'Gabriel's message' David Willcocks (arr.)
From ‘The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album’
Composer David Willcocks (arr.)
Conductor John Rutter
Soprano Ruth Holton
Choir The Cambridge Singers
Orchestra City of London Sinfonia
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Gabriel's message
This Basque folk carol was first published in Charles Bordes’ collection of 1895 and popularized in the English-speaking world by its publication in the University Carol Book with Sabine Baring-Gould’s excellent English texts.
LYRICS:
The angel Gabriel from heaven came,
His wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame;
‘All hail,’ said he, ‘thou lowly maiden Mary,
Most highly favour’d lady, Gloria!
For known a blessed Mother thou shalt be,
All generations laud and honour thee,
Thy Son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold,
Most highly favour’d lady, Gloria!
Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head,
‘To me be as it pleaseth God,’ she said,
‘My soul doth laud and magnify his holy name.’
Most highly favour’d lady, Gloria!
Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ, was born
In Bethlehem, all on a Christmas morn,
And Christian folk throughout the world will ever say:
Most highly favour’d lady, Gloria!
Basque carol arranged by David Willcocks
Words by S. Baring-Gould
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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