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The "Sussex Carol" is a Christmas carol popular in Britain, sometimes referred to by its first line "On Christmas night all Christians sing". Its words were first published by Luke Wadding, a late 17th-century poet and bishop of the Catholic Church in Ireland, in a work called Small Garland of Pious and Godly Songs (1684). It is unclear whether ...
Sir David Valentine Willcocks, CBE MC (30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015) was a British choral conductor, organist, composer and music administrator. He was particularly well known for his association with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge , which he directed from 1957 to 1974, making frequent broadcasts and recordings.
English traditional, arr. David Willcocks: 1963 (David Willcocks) 1:53: 5. "O come, all ye faithful" John Francis Wade, arr. David Willcocks: 1963 (David Willcocks) 4:37: 6. "In dulci jubilo" German trad., arr. Robert Lucas de Pearsall, ed. Reginald Jacques: 1980 (Philip Ledger) 3:36: 7. "Unto us is born a Son" Piae Cantiones, 1582, arr. David ...
Carols for Choirs is a collection of choral scores, predominantly of Christmas carols and hymns, first published in 1961 by Oxford University Press.It was edited by Sir David Willcocks and Reginald Jacques, and is a widely used source of carols in the British Anglican tradition and among British choral societies. [1]
Once in Royal David's City [19] 1918 and every year since Alexander, Mrs. Cecil Frances Gauntlett, Henry J.; arr. A. H. Mann, David Willcocks, Stephen Cleobury, et al. Since 1919 this carol has always been the processional carol, with verse 1 sung unaccompanied by a boy soloist. One Star, at Last [4] (Fix on one star) 1984 Brown, George Mackay
Carol: "Gabriel's Message" – words by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834−1924); music, Basque carol, arranged by David Willcocks (1919−2015) Fifth lesson from Luke 1: 26–35, 38 (read by a Fellow of King's College) Carol: "Ave Regina coelorum" – words from Brevarium Romanum; music by Orlando de Lassus (c. 1532-1594)
The Carols for Choirs series of carol books features arrangements of the carol by both Sir David Willcocks and John Rutter. Organist Simon Preston and former conductor of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger, have also written arrangements that the choir have performed at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in recent ...
Its conductor laureate was David Willcocks, [3] who was the choir's musical director from 1960 to 1998. Other musical directors have included Charles Villiers Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Reginald Jacques. In 2013, John Rutter was appointed president of the choir, following the death of Leopold David de Rothschild in 2012. [4]