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Simon Jackson, Never weather-beaten sail (Trilo)
A setting by our Director of Music, Simon Jackson, of a poem by Thomas Campion (1567-1620, matriculated Peterhouse 1581), based on a traditional Swedish folksong. Recorded by the Choir of Peterhouse in St George's Church, Chesterton, December 2022.
Alto solo: Kate Arnold
Accordion: Saul Bailey
James MacMillan, O radiant dawn
Amy Beach, Moonless Darkness
A Christmas carol: music by Amy Beach, adapted to words by Gerard Manley Hopkins from 'With Prayer and Supplication' (Op.8, no.2) by Simon Jackson
Gruber, arr. Philip Moore, Silent Night
Ola Gjeilo, A Spotless Rose
Recorded by the Choir of Peterhouse in St George's Church, Chesterton, December 2022
Amy Beach arr.Jackson, Deus est caritas (The Peterhouse Grace)
An arrangement of a motet by American composer Amy Beach by our Director of Music, Simon Jackson, setting the words of the Peterhouse Grace and used in Hall on college occasions. Published by Encore Publications.
Praetorius, arr. Whitbourn: A Great and Mighty Wonder
Trad., arr. Gesius and Bach, In Dulci Jubilo
Henry Ley, A Prayer of King Henry VI
Trad., arr. Willcocks, Infant Holy
Peter Aston, Fountain of Sweets
Recorded live in Old St Gertrude's Church, Riga, during our 2019 tour of Lithuania and Latvia. Words by former Master of Peterhouse, Joesph Beaumont.