Sans day carol - arr. John Rutter, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia
'Sans day carol'
From the album ‘A Double Celebration’
Composer John Rutter
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
Orchestra City of London Sinfonia
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Sans day carol
This is an arrangement, by John Rutter of the buoyant cornish carol. With its combination of pagan and Christian imagery and references to the Crucifixion and Resurrection, this carol is well suited to performance at Passiontide and Easter, as well as at Christmas.
LYRICS:
Now the holly bears a berry as white as the milk,
And Mary bore Jesus, who was wrapped up in silk.
And Mary bore Jesus Christ our Saviour for to be,
And the first tree in the greenwood, it was the holly!
Now the holly bears a berry as green as the grass,
And Mary bore Jesus, who died on the cross.
Now the holly bears a berry as black as the coal,
And Mary bore Jesus, who died for us all.
Now the holly bears a berry, as blood is it red,
The trust we our Saviour, who rose from the dead
(Cornish traditional carol, arranged by John Rutter)
A Double Celebration
A 55 track celebration to mark 30 years of the Cambridge Singers and the 70th birthday of John Rutter.
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 1981) 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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