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Celebrating Warwick 1100
Choirs of St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Warwick
Mark Swinton organ
Thomas Corns director and organ†
18 in stock
Description
n 2014 the town of Warwick celebrated its 1100th anniversary with a year-long programme of events.
To mark this significant point in the life of the town, the choirs of the great church of St Mary in Warwick, known for its beautiful architecture and long tradition of musical excellence, recorded this disc of music for music for dedication: ‘Gaudeamus omnes – Let us all rejoice – Celebrating Warwick 1100’.
In addition to works written for the dedication of a city, church, and organ, the disc includes new works especially written for St Mary’s Church, its Director of Music, Thomas Corns, and its choirs of girls, boys, and men, and these are receiving their first recording on this disc.
Philip Moore’s ‘Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A’ is for upper voices and was written for the St Mary’s Girls’ Choir. David Briggs’ extended work ‘Gaudeamus omnes’, based on the plainchant of the same name, was written for the full complement of singers, and features a virtuoso organ accompaniment, played here by St Mary’s Assistant Director of Music, Mark Swinton.
Track List
Blessed city, heavenly Salem Sir Edward Bairstow (1874–1946)
9:09O how amiable are thy dwellings Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
3:58Behold, the tabernacle of God Sir William Harris (1883–1973)
2:39We wait for thy loving kindness, O God Sir William McKie (1901–84)
2:58Jubilate Deo Sir William Walton (1902–83)
3:42 Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A (for St Mary’s, Warwick)* Philip Moore (b.1943)
7:15Exultet Francis Jackson (b.1917) Organ solo Mark Swinton
5:06 I was glad when they said unto me Sir Hubert Parry (1848–1918)
5:19Gaudeamus in loci pace† James MacMillan (b.1959) Organ solo Thomas Corns
6:06 Gaudeamus omnes plainsong
1:06Gaudeamus omnes* David Briggs (b.1962)
8:03And when the builders Richard Shephard (b.1949)
5:01* First recording
Total Playing time: 60:25
Production credits
Recorded 10th–12th September 2014 in St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Warwick
Recording producer and engineer: Gary Cole.
Assistant engineer: Andy Gammon