Haydn: Nelson Mass / Vivaldi: Gloria in D / Handel: Zadok the Priest Sir David Willcocks

• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) Missa in angustiis Nelson Mass, Hob. XXII:11 in D minor, Ed. H. C. Robbins Landon
• 1 Kyrie 05:03
• 2 Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo 03:29
• 3 Gloria: Qui tollis 04:29
• 4 Gloria: Quoniam 02:47
• 5 Credo: Credo in unum Deum 01:52
• 6 Credo: Et incarnatus est 04:18
• 7 Credo: Et resurrexit 03:45
• 8 Sanctus 02:24
• 9 Benedictus 06:02
• 10 Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei qui tollis 03:29
• 11 Agnus Dei: Dona nobis pacem 02:55
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Gloria in D, R.589 Ed. Mason Martens
• 12 Gloria in Excelsis 02:33
• 13 Et in terra pax 04:36
• 14 Laudamus Te 02:19
• 15 Gratias Agimus Tibi 00:30
• 16 Propter Magnam Gloriam 01:01
• 17 Domine Deus 03:56
• 18 Domine Fili unigenite 02:22
• 19 Domine Deus, Agnus Dei 03:25
• 20 Qui tollis 01:13
• 21 Qui sedes ad dexteram 02:50
• 22 Quoniam tu solus sanctus 00:50
• 23 Cum sancto spiritu 03:08
• George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
• 24 Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1, HWV 258) 06:20
• Total Runtime 01:15:36

Info for Haydn: Nelson Mass / Vivaldi: Gloria in D / Handel: Zadok the Priest

The King's College recordings from the 1950s and 1960s achieved a 'classic' status which has been unsurpassed. During the 1950s the King's recordings concentrated on unaccompanied choral music and services and then, in 1962, came this spine-tingling account of Haydn's dramatic 'Nelson Mass'.

The 'Nelson Mass' is described by some as 'arguably Haydn's greatest single composition'. Haydn certainly did not write another work which generates such extraordinary power and energy, and this aspect is fully realised in this vivid performance from King's. Here is a work of high drama, with blazing trumpets, soaring solo soprano lines, vigorous choral music and a climax in the Benedictus of truly shattering impact. The 'Nelson Mass' does also have moments of repose and these tend to heighten the drama of the music which surrounds them. The programme is completed with King's recordings of two other best-known choral works - Vivaldi's Gloria, and Handel's Coronation Anthem, the awe inspiring Zadok the priest.

Wilfred Brown, Tenor (Vocal)
Thurston Dart, Harpsichord
Andrew Davis, Harpsichord
English Chamber Orchestra
Kenneth Heath, Cello
Emanuel Hurwitz, Leader
King's College Choir of Cambridge Choir, Chorus
Tom Krause, Baritone (Vocal)
John Langdon, Organ
London Symphony Orchestra
Roger Lord, Oboe
Neville Marriner, Leader
Simon Preston, Organ
Sylvia Stahlman, Soprano (Vocal)
Elizabeth Vaughan, Soprano (Vocal)
Helen Watts, Contralto (Vocal)

Sir David Willcocks, Conductor

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Sir David Willcocks - Conductor
The English conductor, organist and music educator, Sir David Willcocks, began his musical training as a chorister at Westminster Abbey from 1929 to 1934. He was a music scholar at Clifton College, Bristol (1934-1938), and then the organ scholar at King’s College, Cambridge (1939-1940). Following a five-year period of war military service, in which he was awarded the Military Cross, he returned to King’s College for two years (1945-1947). He was elected a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and appointed Conductor of the Cambridge Philharmonic Society.

From 1947 to 1950 David Willcocks was the organist at Salisbury Cathedral and from 1950 to 1957 at Worcester Cathedral. During his years at Worcester he was principal conductor of the Three Choirs Festival (1951, 1954 and 1957) and conductor of the City of Birmingham Choir (1950-1957), with whom he gave his first British performance of Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem in 1952. From 1956 to 1974 he was also conductor of the Bradford Festival Choral Society. From 1957 to 1974 he was Director of Music at King’s College, Cambridge, where he maintained the glorious tradition with distinction. He made numerous recordings that gained international popularity through television and radio. With King's College Choir Cambridge he gave concerts in many European countries, Canada and Africa. At Cambridge he also served as University Organist, University Lecturer and Conductor of the Cambridge University Musical Society. From 1960 to 1998 he was Musical Director of The Bach Choir (London) which, since its foundation in 1875, has given first performances of several important works.

With The Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks gave the first performances in Italy of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem at Perugia, Milan, La Scala and Venice in 1963 and later introduced the work in Japan, Hong Kong, Portugal and the Netherlands. From 1974 to 1984 he was Director of the Royal College of Music in London. He appears frequently as a conductor in the USA, Canada and European countries. He has also paid many visits to New Zealand and Australia, giving concerts with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Orchestras of the Australia Broadcasting Corporation; to Hong Kong for concerts with the Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra and to South Africa for concerts with the South African Broadcasting Corporation Choirs and Orchestra.

David Willcocks was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1971, and was Knighted in 1977 in the Queen's Silver Jubilee Honours List. He is currently Music Director Emeritus of King's College Choir Cambridge. Sir David has received honorary degrees in England from the Universities of Bradford, Bristol, Exeter, Leicester and Sussex, and from the Royal College of Music in London; in the USA from Luther College (Iowa), St. Olaf College (Minnesota) and Westminster Choir College (New Jersey); and in Canada from the Universities of Trinity, Toronto and Victoria B.C. He is an Honorary Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. He served as general editor of the Church Music series of the Oxford University Press.

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