{"product_id":"the-choir-of-trinity-college-cambridge-steven-grahl-song-for-snow-a-cambridge-christmas-122813","title":"Song for snow - A Cambridge Christmas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s that time of year… A thoughtful yet enchanting album of 20th- and 21st-century Christmas carols from The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge and director Steven Grahl affirms this most vibrant of seasonal traditions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eParticularly welcome is an emphasis on recent and contemporary women composers from across the choral world, including Florence Price, Sally Beamish, Elizabeth Poston, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Lucy Walker and Errollyn Wallen, whose music dovetails with that of John Rutter, Herbert Howells, Gustav Holst, Piers Connor Kennedy and Kenneth Leighton.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThose newer carols sit among familiar old friends such as ‘Stille Nacht’, ‘Carol of the Bells’ and ‘In dulci jubilo’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA modern folk classic is found in ‘The truth from above’, which Vaughan Williams transcribed directly from a melody sung to him by a local farmworker as he wandered the England looking for the nation’s lost melodies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA similar story from the other side of the Atlantic pertains to the delicate tune of ‘I wonder as I wander’, which came to the world’s attention via a collector of folk songs in the Appalachian mountains.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRanked by Gramophone as among the top five choirs in the world, The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge has long been seen as the finest of the world’s mixed-voice student ensembles. Their most recent album of Finzi choral music (released June 2026) was an Editor’s Choice in Gramophone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVaughan Williams: The truth from above\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.     Praetorius; Sandström (J): Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3.     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrances-Hoad: Bogoroditse Devo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4.     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnon\/Carter (A): I wonder as I wander\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5.     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHolst: In the bleak mid-winter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6.     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTavener: The Lamb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7.     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGruber; Grahl: Stille Nacht\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8.     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeontovych: Carol of the bells\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9.     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeighton: O leave your sheep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrice: Song for snow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHowells: Long, long ago\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeamish: In the stillness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRutter: Candlelight Carol\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePott: Balulalow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e15.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWallen: Peace on earth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKennedy (PC): Hym worship we now borne so fre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e17.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoston: Jesus Christ the apple tree\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e18.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnon\/Pearsall: In dulci jubilo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e19.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWalker (L): Away in a manger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20. 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