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1 Hafliði Hallgrímsson: Joseph and the Angel 3:43
2 Anthony Piccolo: I look from afar 6:19
3 Thomas Hyde: Sweet was the song 2:07
4 Mark-Anthony Turnage: Christmas Night 2:45
5 John McCabe: Mary laid her child 2:21
6 Malcolm Williamson: This Christmas Night 3:06
7 Matthew Martin: I sing of a Maiden 2:29
8 Thomas Hyde: Improvisation on ‘Puer natus’ 5:16
9 Judith Bingham: Tu creasti Domine 4:02
10 Richard Allain: Balulalow 1:50
11 Mark-Anthony Turnage: Claremont Carol 4:08
12 Howard Skempton: There is no rose 2:39
13 Gabriel Jackson: Hush! my dear 3:30
14 Peter Maxwell Davies: Fleecy Care Carol 2:58
15 Cecila McDowall: Of a Rose 2:48
16 Geoffrey Bush: ‘Twas in the year that King Uzziah died 3:05
17 Elisabeth Lutyens: Nativity 5:55
18 Edmund Rubbra: Let us securely enter 2:18
19 Kenneth Leighton: O leave your sheep 4:14
20 Kenneth Leighton: Veni Redemptor – A Celebration 10:16

The Choir of Worcester College, Oxford & Stephen Farr
Resonus Classics is proud to release an album featuring world premiere recordings of contemporary Christmas carols from the latter half of the twentieth-century and the beginning of the twenty-first, performed by The Choir of Worcester College, Oxford under the direction of Stephen Farr.

The album includes a world premiere recording by Hafliði Hallgrímsson entitled Joseph and the Angel, which was written specially for this album. Also included are several world premiere recordings by leading composers including Peter Maxwell Davies, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Richard Allain, Matthew Martin, Gabriel Jackson, Judith Bingham, Cecilia McDowall and Thomas Hyde.

Other works include Anthony Piccolo’s I look from afar, John McCabe’s Mary laid her child, Malcolm Williamson’s This Christmas Night, Geoffrey Bush’s ‘Twas in the year that King Uzziah died, Elisabeth Lutyens’s Nativity, Edmund Rubbra’s Let us securely enter and two works by Kenneth Leighton, O leave your sheep and Veni Redemptor – A Celebration.

'Stephen Farr directs delectably sensitive performances, and the sound is immaculate'
BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Choice 2012
(5 stars, performance & sound)

'[Worcester College Choir] give performances that radiate a heartfelt glow. [...] The entire sequence, wisely chosen and sung with the utmost expressiveness and skill, is a pure delight.'
The Daily Telegraph (Classical disc of the week,
8 December 2012, 5 stars)

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