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Parry Choral Music
The Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge
Julian Collings organ
directed by David Rowland
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Description

For the last twenty years the Songs of farewell have been a repertoire piece for the Chapel Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge, and singers who were former members of the choir during that period were invited to join the current (2023) choir to take part in the recording of these. The following day all Chapel Choir alumni were invited to join them for the remainder of the recording. This choir of over one hundred singers bestow a richness to the larger-scale anthems:

The logistics of finding a suitable venue for making the recording – easily accessible for alumni from across the country, large enough to accommodate the number of singers, with a suitably rich acoustic, and a large English Romantic organ which could do justice to the accompanied anthems, led us to the Church of St Michael, Cornhill, in the City of London. This recording is released as a celebration of the work of the Chapel Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge, and Professor David Rowland, who marks forty years as Director of Music at Christ’s College in 2024.

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Track List

Soloists in track 2 : Ruth Provost soprano, Martin Oxenham bass

I was glad when they said unto me
7:26
Hear my words, ye people
15:05
Blest pair of Sirens
11:01
Music, when soft voices die 
2:55
Songs of farewell
My soul, there is a country
3:50
I know my soul hath power to know all things
2:13
Never weather-beaten sail
2:57
There is an old belief
4:19
At the round earth’s imagined corners
7:37
Lord, let me know mine end
10:54
Jerusalem – arr Edward Elgar, transcribed for organ by Joseph Wicks
2:54

Total Playing time: 71:11

Production credits

Recorded in St Michael’s Church, Cornhill on 18/19 March 2023 Recording producer and engineer: Gary Cole.

Recording assistants: Andrew Gammon and Pippa Cole

Sample audio extracts

Reviews

‘…sung with dramatic conviction and careful intonation… Hearing the motets… with the more substantial size of the choir, affords an instructive perspective of these remarkable, deeply emotional pieces as they might have been experienced in the era in which Parry lived.’ Gramophone October 2024

‘Pure choral nirvana.’ Classical Music Sentinel September 2024


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