Sing lullaby - Herbert Howells, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
17. 'Sing lullaby'
From the album ‘Treasures of English Church Music’
Composer Herbert Howells
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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Sing lullaby
Church music formed an important part of Herbert Howells' work, much of it written for specific cathedral or collegiate choirs. 'Sing lullaby', one of a set of three ‘carol-anthems’, dates from1920; the author of the text, F. W. Harvey, was a friend of the composer.
LYRICS:
Sing lullaby, sing lullaby,
While snow doth gently fall,
Sing lullaby to Jesus
Born in an oxen-stall.
Sing lullaby to Jesus
Born now in Bethlehem,
The naked blackthorn’s growing
To weave his diadem.
Sing lullaby, sing lullaby
While thickly snow doth fall,
Sing lullaby to Jesus
The Saviour of all.
(F. W. Harvey)
Treasures of English Church Music
46 tracks of English a cappella church music, featuring John Rutter conducting the Cambridge Singers, and recorded in the inspiring setting of the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral.
“A marvellous collection taken from all ages of Church Music – a mix of the popular and the slightly rarer. This is recorded in Ely Cathedral and it seems to have projected itself into some wonderfully lyric pieces – the opening track of Parsons Ave Maria sets the scene for the rest of the music. This is the Cambridge Singers at their best…” Cathedral Music
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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