Commissioned for the Choir of King's College

  • SATB
  • 4 min

Programme Note

Davies's carols have the exceedingly rare quality of being simple but not condescending, natural sounding but full of interest, beautiful but not sentimental. Their style is quite distinctive. Whether Latin or English, the texts come from medieval sources, and the music seems to strike back to the Middle Ages in its rhythmic life and its pure modality, though the common seconds and tritones make these very much twentieth-century pieces.

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One star, at last (Davies)

Discography

Advent Live, Vol. 3

Advent Live, Vol. 3
  • Label
    Signum
  • Catalogue Number
    SIGCD768
  • Conductor
    Andrew Nethsingha / George Herbert
  • Ensemble
    Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
  • Soloist
    Oliver Wass, harp; Joseph Wicks, organ; George Herbert, organ
  • Released
    24th November 2023

On Christmas Day

On Christmas Day
  • Label
    EMI
  • Catalogue Number
    5 58070 2
  • Conductor
    Stephen Cleobury
  • Ensemble
    Choir of King's College Cambridge

One star, at last

One star, at last
  • Label
    Signum
  • Catalogue Number
    SIGCD067
  • Conductor
    Stephen Cleobury
  • Ensemble
    BBC Singers

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