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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols / Hodie
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Vaughan Williams’s Christmas Cantata Hodie (This Day) is a brilliant mosaic of musical styles set to poetry from the most diverse sources. Texts by Milton, Hardy, and George Herbert reflecting various Christmas experiences are bound together by a narration of the Gospel Nativity story sung in unison by a boys’ choir. With its gripping blend of mysticism, heavenly glory and human hope, Hodie flows with a vitality and inventiveness that belie a work written in Vaughan Williams’s old age. The Fantasia on Christmas Carols, which incorporates a number of traditional English carols, is notable for the obbligato cello part and for the varied treatment of the choir, which provide an atmospheric choral-orchestral texture.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Traditional, lyricist(s)
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
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Fantasia on Christmas Carols
00:11:42
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Bible - New Testament / Traditional / Herbert, George / Milton, John / Coverdale, Myles / Hardy, Thomas / Vaughan Williams, Ursula / Drummond, William, lyricist(s)
Hodie (This Day)
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Prologue: Nowell! Nowell!
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Narration: Now is the birth of Jesus Christ
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Song: It was the winter wild
00:04:46
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Narration: And it came to pass in those days
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Choral: The blessed son of God
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Narration: And there were in the same country
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Song: The Oxen
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Narration: And the shepherds returned
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Pastoral: The shepherds sing
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Narration: But Mary kept all these things
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Lullaby: Sweet was the song the Virgin sang
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Hymn: Bright portals of the sky
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Narration: Now when Jesus was born
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The March of the 3 Kings: From kingdoms of wisdom
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Choral: No sad thought his soul affright
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Epilogue: In the beginning was the Word
00:06:49
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Total Playing Time:
01:11:01
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Composer(s):
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Lyricist(s):
Bible - New Testament; Coverdale, Myles; Drummond, William; Hardy, Thomas; Herbert, George; Milton, John; Traditional; Vaughan Williams, Ursula
Conductor(s):
Wetton, Hilary Davan
Orchestra(s):
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Choir(s):
Guildford Choral Society; St Catherine's School Middle Chamber Choir
Artist(s):
Gadd, Stephen; Hoare, Peter; Watson, Janice
Label: Naxos Genre: Choral - Sacred Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No:
8.570439
Barcode:
0747313043972
Physical Release: 11/2007
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