholster the sound of the choir.

7th September 2014

These heartfelt works are ideally suited to the open, expressive richness of the St John's, Cambridge choir. A Sad Pavan for these distracted times" is one of three pieces played by organ scholar Freddie James – a name to watch.

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