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For further information about the CDs or musical services & concerts by St. Matthew's choirs, please contact the music office at (613) 234-5482.

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Orders for The Newborn King may be placed by either of the following means:

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Prices:  The Newborn King - $20 each, 3 for $50, 7 for $100

The Newborn King (July 2010)

The Choir of Men & Boys
The Choir of Women & Girls
Directed by Stephen Candow
Organists Barbara Hallam-Price and James Caswell
 

Program List

Regjoice in the Lord Alway - anonymous, 16th century
Angelus ad Virginem - anonymous, 14th century
Vom Himmel Hoch - Garth Emundson
Organ Solo: Stephen Candow
Once in Royal David's City - H.J. Gauntlett, arr. A.H. Mann
Christmas-Tide - Bob Chilcott
Quelle est cette Odeur Agréable? - arr. David Willcocks
A Babe is Born (opus 55) - William Mathias
Ave Maria - Franz Biebl
See Amid the Winter's Snow - John Goss, arr. David Willcocks
Psalm 96 - Samuel Wesley
Nativity Carol - John Rutter
I Wonder as I Wander - Carl Rütti
O Come, All Ye Faithful - anonymous, arr. David Willcocks
The Huron Carol - arr. Robin King
Torches - John Joubert
Facta est cum Angelo* - Stephen Candow
Treble Soloist: Noah Damus
Silent Night, Holy Night - Franz Grüber, arr. Christopher Q. Argent
Joys Seven - arr. Stephen Cleobury
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Felix Mendelssohn
Postlude on 'Mendelssohn' - David Willcocks
Organ Solo: Stephen Candow

* Written and dedicated to the memory of Charles McCullagh

 

50th Anniversary Concert (September 26, 2007)

The Men and Boys’ Choir of St. Matthew’s Church In concert with Gerald Finley, Bass-baritone
Matthew Larkin, Organ
Gerald Wheeler, Organ
Stephen Candow, Director

Price: available for a minimum donation of CDN$20

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Zadok the Priest – G.F.Handel
Eternal Gifts* – Paul Halley
Treble Soloist: Seth Allison/Soloist: Gerald Finley
Blessed be the God and Father – Samuel S. Wesley
Cortege Académic – Ernest MacMillan
Five Mystical Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams
Easter
I got me flower
Love bade me welcome
The call
Antiphon
I was glad – Charles H. H. Parry
Lord, God of Abraham – Felix Mendelssohn
Thow knowest, Lord – Henry Purcell
Tyger, Tyger – Kevin Reeves
Baritone Soloist: Gerald Finley
Semi-chorus: Morgan Hassell, Adam Salmond, Maxime Legris, Joel Allison
Behold the tabernacle of God – William Harris
O thou, the central orb – Charles Wood
* Commissioned to honour former chorister Michael Rayner

 

The Truth from Above

The Choir of Men and Boys of St. Matthew's Church, Ottawa
Directed by Matthew Larkin
Matthew Larkin, Organ
Teresa van den Boogaard, Organ Accompaniments

A collection of Christmas music, ancient and modern. Professionally recorded and produced, we hope the CD will contribute to preserving the ancient tradition in the English Church of men and boy's choirs, and that it will encourage other churches to continue or undertake this choral tradition.

Price: $20 CAD 
Proceeds go to the St. Matthew's Music Program and the Organ Restoration Fund

Program List

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme - J.S. Bach
Adam lay ybounden - Peter Warlock
The Truth From Above - R. Vaughan Williams
Lo, He comes with clouds descending - Martin Madden
This is the Record of John - Orlando Gibbons
Cherry Tree Carol - arr. David Willcocks
There is no Rose - John Joubert
The Little Road to Bethlehem - Michael Head
Our Lady and Child - Philip Moore
Dormi Jesu - Andrew Ager  
In Dulci Jubilo - arr. R.L. Pearsall
Song of the Nuns of Chester - 14th century carol
Sussex Carol - arr. David Willcocks
I Wonder as I Wander - trad. Appalacian carol
Christmas Day - Kevin Reeves
Quem Pastores Laudavere - trad. German
Rotonni niio roienha (Mohawk Carol) - arr. Matthew Larkin
Hark the Herald Angels Sing - F. Mendelssohn (arr. Matthew Larkin)
Fancy on "Rotonni niio roienha" - Matthew Larkin

 

The Gentlemen and Boys of St. Matthew's Choir, 1966-1979

Brian Law, Organist and Choirmaster

This recording commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Men and Boy's Choir through a selection of music from the years 1966-1979. The music on the CD includes repertoire of the type you might hear us sing for the Eucharist Service on Sunday morning or at Evensong, as well as a series of Advent and Christmas carols.

Program List

Nolo mortem peccatoris, Thomas Morley (1557-c.1602)
Ave verum corpus, William Byrd (1543-1623)
Factum est silentium, Richard Dering (1580-1636?)
O clap your hands, Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
In exitu, Israel Samuel Wesley (1766-1837)
God is gone up, Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
Preces and Responses, Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
Psalm 48, Henry Lawes (1596-1662)
Magnificat, Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Nunc Dimittis, Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Preces and Responses (not the same as above), Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
Lord, thou hast been our refuge, R. V. Williams (1872-1958)
Veni redemptor gentium (tune), M. Praetorius (1571-1621)
Adam Lay Ybounden, Boris Ord (1877-1961)
The Lord at First, David Willcocks (b.1919)
A Great and Mighty Wonder, Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny, Child Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
Rejoice and Be Merry (arr.), Martin Shaw (1875-1958)
Past Three O'Clock (arr.) Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, David Willcocks (b.1919)
There is No Rose, John Joubert (b.1927)