Catalogue
HAVPCD307 – I heard an angel sing
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| Disk Title | I heard an angel sing |
| I heard an angel sing | |
| Soloists | David Bednall (piano & organ) |
| Choir | The Girl Choristers of Wells Cathedral |
| Conductor | Rupert Gough |
| Location | Wells Cathedral |
| Date Recorded | November 2004 |
| Audio Tracks | 24 |
As Joseph was a-walking He heard an angel sing, This night shall be born Our heavenly King. This evocative refrain from the anonymous Sloane Manuscript, to music by Richard Terry, sets the tone of this compilation of carols and songs for Christmas. Alongside upper-voice arrangements of the familiar carols, including ‘Away in a manger’, ‘Ding, dong merrily on high’, and ‘Once in royal David?s city’, the Girl Choristers of Wells Cathedral also sing many Christmas songs with piano or organ accompaniment. All are set to music by British composers.
| Trk. | Duration | Track Title | Composer |
| 1 | 02:07 | Joseph and the Angel | Richard Terry |
| 2 | 03:05 | The little road to Bethlehem | Michael Head |
| 3 | 04:14 | Once in royal David’s city | arr. Rupert Gough |
| 4 | 02:11 | Still, still, still | Louis Halsey |
| 5 | 03:55 | Sweet baby, sleep! | Bryan Kelly |
| 6 | 02:59 | Whence is that goodly fragrance? | arr. A. E. Baker |
| 7 | 04:31 | Bethlehem Down | Peter Warlock |
| 8 | 03:08 | The Holy Boy | John Ireland |
| 9 | 01:35 | O my dear heart | Peter Aston |
| 10 | 02:56 | Personent hodie | Gustav Holst |
| 11 | 01:25 | Adam lay ybounden | Peter Warlock |
| 12 | 02:18 | The Rose-tree Carol | Barry Ferguson |
| 13 | 02:45 | The holly and the ivy | Barry Ferguson |
| 14 | 02:27 | The First Mercy | Peter Warlock |
| 15 | 02:03 | O my deir hert (Cradle Song) | Herbert Howells |
| 16 | 02:44 | The cradle in Bethlehem | Roger Quilter |
| 17 | 02:22 | An Old Carol (I sing of a maiden) | Roger Quilter |
| 18 | 01:35 | Christmas Day in the morning | Ernest Moeran |
| 19 | 02:07 | Ding, dong! merrily on high | arr. David Willcocks |
| 20 | 02:15 | Away in a manger | arr. John Sanders |
| 21 | 02:06 | Zither Carol | arr. John Sanders |
| 22 | 02:26 | I sing of a maiden | Patrick Hadley |
| 23 | 02:16 | A New Year Carol | Benjamin Britten |
| 24 | 03:06 | Tomorrow shall be my dancing day | John Rutter |
Wells Cathedral Choir consists of eighteen boy and twenty girl choristers (two separate choirs), and twelve men. The choristers, educated at Wells Cathedral School, are aged from 8 to 14. The history of the choir is at least as old as the building itself: the records of the Vicars Choral go back to 1136 and it is known that there were boys singing at Wells even earlier than that. In 1994 the music foundation was enriched by the introduction of girl choristers.
