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Homerton College can trace its origins to east London in 1768, later becoming a teacher-training college before moving to Cambridge in 1894. It was granted a Royal Charter in 2010, becoming the newest constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The Charter Choir, founded to celebrate that change in status, is made up of around 22 choral scholars, choral volunteers, and organ scholars, and undertakes a regular and busy performance programme. This CD includes music from the 17th to the 21st centuries, featuring a number of works written for Homerton or by composers associated with the college. Greta Tomlins lectured in music at Homerton; John Hopkins and Daniel Trocmé-Latter are current Fellows in Music; and Carol Ann Duffy (Poet Laureate) and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (former Master of the Queen’s Music), both Honorary Fellows of the college, collaborated to write ‘Homerton’ in celebration of the Royal Charter.
William Byrd (1540–1623) |
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1. | ‘SING JOYFULLY UNTO GOD OUR STRENGTH’ |
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Henry Purcell (1659–1695) | |||
2. | ‘HEAR MY PRAYER, O LORD’ |
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Edgar Bainton (1880–1956) | |||
3. | ‘AND I SAW A NEW HEAVEN’ |
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Samuel Wesley (1766–1837) | |||
4. | ‘O SING UNTO MIE ROUNDELAIE’ |
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Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924) | |||
5. | ‘THE BLUE BIRD’ |
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6. | ‘PRAISED BE DIANA’ |
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Peter Maxwell Davies (b.1934) | |||
7. | ‘HOMERTON’ |
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John Hopkins (b.1949) FOUR LATIN MOTETS (World Première recording) |
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8. | ‘Ave Praeclara Maris Stella’ |
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9. | ‘Virgo, Decus Mundi’ |
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10. | ‘Descendit Sicut Pluvia’ |
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11. | ‘Surge Aquilo et Veni Auster’ |
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Greta Tomlins (1912–1972) | |||
12. | ‘LET ALL THE WORLD IN EVERY CORNER SING’ (World Première recording) |
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Daniel Trocmé-Latter | |||
13. | HOMERTON COLLEGE GRACE OF 1957 (World Première recording) |
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14. | THE LORD GOD (World Première recording) |
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Ken Naylor (1931–1993) | |||
15. | ‘HOW SHALL I SING THAT MAJESTY’ descant: Roger Green (World Première recording) |
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Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876) | |||
16. | ‘BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER’ |
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EMR CD028 | INTERNATIONAL
RECORD REVIEW