Three Christmas Cantatas

£13.25

HTGCD 151 – 5060332662739

1 CD

Release date: 28th October, 2022

Sir David Willcocks is synonymous with Christmas. Heritage’s latest release features Willcocks conducting two rarely performed twentieth century Christmas cantatas by Geoffrey Bush and George Dyson. The disc also features two bonus tracks, John Ireland’s perennial favourite, The Holy Boy and the rare postlude for strings by Heathcote Statham, The Bells of St. Chads. 

Britten’s Ceremony for Carols also appears in a composer-conducted performance with the Copenhagen Boys’ Choir. 

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GEOFFREY BUSH (1920-1998): IN PRAISE OF MARY for soprano, choir and orchestra*

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING

GEORGE DYSON (1883-1964): A CHRISTMAS GARLAND for soprano, choir and orchestra

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING

Valery Hill soprano; Jane Watts organ*; RCM Chamber Choir; 

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976): CEREMONY OF CAROLS, Op. 28

Copenhagen Boys’ Choir; Enid Simon harp; Benjamin Britten conductor

BONUS MATERIAL

JOHN IRELAND (1879-1962): THE HOLY BOY     

HEATHCOTE STATHAM (1889-1973): THE BELLS OF ST. CHAD’S Postlude for Strings    

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks

Reviews

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    ‘It is good to have these British cantatas back in the catalogue. ………It seems superfluous to say that all the performances are excellent and probably definitive.’ John France, Musicweb International

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