Christmas from Rochester
Christmas from Rochester
Recorded in May 2011, this album of Christmas music gives the listener a taste of the wide range of music that can be heard in services at Rochester Cathedral during the period from Advent Sunday through to Christmas.
The CD was released on Advent Sunday 2011, and is available from the Cathedral Welcome Desk, as well as by post by emailing the music department.
Christmas from Rochester: £10 + P&P
Christmas from Rochester
£10 + P&P
The Choir of Rochester Cathedral
directed by Scott Farrell and Samuel Rathbone
with organists Samuel Rathbone, Roger Sayer and Dan Soper.
Track Listing
| Once in royal David's city b | arr. Stephen Cleobury |
| Adam lay ybounden b | Carson Cooman |
| People look east + | arr. Paul Trepte |
| There is no rose g | John Joubert |
| Of the Father's heart begotten + | arr. Willcocks |
| I sing of a maiden g | Lennox Berkeley |
| God rest you merry gentlemen + | arr. Willcocks |
| Torches g | John Joubert |
| How far is it to Bethlehem b | arr. Willcocks |
| O little town of Bethlehem g | arr. Armstrong |
| In dulci jubilo + | arr. Pearsall |
| Mid-Winter b | Bob Chilcott |
| Away in a manger b | arr. Paul Trepte |
| Make we merry g | Andrew Carter |
| The night he was born g | Bob Chilcott |
| The three kings g | Peter Cornelius |
| Child of the stable's secret birth b | Samuel Rathbone |
| Where riches is everlastingly + | Bob Chilcott |
| O come all ye faithful + | arr. Willcocks |
| All hail to the days b | arr. Paul Trepte |
| Deck the hall + | arr. Paul Trepte |
| Hark! the herald angels sing + | arr. David Willcocks |
- + denotes Full Cathedral Choir
- b denotes Boys' and Men's Voices
- g denotes Girls' and Men's Voices
Christmas from Rochester: £10 + P&P
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 |
A message from the incoming Dean
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