Catalogue
HAVPCD333 – Star of the East Music for Epiphany to Candlemas
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| Disk Title | Star of the East Music for Epiphany to Candlemas |
| The Choir of Winchester Cathedral | |
| Soloists | Organist: Sarah Baldock |
| Choir | Choir of Winchester Cathedral |
| Conductor | Andrew Lumsden |
| Location | Rochester Cathedral |
| Date Recorded | March 2007 |
| Audio Tracks | 17 |
Whereas for many people Christmas fades away as the New Year begins, with a final flourish perhaps at Twelfth Night, the Church sees the need to dwell for a longer period on the mystery of Christ’s incarnation in the world. That is why, for example, crib scenes are not hastily packed away in January, but allowed to aid our meditation on the meaning of the arrival of this child in a manger. With the gospel narrative between Epiphany (January 6th) and Candlemas (February 2nd) re-telling the events of Christ’s childhood and early ministry, the sense of a ‘great and mighty wonder’ unfolding before us is very clear, brought to a climax in Simeon’s vision of the child Jesus as light and glory
| Trk. | Duration | Track Title | Composer |
| 1 | 02:28 | Alleluya, A new work is come on hand | Peter Wishart |
| 2 | 03:02 | No small wonder | Paul Edwards |
| 3 | 02:34 | Quem vidisitis pastores | Francis Poulenc |
| 4 | 05:32 | Les Bergers (from La Nativité) | Olivier Messiaen |
| 5 | 04:24 | Lux aurumque | Eric Whitacre |
| 6 | 03:05 | Videntes stellam | Francis Poulenc |
| 7 | 10:23 | Les Mages (from La Nativité) | Olivier Messiaen |
| 8 | 07:03 | When Jesus our Lord | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy |
| 9 | 05:01 | Bethlehem Down | Peter Warlock |
| 10 | 01:54 | Omnes de Saba venient | Jacob Handl |
| 11 | 03:13 | Brightest and best | Alwyn Surplice |
| 12 | 01:34 | Benedicamus Domino | Peter Warlock |
| 13 | 02:22 | Prélude sur l’Introït de l’Épiphanie | Maurice Duruflé |
| 14 | 03:52 | Here is the Little Door | Herbert Howells |
| 15 | 03:35 | When to the Temple Mary went | Johannes Eccard |
| 16 | 05:24 | Incantation pour un Jour Saint | Jean Langlais |
| 17 | 03:36 | Nunc dimittis | Gustav Holst |
Winchester Cathedral Choir – The Boy Choiristers, Lay Clerks and Organists of Winchester Cathedral continue a thousand-year long tradition of leading choral worship. Singing at an average of eight services each week during school term times, as well as at the great festivals in the Christian calendar, they are widely recognized as one of the country’s leading cathedral choirs. Their repertoire spans many centuries from plainsong to today’s foremost composers.
