Advent 1, more!

I ended my 1st Sunday in Advent listening to Advent music, care of For the God who Sings on ABC Classic FM.

I cannot think of a better way to end the day.

We were treated to:

• Parry, (Charles) Hubert

  I Was Glad [07'11]

  Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

  Evensong Live 2019: Anthems and Canticles, King's College KGS0038
• 10:08pm

  Bach, Johann Sebastian

  Cantata No. 62 "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" [19'38]

  Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Joanne Lunn (soprano), Jan Kobow (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass), William Towers (alto), John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

  Bach Cantatas, Vol. 13: BWV 36, 61, 62, 70, 132 & 147, Soli Deo Gloria SDG 162
• 10:27pm

  Bach, Johann Christoph

  Lieber Herr Gott [04'16]

  Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier (conductor)

  Johann Bach, Johann Christoph Bach, Johann Michael Bach: Motetten, Ricercar RIC 347
• 10:32pm

  Schütz, Heinrich

  O lieber Herre Gott, wecke uns auf [03'41]

  La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

  Schütz: Musikalische Exequien etc, harmonia mundi HMC 901261
• 10:35pm

  Milner, Anthony

  Out of Your Sleep Arise [02'43]

  Joseph Wicks (organ), St John's College Choir Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha (conductor)

  Christmas with St John's, Signum Classics SIGCD 458
• 10:40pm

  Cooman, Carson

  The Appleton Motets in Op. 767: IV. Watch Therefore [01'59]

  Cambridge Consonance, Jeffrey Grossman (conductor)

  The Welcome News, Gothic G-49280
• 10:42pm

  Long, James

  Vigilate [04'11]

  St John's College Choir Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha (conductor)

  Advent Live, Signum Classics SIGCD535
• 10:46pm

  Byrd, William

  Vigilate [04'42]

  The Cardinall’s Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor)

  The Byrd Edition, Vol. 8: Cantiones Sacrae; Propers for the Feast of the Purification, ASV CD GAU 309
• 10:50pm

  Bach, Johann Sebastian

  Cantata No. 61 "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" [15'13]

  Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Joanne Lunn (soprano), Jan Kobow (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass), William Towers (alto), John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

  Bach Cantatas, Vol. 13: BWV 36, 61, 62, 70, 132 & 147, Soli Deo Gloria SDG 162
• 11:06pm

  Jackson, Gabriel

  Vox clara ecce intonate [04'44]

  Truro Cathedral Choir, Luke Bond (organ), Joel Garthwaite (saxophone), Christopher Gray (conductor)

  Vox Clara: Music by Gabriel Jacks, Regent REGCD479
• 11:10pm

  Jackson, Gabriel

  7 Advent Antiphons [18'05]

  Truro Cathedral Choir, Luke Bond (organ), Joel Garthwaite (saxophone), Christopher Gray (conductor)

  Vox Clara: Music by Gabriel Jacks, Regent REGCD479
• 11:29pm

  MacMillan, James

  Strathclyde Motets "Dominus dabit benignitatem" [04'34]

  The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor)

  James MacMillan: Miserere, Coro COR 16096
• 11:33pm

  Gregorian Chant

  Laetatus sum, gradual in mode 7 (Liber Usualis No. 560, GR 139) [02'05]

  Choir and Monks of Farnborough Abbey

  Gregorian Chant, Herald Records 122
• 11:35pm

  Jachet de Mantua/Adriaen Willaert

  Laetatus sum (Psalm 122) "I sacri e santi salmi..." [06'51]

  Capilla Flamenca, Dirk Snellings (conductor)

  Adriaen Willaert: Vespro della Beata Vergine, Ricercar RIC 325
• 11:42pm

  De Wert, Giaches

  Il Secondo libro de motetti: Hor est iam nos [08'31]

  Collegium Regale, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

  Giaches de Wert: Vox in Rama - Il Secondo libro de motetti, Signum Classics SIGCD131 

  This last was in tribute to the recent death of Stephen Cleobury.