New from The Sixteen and Harry Christophers
70: A Life in Music
Album Description
Any account of choral music in the early twenty-first century would be incomplete without a chapter dedicated to the work of Harry Christophers and The Sixteen. The conductor, in partnership with the ensemble he founded 45 years ago, has set benchmark standards for the performance of everything from late medieval polyphony to new works from today’s finest choral composers. While his artistry arises from the great British tradition of cathedral and collegiate choral singing, it soars above convention to open fresh perspectives on Renaissance, Baroque and contemporary music.
Celebrating his 70th birthday, this collection features 39 tracks hand-picked by Harry Christophers which document his life in music.
Artists
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Handel and Haydn Society
Track Listing
CD1:
John SHEPPARD (c. 1515-58)
1. Libera nos I & II
Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-76)
2. This little babe (from A Ceremony of Carols)
Medieval Carol
3. St Thomas Honour we
Henry PURCELL (c. 1659-95)
4. O sing unto the Lord, Z44
Edmund RUBBRA (1901-86)
5. Kyrie (From Missa Cantuariensis)
William BYRD (1543-1623)
6. This Day Christ was born
G.F. HANDEL (1685-1759)
7. Excerpts from Jephtha, HWV 70
Johannes BRAHMS (1833-97)
8. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit (From Ein Deutsches Requiem)
Benjamin BRITTEN
9. The Evening Primrose (From Five Flower Songs)
Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
10. Exaudi orationem meam Domine (From Symphony of Psalms)
Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)
11. Give unto the Lord
Francis POULENC (1899-1963)
12. Un soir de neige, FP 126
Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-92)
13. Cinq rechants No. III
Heinrich SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)
14. Canticum B Simeonis (From Musikalische Exequien, SWV 281)
Total running time: 75.08
CD2:
G.F. HANDEL
15. Dixit Dominus (From Dixit Dominus, HWV 232)
João Lourenco REBELO (1610-61)
16. Panis angelicus
Richard HYGONS (c.1435-1509)
17. Salve Regina
Tomás Luis de VICTORIA (c.1548-1611)
18. Nigra sum
G.F. HANDEL
19. For unto us a child is born (From Messiah, HWV 56)
Tomás Luis de VICTORIA
20. Laetatus sum
Henry PURCELL
21. Excerpts from The Fairy Queen
Robert RAMSEY (c.1590-1644)
22. When David Heard
Francis POULENC
23. Jesum tradidit (From Sept Répons des Ténèbres)
Francisco GUERRERO (c.1528-1599)
24. Ave virgo sanctissima
Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)
25. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (From Selva morale e spirituale)
Total running time: 52.34
CD3:
Arvo PÄRT (b.1935)
26. The Woman with the Alabaster Box
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)
27. Finale Vivace (From Symphony 82 ‘L’ours’, Hob.I/82)
G.F. HANDEL
28. Kings shall be thy nursing fathers (From Coronation Anthem My heart is inditing, HWV 261)
James MACMILLAN (b.1959)
29. Dominus dabit benignitatem
Joseph HAYDN
30. Agnus Dei (From Harmoniemesse, Hob.XXII:14)
G.P. da PALESTRINA (c.1525-94)
31. Pater noster
J.S. BACH (1685-1750)
32. Gloria (From Mass in G minor, BWV 235)
James MACMILLAN
33. Sancta Mater, istud agas (From Stabat mater)
Imogen HOLST (1907-84)
34. O Sorrow (From Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow)
C. Hubert H. PARRY (1848-1918)
35. There is an old belief (From Songs of Farewell)
Cecilia MCDOWALL (b.1951)
36. Now may we singen
John SHEPPARD
37. Agnus Dei (From Missa Cantate)
Alissa FIRSOVA (b.1986)
38. Stabat Mater
Joseph HAYDN
39. The Heavens are telling the Glory of God (From The Creation, Hob.XXI:2)
Total running time: 78.45