A Babe Is Born: Music for Christmas

This album from St Martin’s Voices under director Andrew Earis brings together eighteen Christmas choral works by a wide range of contemporary composers. Telling the story of the nativity, music by Cecilia McDowall, Gabriel Jackson and James Whitbourn is featured alongside pieces from the next generation of choral composers including Grace Evangeline Mason, Kerensa Briggs and Emily Hazrati. From settings of ancient texts such as O magnum mysterium and Adam lay ybounden to more modern poetry by Ursula Askham Fanthorpe and Charles Anthony Silvestri, the music spans a variety of styles and moods. Thoughtfully curated and stylishly performed, these premiere recordings narrate the Christmas story from prophecy to birth, adding fresh material to the festive repertoire and highlighting the ongoing creativity of British choral music.

1: Adam Lay Ybounden
2: A Tender Shoot
3: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
4: Tota Pulchra Es
5: There Is No Rose
6: Make We Joy Now in This Fest
7: Christmas Eve
8: BC:AD - This Was the Moment
9: O Magnum Mysterium
10: Hodie Christus Natus Est
11: A Babe Is Born
12: Sweet Babe, Sang She
13: Seeking You
14: The Magi
15: Our Gold
16: The Golden Carol
17: Coventry Carol
18: I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day

Composer: Robert Sharpe, David Bednall, James Whitbourn, Alan Bullard, Owain Park, Becky McGlade, Ben Ponniah, Kerensa Briggs, Grace-Evangeline Mason, Vicente Chavarría, Charlotte Baskerville, Esther Bersweden, Emily Hazrati, Ed Newton-Rex, Gabriel Jackson, Cecilia McDowall

Conductor: Andrew Earis

Number of Discs: 1

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