King's College Cambridge 2008 #7 The Shepherd's Carol Bob Chilcott

http://spiritdei.blogspot.com King's College Cambridge 2008 The Shepherd's Carol Bob Chilcott.

This carol was specially composed for 'Carols from King's' in 2000.

Bob Chilcott (born 9 April 1955) is a British choral composer, conductor, and singer, based in Oxford, England.

Born in Plymouth, he sang in the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, both as a boy and as a university student, notable achievements including singing "Pie Jesu" on the renowned 1967 King's recording of Gabriel Fauré's Requiem. In 1985 he joined the King's Singers, singing tenor for 12 years until his departure in 1997 to focus on composing.

He is well-known for his compositions for childrens choirs, including his piece "Can you hear me?," http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J19RBoAsfZE which he has conducted in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Estonia, Latvia, Germany, and the Czech Republic. He is also associated with the New Orleans Childrens Chorus and the Crescent City Festival in New Orleans, for which he has written six pieces including "Jazz Mass," "Happy Land," "This Day," and "Be Simple Little Children."

Since 2005, his arrangements of three traditional songs from the British Isles ("Ar Hyd y Nos," "The Skye Boat Song," and "Londonderry Air") have been incorporated into the Last Night of the Proms as part of Fantasia on British Sea Songs, originally orchestrated by Sir Henry Wood.

In the Choral Festival after Hurricane Katrina in June 2007, Mr. Chilcott wrote the piece "This Day", a song that combined 5 poems into an 11-minute, 21-page song. The world premiere was on June 25, 2007, at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. Two-hundred ten singers from around the country sang the piece.--Wikipedia

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[Joshymoses1]

singing this tomorrow night at nine lessons and carols, gorgeous piece, were doing most of it as a small group of twelve tho, im singing second bass :) love it :D

[spiritdei]

Hope it went well Joshymoses1!

[Scinders]

Thanks for posting this,I really appreciate it.I first heard this when it was written for the actual service of that year and have loved it ever since .All the best

[spiritdei]

You're very welcome!

[lotrfan2001]

Divine. Absolutely beautiful.

[tlcsmithy]

I can't listen to this enough.....agreed that it brings the true meaning of the season to heart. I think I get teary every time I hear that final note! Thank you Bob Chilcott!

[ivorlottandtonybroke]

Just heard it on Carols from Kings 2011. Awe-inspiring! Those shepherds had no Christmas tradition to help them understand what was happening, no wonder they were terrified. But they realised they had been chosen to see the Savour of the World; no wonder they were awestruck. For me, this marvellous music captures all the fear and awe of those shepherds.

[PolytheneLady]

This is so beautiful. Thank you,



[TheBottleofsand]

Just heard this on the radio...had to come and listen to it straight away :')

[freakylittlegnome]

tears of joy.

[Tyricojackson1]

beautiful!!



[TheWhiteAlbatrossSho]

THAT CHURCH REMINDS ME OF HOGWARTS!

[expostfactum]

just amazing.....totally lost in the moment when I was there and heard it live.

[fgbowen]

I am so glad someone put this on YT.

This is a stunning piece.

I am just captive every time.

[multimill]

@annikee59 TOTALLY agree with you. It is a life experience not to be missed.

[19shea85]

i feel really sorry for the one person who gave this video a dislike.