Sigismund is dismissed - John Rutter, Brian Kay, City of London Sinfonia

Brother Heinrich's Christmas: Sigismund is dismissed
From the album ‘Three Musical Fables'

Composer John Rutter
Conductor John Rutter
Narrator Brian Kay
Orchestra City of London Sinfonia

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LYRICS:
Narrator: Brother Heinrich felt very sad as he walked back to the little courtyard where Sigismund was still walking round and round; he didn’t want to tell him the bad news. He cleared his throat.
‘Sigismund, the Archbishop is coming to our Christmas morning service,’ he began. ‘But . . . but . . . I’m afraid the Abbot says . . . you can’t sing in the choir any more.’
Sigismund carried on walking round and round. ‘Oh well,’ he thought to himself, ‘I suppose I never did have much of a voice anyway.’
Brother Heinrich tried to cheer him up. ‘I promise I’ll tell you how the rehearsals go, and I’ll teach you all the new songs we do . . .’ But they both knew it wouldn’t be the same.

Three Musical Fables
This album brings together three musical fables written by John Rutter: The Reluctant Dragon; The Wind in the Willows; and Brother Heinrich’s Christmas (built around the legend that In dulci jubilo was first sung by angels who appeared to a medieval monk.)

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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