Choir of Ormond College, directed by Douglas Lawrence
The Choir of Ormond College presents a wonderfully varied selection of Christmas carols. 28 joyous tracks include 'We wish you a merry Christmas', 'Sans Day Carol',' A babe is born I wys', 'In dulci jubilo', 'Good King Wenceslas', 'The holy and the ivy', 'We three kings', 'Coventry Carol' and more. A wonderful CD to play year after year.
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (trad. arr. Arthur Warrell) Sans day Carol (trad. arr. John Rutter) Angels From the Realms of Glory (Old French arr. Reginald Jacques) All This Time This Song is Best (William Walton) Away in a Manger (W. J. Kirkpatrick arr. David Willcocks) Up Good Christian Folk and Listen (Piae Cantiones 1582) A Babe is Born I Wys (Frederick Bainton) Ding Dong Merrily On High (French 16th C) In Dulci Jubilo (Chorale) (J.S. Bach) In Dulci Jubilo (Trio) (J.S. Bach) Whence is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing (French trad. arr. David Willcocks) The Blessed Son of God (Ralph Vaughan Williams) Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones arr. Reginald Jacques) Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (trad. arr. David Willcocks) In Dulci Jubilo (Double Canon) (J.S. Bach) In Dulci Jubilo (Fantasia) (J.S. Bach) Past 3 O'clock (trad. arr. John Rutter) Adam Lay Y'Bounden (Boris Ord) God Rest You Merry Gentlemen (trad. arr. David Willcocks) Coventry Carol (trad. set by Martin Shaw) The Holy and the Ivy (trad. arr. Reginald Jacques) The Three Kings (Peter Cornelius arr. Ivor Atkins) Vom Himmel Hoch (Trio) (Pachelbel) Vom Himmel Hoch (Fugue) (Pachelbel) All My Heart This Night Rejoices (J. G. Ebeling) Personent Hodie (German arr. Gustav Holst) A Spotless Rose (Herbert Howells) What Cheer! (Carol For New Years Day) (William Walton)
Melbourne organist Douglas Lawrence is, Director of Music at The Scots' Church and Teacher of the Organ at the University of Melbourne and was the founding director of Choir of Ormond College, a position he held from 1982 to 2006.
He frequently performs as a soloist for major music organisations within Australia and his concert career has taken him throughout most of the western world.
He has released a number of recordings through the Move label which have received outspoken praise from reviewers.
Since its inception in 1982 the Choir of Ormond College under the direction of Douglas Lawrence, has become the first Australian choir to receive ongoing international recognition. The choir is now directed by John O'Donnell