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Carols from King’sBBC2 at 17:45 on Christmas Eve RISE UP, SHEPHERD!American spiritual arr for SATB unacc. Christmas readings and music from the splendour of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, includes Bill’s arrangement of the American spiritual, Rise up, shepherd! The work is published by Encore Publications Watch on BBC iPlayer – (at 31 minutes in)
BBC Choral EvensongWednesday 10 December on BBC R3 at 3 BBC Choral Evensong from St Mary’s, Saffron Walden THE LORD WILL COMEAn Introit for SATB & Organ With the Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, conducted by Matthew Martin Listen here
"a simple yet beautifully constructed Mass for SATB and Organ which uses flowing plainchant-like melodies throughout."
New Publications 2025 REQUIEM The work was recorded in 2020 by the Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge, and Britten Sinfonia [Signum Classics SIGCD682] …a wonderfully vivid setting, this is an important work. Ives’ exquisite score is played to perfection – a treasure of a disc, superbly engineered. Gramophone magazine …a work of haunting beauty, it delights by …
Requiem Published, March 2025 Carus Verlag have published both the full and vocal scores of Ives’ Requiem for choir, solo tenor and orchestra. The work was premiered under the direction of the composer at Magdalen College Oxford in 2008 and later recorded by the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge with the Britten Sinfonia for Signum …
Carol for King’s Broadcast to an estimated worldwide audience of 160 million, the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge, is perhaps the most famous carol service in the world. The candlelit chapel with its glorious vaulted ceiling and fine acoustic makes the perfect setting. Every year since 1983, the Director of …
"Ives exquisite score is played to perfection by the Britten Sinfonia… A treasure of a disc, superbly engineered"
"I was glad is hugely expansive and majestic. Its grandeur enhanced by its use of Ives’ arrangement."
"exquisite singing throughout – sublime trebles, perfect balance... One of the best Duruflé Requiems on disc"
"This is a first-rate combination of performing forces and works"
"Ives’s ear encompasses shimmering dissonance, jazzy close harmonies and festive pomp"
"Flawless ensemble, crisp consonants and perfectly paced dynamics……revelatory."
