Christmas Celebration

~ Release by Choir of York Minster, Francis Jackson (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1The First Nowell
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 682)
English Traditional5:02
2While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
composer:
Christopher Tye (English composer & organist, c. 1505–1573)
arranger:
George Kirbye
is based on:
Song of the Angels, at the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour
is based on:
Winchester Old
N. Tate/Estes Psalter, 15922:41
3Coventry Carol
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
recording of:
Coventry Carol
lyricist:
Robert Croo (16th-century lyricist of "The Coventry Carol") (in 1534)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19028)
English Traditional2:55
4Good King Wenceslas
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
recording of:
Good King Wenceslas
lyricist:
John Mason Neale (in 1853)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301)
arranger:
Thomas Helmore (in 1853)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24754)
is based on:
Tempus adest floridum (13th-century carol)
J. M. Neale/Piae Cantiones, 15823:05
5The Holly and the Ivy
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
English Traditional3:44
6Christians Awake!
choir vocals:
York Minster Choir
conductor:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
recording of:
Yorkshire – Christians Awake, Salute the Happy Morn
lyricist:
John Byrom (poet)
composer:
John Wainwright (composer / organist)
J. Byrom/J. Wainwright4:17
7Once in Royal David's City
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 34)
C. F. Alexander/H. J. Gauntlett4:55
8O Come, All Ye Faithful
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
F. Oakley/W. T. Brooke and others/Traditional3:38
9In Dulci Jubilo
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
recording of:
In dulci jubilo (macaronic of English and Latin)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger and translator:
Robert Lucas Pearsall (composer)
translated version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
German Traditional3:50
10We Three Kings of Orient Are
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
J. H. Hopkins3:38
11Silent Night
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
recording of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
part of:
Oh, What a Lovely War! (stage musical)
J. Mohr/F. Gruber4:13
12Ding Dong! Merrily On High
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
is based on:
Branle de l’official
G. R. Woodward/16th Century French Tune2:28
13God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
choir vocals:
York Minster Choir
conductor:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
English Traditional3:19
14On Christmas Night, "Sussex Carol"
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
recording of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 597)
English Traditional2:29
15Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
C. Wesley/F. Mendelssohn2:52