News of Great Joy: Christmas from St Johns College, Oxford The Choir Of St Johns College, Oxford, Christian Wilson & David Bannister

• Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930): What Cheer? Good Cheer!:
• 1 Warlock: What Cheer? Good Cheer! 01:48
• Imogen Holst (1907 - 1984): Nowell and Nowell:
• 2 Holst: Nowell and Nowell 03:44
• Philip Stopford (b. 1977): Lully, Lulla, Lullay:
• 3 Stopford: Lully, Lulla, Lullay 04:15
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958): A Sussex Carol:
• 4 Williams: A Sussex Carol 02:22
• John Rutter (b. 1945): All the Stars Looked Down:
• 5 Rutter: All the Stars Looked Down 03:45
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934): In the Bleak Midwinter:
• 6 Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter 04:50
• Peter Warlock: I Saw a Fair Maiden (Arr. for Choir by Elizabeth Poston):
• 7 Warlock: I Saw a Fair Maiden (Arr. for Choir by Elizabeth Poston) 03:48
• Richard Rodney Bennett (1936 - 2012): Puer nobis:
• 8 Bennett: Puer nobis 02:08
• Melchior Vulpius (1570 - 1615): Canon on 'Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen' (Arr. for Choir by David Bannister):
• 9 Vulpius: Canon on 'Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen' (Arr. for Choir by David Bannister) 02:20
• Anonymous: Song of the Nuns of Chester:
• 10 Anonymous: Song of the Nuns of Chester 03:07
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): A Boys was Born, Variation V:
• 11 Britten: A Boys was Born, Variation V: Corpus Christi Carol (Arr. For Harp and Voices by David Bannister) 02:57
• Elizabeth Maconchy (1907 - 1994): There is No Rose:
• 12 Maconchy: There is No Rose 02:06
• Elizabeth Poston (1905 - 1987): Jesus Christ the Apple Tree:
• 13 Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree 03:00
• Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621): Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Arr. for Choir by Elizabeth Poston):
• 14 Praetorius: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Arr. for Choir by Elizabeth Poston) 02:26
• Imogen Holst: Mass in A Minor:
• 15 Holst: Mass in A Minor: II. Gloria 03:55
• David Bednall (b. 1979): Ave Maria:
• 16 Bednall: Ave Maria 04:43
• Bob Chilcott (b. 1955): The Shepherd's Carol:
• 17 Chilcott: The Shepherd's Carol 02:55
• Total Runtime 54:09

Info for News of Great Joy: Christmas from St Johns College, Oxford

The Choir of St John's College, Oxford, directed by David Bannister, sing music associated with Christmas, together with youthful work by Imogen Holst and Benjamin Britten. Looking towards the sixtieth anniversary of Elizabeth Poston's Penguin Book of Carols (1965), initially undertaken with Ralph Vaughan Williams, the recording presents music associated with these two composers and the works they edited, alongside newer pieces exemplifying and revivifying the English carol tradition.

The Choir of St John's College, Oxford
David Banister, conductor

Christian Wilson
is Director of Music at Keble College where he directs the celebrated chapel choir and oversees college music.

His career as an organist, pianist and conductor, has taken him to concert halls and cathedrals across five continents, with regular broadcasts and teaching engagements. His academic interests include late-medieval English church music, keyboard music up to 1750, and late-romantic/modernist Austro-German repertories.

David Bannister
combines his post of Choir Director at St John's College with that of Master of Music at Pusey House, as well as being Organist to the Cathedral Singers of Christ Church.

Previous positions have included serving as Director of Music at St Peter’s Wolvercote (2011–16), where he was afforded the rare privilege of being involved in the commissioning of a brand new pipe organ from Dorset-based craftsman Robin Jennings.

He has performed and recorded with a wide range of groups including, among others, The King’s Singers, and Charivari Agréable.

He is the founding Artistic Director of Vespri Segreti, a professional Oxford-based vocal ensemble which exists to perform a wide range of early and contemporary repertoire.

David welcomes enquires from prospective singers at any point.

Booklet for News of Great Joy: Christmas from St Johns College, Oxford