Magdalen College/ Williams - The Sweet and Merry Month - Music for May Morning

Experience a staple of the Oxford calendar in this set of works inspired by the May Morning tradition, with music spanning from the traditional to contemporary. Starting with The College Clock welcoming in the sunrise, this special recording displays The Magdalen College Choir in radiant form, shining in the glorious acoustics of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Oxford.Track List - 1. The College Clock 2. Sumer is icumen in - Traditional round arr. Grayston Ives3. Now is the month of Maying - Thomas Morley4. Lay a garland - Robert Lucas de Pearsall5. I�ll follow the sun - Lennon & McCartney arr. Grayston Ives6. O Lusty May - Anon7. Ah Robin, gentle - Robin William Cornysh8. Linden Lea - Ralph Vaughan Williams9. Loch Lomond - Traditional Scottish folksong, arr. David Overton10. Hymnus Eucharisticus - Benjamin Rogers11. Sicut lilium - John Stainer12. Haste on my joys - Gerald Finzi13. Music when soft voices die - Charles Hubert Hastings Parry14. Somewhere over the rainbow - Harold Arlen, arr. Guy Turner15. Dieu qu�il la fait bon regarder - Claude Debussy16. Lark in the Clear Air - Trad. Irish Folksong, arr. James Whitbourn17. The Silver Swan - Orlando Gibbons18. Felice primavera - Carlo Gesualdo19. The Hills - John Ireland 20. This sweet & merry month of May - William Byrd21. The Spring of the Year - Peter Warlock22. The Oak and the Ash - Trad. English folksong, arr. Gordon Langford23. In pride of May - Thomas Weelkes24. Hora e di Maggio - Heinrich Isaac25. As torrents in Summer - Edward Elgar26. The Bluebird - Charles Villiers Stanford27. The Ballad of Green Broom - Benjamin Britten28. The Bells of Magdalen College, Oxford