Catalogue
HAVPCD211 – I sing of a Maiden
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| Disk Title | I sing of a Maiden |
| Soloists | Stephen Farr (Organ) |
| Choir | Winchester Cathedral Choristers and Winchester College Quiristers |
| Conductor | David Hill and Christopher Tolley |
| Location | Winchester Cathedral |
| Date Recorded | May and July 1997 |
| Audio Tracks | 15 |
Winchester is fortunate in possessing two groups of singing-boys of outstanding ability, both now educated together at the Pilgrims’ School in the Cathedral Close. The Cathedral Choristers and the College Quiristers(the name is an archaic form of ‘chorister’) trace their origins back to the days of William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester from 1367 to 1404. This is the first time that the two groups have sung together in a trebles-only recording.
| Trk. | Duration | Track Title | Composer |
| 1 | 03.45 | Panis angelicus | César Franck |
| 2 | 02:45 | An Old Carol | Roger Quilter |
| 3 | 04:59 | King of glory | William Harris |
| 4 | 03:35 | Ave Maria | César Franck |
| 5 | 05:35 | Jesu, joy of man’s desiring | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| 6 | 02:59 | Bist du bei mir | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| 7 | 04:15 | Easter Hymn | Pietro Mascagni |
| 8 | 02:16 | Lift thine eyes | Felix Mendelssohn |
| 9 | 02:44 | Ave Maria based on Bach’s Prelude in C |
Charles Gounod |
| 10 | 02:51 | I sing of a maiden | Patrick Hadley |
| 11 | 03:23 | O mysterium ineffabile | Jean François Lallouette |
| 12 | 03:13 | Pie Jesu | Gabriel Fauré |
| 13 | 05:26 | The Lord is my shepherd | Franz Schubert |
| 14 | 03:36 | Ave verum corpus | Gabriel Fauré |
| 15 | 02:57 | Abends will ich schlafen gehn | Engelbert Humperdinck |
The music for this recording has been chosen from the Choristers’ and Quiristers’ wide repertoire of anthems for treble voices. In view of the dedication of Winchester College to the Blessed Virgin, and the Cathedral Choristers’ medieval duty of singing Marian antiphons at William of Wykeham’s chantry, it is appropriate that nearly one third of the pieces should be in praise of Mary.
