Catalogue
HAVPCD143 – Sing Joy The Day
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| Disk Title | Sing Joy The Day |
| Christmas Carols from Ely Cathedral | |
| Soloists | Jeremy Filsell (Organ) |
| Choir | Ely Cathedral Choir |
| Conductor | Paul Trepte |
| Location | Ely Cathedral |
| Date Recorded | June 1991 |
| Audio Tracks | 16 |
The singing at Ely Cathedral has been famous since the time of King Canute. Edward the Confessor attended the monastic school and probably sang in the choir, but the group of boy choristers, as we know them today, was first brought together to sing the daily mass in the newly-built Lady Chapel in the 15th century. Adult professional singers were added as required, and the choir was given its present form in the mid-16th century. It normally consists of eighteen Choristers and six Lay Clerks, but on occasions the men’s rank is increased to twelve.
| Trk. | Duration | Track Title | Composer |
| 1 | 02:11 | Unto us is born a Son | From Piae Cantiones arr. David Willcocks |
| 2 | 01:40 | Out of your sleep arise and wake | Richard Rodney Bennett |
| 3 | 02:25 | A tender shoot has started | Otto Goldschmidt |
| 4 | 03:11 | Jesus Christ the apple tree | Elizabeth Poston |
| 5 | 02:55 | Hark! The herald angels sing | Felix Mendelssohn arr. David Willcocks |
| 6 | 03:14 | Noël nouvelet | French traditional arr. John Rutter |
| 7 | 03:16 | The Lamb | John Tavener |
| 8 | 02:37 | Carol of King Knut | Paul Trepte |
| 9 | 02:38 | O little town of Bethlehem | English traditional |
| 10 | 03:06 | Stille Nacht | Franz Gruber |
| 11 | 02:01 | Carol of the foal | Arthur Wills |
| 12 | 02:15 | Ding dong! merrily on high | arr. David Willcocks |
| 13 | 02:59 | Away in a manger | Traditional Normandy tune arr. Paul. Trepte |
| 14 | 03:30 | Shepherd’s cradle song | K. Leuner arr. C. MacPherson |
| 15 | 03:30 | A babe is born | William Mathias |
| 16 | 03:45 | O come, all ye faithful | Anon. arr. R. L. Pearsall |
Following four years as organ scholar at Hew College, Oxford, Paul Trepte became Assistant Organist at Worcester Cathedral in 1976. After 5 years of conducting and performing experience at Worcester, he went to St Mary’s, Warwick, and then in 1985 to St Edmundsbury as Organist and Master of the Choristers. In 1990 he succeeded Dr Arthur Wills at Ely Cathedral.
