22. Nativity carol
From the album 'Christmas Night'
Composer John Rutter
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
Orchestra City of London Sinfonia
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Nativity Carol
Written in 1963, this was one of John Rutter's earliest pieces. It was published in 1967 with organ accompaniment, and later scored for strings by the composer.
Born in a stable so bare,
Born so long ago;
Born ’neath light of star
He who loved us so.
Far away, silent he lay,
Born today, your homage pay;
Christ is born for aye,
Born on Christmas Day.
Cradled by mother so fair,
Tender her lullaby;
Over her son so dear
Angel hosts fill the sky.
Wise men from distant far land.
Shepherds from starry hills
Worship this babe so rare,
Hearts with his warmth he fills.
Love in that stable was born
Into our hearts to flow;
Innocent dreaming babe,
Make me thy love to know.
(words and music by John Rutter)
Christmas Night
The theme of the album - Christmas Night - is the birth of Christ, reflected in the words and music of twenty-two carols spanning more than six centuries. Some of these carols have long been widely known and loved; others have become so thanks to the annual Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s College, Cambridge. But all of them focus on the central event of the Christmas story – the birth at Bethlehem – and on the characters in that story: the angels, the shepherds, the wise men, and the mother with her child.
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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