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The world-famous Choir of King's College, Cambridge, directed by Stephen Cleobury, sing some of the most beautiful music ever written for Good Friday and Easter.

The world-famous Choir of King's College, Cambridge, directed by Stephen Cleobury, sing some of the most beautiful music ever written for Good Friday and Easter, including Miserere Mei (Allegri), Panis Angelicus (Franck), Crucifixus (Lotti), Light Out of Darkness (Elgar), and pieces by Bairstow, Durufl茅, Bruckner and Ouseley. Hymns include My Song Is Love Unknown, This Joyful Eastertide and Jesus Christ Is Risen Today.

The story of Jesus's death and resurrection is told in the well-loved words of the King James Bible, with poetry by George Herbert and Kenneth Stevens, all in the stunning setting of King's College Chapel.

1 hour, 15 minutes

Last on

Sat 26 Mar 2016 17:45

Music Played

  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere (Reduced Version)

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Performer: Richard Gowers.
  • Johan Cruger

    Ah Holy Jesu

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
  • St. Thomas Aquinas

    Panis Angelicus

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Performer: Richard Gowers. Composer: C茅sar Franck.
  • Edward Bairstow

    Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
  • Maurice Durufl茅

    Ubi Caritas

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
  • St. Thomas Aquinas

    Of The Glorious Body Telling

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Performer: Tom Etheridge.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Christus Factus Est

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
  • John Ireland

    My Song Is Love Unknown

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Performer: Tom Etheridge.
  • Edward Bairstow

    The Lamentation (Reduced Version)

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Performer: Tom Etheridge.
  • Antonio Lotti

    Crucifixus

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Performer: Tom Etheridge.
  • Frederick Ouseley

    O Saviour Of The World

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
  • Edward Miller

    When I Survey

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Performer: Tom Etheridge.
  • Trad.

    Were You There When They Crucified My Lord

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Performer: Richard Gowers. Music Arranger: James Whitbourn.
  • Rev. E Capel-Cure

    Light Out Of Darkness

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Performer: Richard Gowers. Music Arranger: Edward Elgar.
  • Rev. E Capel-Cure

    Light Of The World, We Know Thy Praise

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Performer: Richard Gowers. Music Arranger: Edward Elgar.
  • Trad.

    This Joyful Eastertide

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Music Arranger: Charles Wood.
  • Lyra Davidica

    Jesus Christ Is Risen Today

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Performer: Richard Gowers. Music Arranger: Stephen Cleobury.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4

    Performer: Richard Gowers.

Credits

Role Contributor
Producer James Whitbourn
Director Pamela Hossick

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