Carols and motets for Advent this week on Choral Showcase, from Bach, Byrd, Palestrina and Mendelssohn to John Tavener, Herbert Howells, Cecilia McDowall, and Bob Chilcott.
Show Notes
Plainchant: Veni Emmanuel
William Byrd: Vigilate
Johann Sebastian Bach: Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern
Felix Mendelssohn: Say, where is he born; There shall a star from Jacob
- Choir of Clare College, Cambridge; Graham Ross, conductor
Bob Chilcott: Pilgrim Jesus
Michael Praetorius: Lo, how a rose e'er Blooming
Traditional: Sans Day Carol
Matthew Martin: Adam lay ybounden
Cecilia McDowall: Of a rose
Traditional: Carol of the Advent
- The Sixteen; Harry Christophers, conductor
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Alma redemptoris mater; Canite tuba; Deus tu conversus
- The Choir of Westminster Cathedral; Martin Baker, director
Bob Chilcott: Advent Antiphons
- The Sixteen; Harry Christophers, conductor
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Bogoroditse Devo
John Tavener: God is with us
Herbert Howells: Magnificat
Traditional: O come, O come Emmanuel
- Choir of Clare Colllege, Cambridge; Graham Ross, conductor