A Nativity Sequence St Salvator's Chapel Choir & Tom Wilkinson

• Felix Mendelssohn, David Willcocks:
• 1 Hark! The herald angels sing 03:38
• Tom Wilkinson, Traditional:
• 2 The angel Gabriel 02:48
• Michael Praetorius:
• 3 Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen 02:56
• Johannes Brahms:
• 4 Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen, Op. 122, No. 8 02:35
• Philip Stopford:
• 5 Ave Maris Stella 05:44
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, David Willcocks:
• 6 Matin responsory 03:25
• Johann Sebastian Bach:
• 7 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme 05:38
• Sigfrid Karg-Elert:
• 8 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Op. 78, No. 18 01:35
• John Gardner:
• 9 Tomorrow shall be my dancing day 02:24
• Johann Schein:
• 10 Vom Himmel hoch 01:02
• Johann Sebastian Bach:
• 11 Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 606 00:53
• Traditional, Gustav Holst:
• 12 Personent Hodie 02:39
• Traditional, David Willcocks:
• 13 Ding dong! Merrilly on high 02:20
• Harold Darke:
• 14 In the bleak midwinter 05:21
• Traditional, David Willcocks:
• 15 Sussex Carol 01:59
• William James Kirkpatrick, David Willcocks:
• 16 Away in a manger 03:03
• Tom Wilkinson, George Frederick Handel:
• 17 While shepherds watched their flocks by night 03:59
• Traditional, Martin Shaw:
• 18 Coventry carol 03:17
• Peter Cornelius, Ivor Atkins:
• 19 The three Kings 02:29
• Anonymous, David Willcocks:
• 20 O Come, all ye faithful 04:39
• Total Runtime 01:02:24

Info zu A Nativity Sequence

The choir of St Salvator's Chapel at the University of St Andrews brings something of the atmosphere of their famous annual carol service to a wider audience. This magical event occurs against the backdrop of the bitter wind of the North Sea beating against the stained-glass, as over a thousand students clothed in robes of red join to sing Christmas carols old and new.

The sense of excitement and solidarity between students, staff, and the community, is remarkable. This recording, which traces the Christmas story from the Annunciation to Epiphany, captures the sense of anticipation and celebration that only Christmas brings.

Soaring descants breathe new life into the beloved classics, here featuring several by Sir David Willcocks in honour of the great choral director who passed away in 2015. Philip Stopford's crystalline Ave Maris Stella, commissioned by the St Andrews Voices festival in 2015 and receiving its world premiere recording, has all the hallmarks of a classic.

George Barrett, organ
Sean Heath, organ
St Salvator's Chapel Choir
Tom Wilkinson, director

St Salvator’s Chapel Choir
is the flagship choir of the University of St Andrews, Scotland. A mixed voice ensemble of around 30 students, its history extends back to the founding of the University in the early fifteenth century, when students were obliged to sing in the University’s chapel. These choristers were referred to as the ‘Choristi Sanctiandree’.

Today, under the direction of Tom Wilkinson, the choir performs a broad repertoire spanning the six centuries of the University’s history. In addition to three sung services per week and extensive ceremonial duties, the choir enjoys a busy schedule of concerts, international tours, broadcasts on radio and TV, as well as appearances at international festivals including, most recently, the Thueringer Bachwochen (Germany) and the Haarlem Koorbiennale (The Netherlands). Other recent tours have featured performances at Washington National Cathedral and Princeton University (USA) and with renowned baritone Peter Harvey in Sweden.

Recordings on the University’s own internationally distributed CD label have included Salvator Mundi charting 100 years of English church music after Purcell, Ca’ the Yowes, featuring British folk song arrangements and Bach and the Stile Antico, charting the evolution of the Credo from Bach’s Mass in B minor via works known to, and performed by, Bach during its composition.

Committed to the performance of new music, St Salvator’s Chapel Choir regularly commissions and performs works for both liturgical and secular contexts. In recent years the choir has been privileged to work with musicians such as Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir James MacMillan, Paul Mealor, Arvo Pärt and Dame Emma Kirkby.

Tom Wilkinson
is University Organist and Director of Chapel Choirs at the University of St Andrews. Under his leadership, St Salvator’s Chapel Choir has gained an international reputation for powerfully committed performances backed up by innovative research. Born in 1985, he studied at St Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh, and was subsequently Organ Scholar of Truro Cathedral, Cornwall. In 2004 he took up the Organ Scholarship at The Queen’s College, Oxford, and graduated with first-class honours in Music in 2007. In the same year, Tom took the Fellowship Diploma of the Royal College of Organists. From 2008-9 he held the position of Assistant Director of Music at Chelmsford Cathedral. Tom holds a Master’s degree in Early Keyboard Performance, with distinction, from the University of Edinburgh, and is engaged in PhD study of the pedagogical outputs of J. S. Bach and his pupils, under the supervision of Professor John Butt. He is known as a fine exponent of contemporary music, having premiered music by James MacMillan and performed as concerto soloist with Scotland’s Red Note Ensemble. In 2015 Tom founded the Kellie Consort, which exists to provide pre-professional training and performance opportunities for young musicians with a connection to Scotland.

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