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The Choir of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
David Leigh, organ
directed by Stuart Nicholson
185 in stock
Description
This ninth release in Regent’s ‘A Year at…’ series visits Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin – The National Cathedral of Ireland. This rarely-recorded choir is one of Ireland’s greatest musical treasures, with the country’s only choir school, founded in 1432.
Track List
Advent
Creator of the stars of night – Conditor alme (Mode iv)
2:19Christmas
A babe is born – William Mathias (1934–92)
3:22Epiphany
We three kings* – John Henry Hopkins Jr (1820–91), arr Stuart Nicholson (b 1975)
4:50Epiphanie – Gaston Litaize (1909–91) organ solo
4:24PatronalFestival
I bind unto myself – from the Petrie Collection of Irish Music (1903) arr Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)
9:59Annunciation
Magnificat (Saint Patrick’s Service)* – David Briggs (b 1962)
7:01Passiontide
It is a thing most wonderful – Philip Moore (b 1943)
5:52Easter
Lord of the Dance* – American Shaker tune adapt Sydney Carter (1915–2004), arr Nicholson
4:02Transfiguration
For lo I raise up – Stanford
8:04Saint Luke
Strengthen ye the weak hands – William Henry Harris (1883–1973)
7:40All Saints
Justorum animae – Matthew Martin (b 1976)
2:35All Souls
Sunset and evening star – George Henry Phillips Hewson (1881–1972)
3:51Remembrance
Nunc dimittis in E* – Ernest Dines (b 1986)
2:44Birth of Swift
All wisdom cometh from the Lord – Moore
9:08(David Leigh directs tracks 1 & 11–13)
(Martina Smyth accompaniestrack 13)
Total Playing time: 75:53
Production credits
Recorded in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin on 1–3 February 2017
Recording producer and engineer: Gary Cole
Editors: Myles Eastwood and Gary Cole
Sample audio extracts
Reviews
‘…excellent diction and sensitivity to the changing moods of the music…great musicality and evenness of tone. ’ Organists’ Review March 2018
‘It’s a treat of extremely well chosen music, often with an Irish twist, given uniformly excellent performances and captured perfectly in the resonant acoustic…I enjoyed this disc enormously, and I recommend it to anyone who wants to explore an example of how successfully the English tradition of church music can export itself beyond England’s borders. ’ MusicWeb December 2017
‘The choir produces a very fine sound. Most traditional choral foundations have about the same number of boys on the top part as men on the lower three, because adult male voices are more powerful. Here the booklet lists 21 trebles to two altos, three tenors, and four basses. This seems a recipe for a hopelessly top-heavy sound, but the balance works. The boys are remarkable for purity of tone and good intonation…’ American Record Guide January 2018
‘…exuberant yet controlled singing in the large acoustic of St Patrick’s. ’ Cathedral Music I 2018
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