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The carol often appears at the King's College "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols", where it is performed in arrangements by either David Willcocks or Philip Ledger, both former directors of music at the chapel. [9] [10] Willcocks's arrangement appears in the first OUP Carols for Choirs. [11]
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.
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]
100 Years of Nine Lessons and Carols is a double album by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge released to mark 100 years since the first festival of nine lessons and carols service was held in King's College Chapel, Cambridge.
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
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]
Bath Bach Choir, formerly The City of Bath Bach Choir (CBBC), is based in Bath, Somerset, England, and is a registered charity. [1] Founded in 1946 by Cuthbert Bates, who also became a founding father of the Bath Bach Festival [2] in 1950, the choir's original aim was to promote the music of Johann Sebastian Bach via periodic music festivals.