Missa Carolae
Christmas in Rochester
is special.
There is an indefinable atmosphere that embraces both the quiet mystery of the incarnation and the brash excitement of one of the greatest festivals. The drama unfolds in a building that has stood for centuries, and in a place where people began to celebrate the Nativity barely two dozen generations after the birth of Jesus.
Recorded in January 2007, this album mixes the range of music heard over the Christmas period, sung by the three choirs of the cathedral's present foundation.
Sold in aid of Rochester Cathedral's Music Forever Fund
£12.99 + P&P (£1.50 per CD)
Missa Carolae & Songs of the Nativity
£12.99 + P&P (£1.50 per CD)
The Choirs of Rochester Cathedral
Directed by Roger Sayer and Daniel Soper
With the Locke Brass Consort, Lesley Pocknell (piccolo), Joby Burgess & Catherine Ring (percussion), Charles Andrews (organ solos).
For sample tracks, please visit our MySpace page: www.myspace.com/rochestercathedralchoir
Track Listing
| Missa Carolæ Mass on Christmas Carols | James Whitbourn |
| Introit: Guillô play your tambourin | |
| Kyrie: Noël Nouvelet | |
| Gloria: Es ist ein Ros' / God rest ye merry | |
| Sanctus: In dulci jubilo | |
| Benedictus: Remember, O thou man | |
| Agnus Dei: Infant Holy | |
| The Lily and the Rose | Bob Chilcott |
| Three Kings | Peter Dyke |
| In the Dark-time | Humphrey Clucas |
| The Holly and the Ivy | Malcolm Archer |
| Organ: Prélude sur l'Introit de l'Épiphanie | Maurice Duruflé |
| Is the little King sleeping | Horace King |
| A babe is born | William Mathias |
| St. Joseph's Carol | arr. Richard Lloyd |
| People, look east | arr. Barry Rose |
| I am the day | Jonathan Dove |
| Organ: Toccata | Maurice Duruflé |
£12.99 + P&P (£1.50 per CD)
Services
| 08:00 | Holy Communion |
| 10:30 | The Cathedral All-Age Eucharist |
| 15:15 | The Institution and Installation of the New Dean – The Revd Dr Mark Beach |
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