Advent Carols from King’s College London

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Advent Carols from King’s College LondonSUMMARY TRACK LISTING REVIEWS INFO Every December, over a thousand people attend the Advent carol service in the Chapel of Kings College London, which is repeated over three nights to meet demand. This album offers a snapshot of one such service, with its characteristic mix of plainchant, seasonal hymns and polyphony old and new. The Great O Antiphons (sung according to medieval Sarum practice) provide the backbone, pointing inexorably towards the

a word suggesting pilgrimage

"sensitively and securely played on this finely balanced recording by the Edinburgh Quartet"

though they need ringing passion and a quick tongue in the texts

"productHandle": "in-the-stillness-a-merton-christmas"

which will serve both as a memento for visitors and a record of the instrument for players and instrument makers

'Sheer beauty of sound runs like a silver thread through nearly all of Howells’ work

full of imagination in the central Largo

The whole CD benefits greatly from assured and perceptive performances from all concerned and from the consistently high quality of the recorded sound'

major-minor duality of Lachen und Weinen and soft-scented sighs of Dass Sie Hier Gewesen

bright and competent enough to make this a release lovers of Baroque byways will surely find rewarding"

Performers Gawain Glenton and Silas Wollston explore works by the international set who found employment in and around the famous St Mark’s Cathedral

The performers end with a final pair of Scots songs

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