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Eastertide Evensong
Charles Villiers Stanford - Anonymous - John Taverner - Kenneth Leighton - Herbert Howells - Julian Anderson - John Goss - Charles-Marie Widor - Charles Hylton Stewart

Eastertide Evensong

The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212070727
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Catalog number: SIGCD 707
Releasedate: 08-04-22
- Seasonal Eastertime disc from one of the UK's leading university / college choirs, continuing their succesful and own-branded series of recordings with Signum.

Following from Ash Wednesday, this album is the second live Evensong album from the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge and marks the next great season of the Church’s Year, Eastertide. This cele- bration of Jesus’s resurrection also initially spans forty days, taking us up to Ascension Day, and culmi- nates on the fiftieth day with the Feast of Pentecost. Where the previous album reflected the tradition of using no organ from Ash Wednesday until the Gloria of the Easter Vigil, the instrument is fully utilised here by the Chapel’s organ scholars Glen Dempsey and James Anderson Besant.

The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge is one of the finest collegiate choirs in the world, known and loved by millions from its broadcasts, concert tours and recordings. Founded in the 1670s, the Choir is known for its distinctive rich, warm sound, its expressive interpretations and its breadth of repertoire. Alongside these musical characteristics, the Choir is particularly proud of its happy, relaxed and mutually supportive atmosphere.