Reflecting the musical life of the Choristers of Lichfield Cathedral with settings of English poetry, folk song and liturgical music.
The programme features Dyson’s energetic canticles, Leighton’s rhythmically complex An Easter Sequence, alongside Ireland, Vaughan-Williams, and Britten’s witty Friday Afternoons.
Track Listing:
Magnificat From The Service In C Minor - George Dyson
O Mysterium Ineffabile - Jean François Lallouette
A Prayer Of St Richard Of Chichester - LJ White
An Easter Sequence:
I. Introit - Kenneth Leighton
Ii. Gradual - Kenneth Leighton
Iii. Offertory - Kenneth Leighton
Iv. Communion - Kenneth Leighton
V. Sortie - Kenneth Leighton
Ex Ore Innocentium - John Ireland
The Song Of The Tree Of Life - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Nunc Dimittis From The Service In C Minor - George Dyson
Friday Afternoons:
I. Begone, Dull Care! - Benjamin Britten
Ii. A Tragic Story - Benjamin Britten
Iii. Cuckoo! - Benjamin Britten
Iv. "Ee-Oh!" - Benjamin Britten
V. A New Year Carol - Benjamin Britten
Vi. I Mun Be Married On Sunday - Benjamin Britten
Vii. There Was A Man Of Newington - Benjamin Britten
Viii. Fishing Song - Benjamin Britten
Ix. The Useful Plough - Benjamin Britten
X. Jazz-Man - Benjamin Britten
Xi. There Was A Monkey - Benjamin Britten
Xii. Old Abram Brown - Benjamin Britten
The Salley Gardens - Benjamin Britten
Oliver Cromwell - Benjamin Britten