Shepherds, in the field abiding - David Willcocks (arr.), John Rutter, Cambridge Singers

Описание: 'Shepherds, in the field abiding' David Willcocks (arr.)
From ‘The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album’

Composer David Willcocks (arr.)
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers

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Shepherds, in the field abiding
Like 'Blessed be that maid Mary', this was a Wood-Woodward creation: its French folk melody, Les anges dans nos campagnes, was first published in 1842, and its text by Woodward was based on the Christmas antiphon 'Quem vidistis, pastores'

LYRICS:
Shepherds, in the field abiding,
Tell us, when the seraph bright
Greeted you with wondrous tiding,
What ye saw and heard that night.
Gloria in excelsis Deo!

We beheld (it is no fable)
God incarnate, King of bliss,
Swathed and cradled in a stable,
And the angel-strain was this:

Quiristers on high were singing
Jesus and his virgin-birth;
Heav’nly bells the while a-ringing
‘Peace, goodwill to men on earth.’

Thanks, good herdmen, true your story;
*Have with you to Bethlehem:
Angels hymn the King of Glory;
Carol we with you and them.

French traditional melody arranged by David Willcocks
Words by G. R. Woodward
*Have with you = I am ready to go with you

The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album
John Rutter selects some of his favourite Christmas carols, old and new, from classic Cambridge Singers recordings, including several of his own arrangements, closing with Vaughan Williams' majestic 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols'.

John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.

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