Northampton Bach Choir : Purchase Recordings

		Requiem Reflections
		The music of Gabriel Fauré The Northampton Bach Choir Directed by Lee Dunleavy

Release Date: June 2017

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Information: Our fourth commercial CD, recorded in our home church of St Matthew’s, Northampton, was recorded in October 2016 and commemorates the life of Constance Travis (1911-2015), a stage actress who married into the Northampton family that eventually became Travis Perkins. In later life, she became a philanthropist who founded the Constance Travis Charitable Trust, which has made grants to numerous charities locally and nationally.

The disc features our own Musical Director’s arrangement of movements from Fauré’s Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville and Messe basse, making a composite Mass entitled Messe Brève. The Music Director of the London Bach Choir contributes his arrangement of Fauré’s Requiem, and the disc is rounded off with a number of Fauré’s shorter choral and instrumental works, not least the ever-popular Pavane, here arranged for violin, cello, and harp, by Dewey Owens.

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		I Was Glad!
		Popular Choral Classics The Northampton Bach Choir Directed by Lee Dunleavy

Release Date: November 2012

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Information: Recorded in their usual performance venue, St Matthew’s Church in Northampton, a second CD from the Northampton Bach Choir under their Director of Music, Lee Dunleavy, with David Humphrys at the organ.

I was glad! is a collection of choral classics recorded during 2012 in St Matthew’s Church in Northampton. The collection is the latest recording by the Northampton Bach Choir and includes fifteen much loved choral works by composers as diverse as George Frideric Handel and Gerre Hancock.

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		Be Merry!
		The Choirs of All Saints Northampton & The Northampton Bach Choir Directed by Lee Dunleavy

Release Date: November 2014

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Information: Recorded in the glorious acoustic of St. Mary’s Church, Wellingborough, the Northampton Bach Choir are joined by the Choirs of All Saints’ Church, Northampton, to raise the roof with over 150 singers! Under their Director of Music, Lee Dunleavy, and with Stephen Meakins accompanying on piano, our new disc juxtaposes sacred and secular carols, in fresh new arrangements by North American composers.

We are particularly pleased to feature five carols by one of the choir’s favourite arrangers, Dan Forrest, including the first recording of his rhythmic and vital arrangement of O come, all ye faithful. A number of the tracks are the first commercial recording of the arrangements, and our accompanist is joined by duet partner Hilary Punnett on four tracks to increase the range and drama in the accompaniments. This is a disc to set toes tapping and to make even the coldest heart melt!

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			1. O come, all ye faithful
			John Francis Wade (1711–86) arr. Dan Forrest (b. 1978)
			2. Winter Wonderland
			Felix Bernard (1897–1944) arr. Greg Jasperse (b. 1968)
			3. He is born, the divine Christ child
			Trad. arr. Craig Courtney (b. 1954)
			4. Never a brighter star Dan Forrest
			5. Good Christian men, rejoice! Trad. arr. Dan Forrest
			6. Still, still, still Trad. arr. Joey Hoelscher (b. 1976)
			7. I saw three ships Trad. arr. Kevin Robison (b. 1966)
			8. In the bleak midwinter
			Gustav Holst (1874–1934) arr. Abbie Betinis (b. 1980)
			9. Angels we have heard on high Trad. arr. Peter Anglea (b. 1988)
			10. There is faint music Dan Forrest
			11. Jingle ... all the way (solo piano)
			James Pierpont (1822–93) arr. Lola Astanova (b. 1985)
			12. Silent night
			Franz Gruber (1787–1863) arr. Paul Johnson (b. 1946)
			13. Fantasia on a Ukrainian Carol
			Trad. arr. William Cutter (b. 1964)
			14. Have yourself a merry little Christmas
			Hugh Martin (1914–2011) and Ralph Blane (1914–95) arr.
			Mark Hayes (b. 1953)
			15. Carol of Joy Dan Forrest
			16. And all the town be merry! Linda Spevacek (b. 1945)
			17. O holy night
			Adolphe Adam (1803–56) arr. Paul Langford (b. 1966)
			18. We wish you a merry Christmas
			Trad. arr. Paul Johnson (b. 1930)

		CONGAUDEAT!
		Carols from Northamptonshire The Northampton Bach Choir Directed by Lee Dunleavy

Release Date: November 2010

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Information: Recorded in the glorious acoustic of St. Mary’s Church, Wellingborough, the Northampton Bach Choir under their Director of Music, Lee Dunleavy, and with Ian Clarke at the organ, are pleased to announce the launch of their CD of Christmas Carols, all with a Northamptonshire connection.

The CD features many favourite carols in arrangements by Northamptonshire composers, and includes several arrangements commissioned by the Choir from some of their previous conductors, including John Bertalot, Stephen Cleobury, Simon Johnson and Andrew Reid. Other local musicians represented include Trevor Hold, Robert Walker, Lyndon Hilling, Malcolm Tyler, Edmund Rubbra, Malcolm Arnold, and new descants by Ian Clarke, Richard Tanner and Lee Dunleavy.

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			1. Angels in the skies are singing Gordon Lawson (b. 1931)
			2. Away in a manger*
			Old Gaelic Melody, arr. Malcolm Tyler (1929-2010)
			3. Congaudeat Duncan Faulkner (b. 1951)
			4. De Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy*
			Trad. Caribbean, arr. Simon Johnson (b. 1975)
			5 .God rest you merry gentlemen
			Trad., arr. Richard Tanner (b. 1970)
			6. Hark! the herald-angels sing* arr. Lee Dunleavy (b. 1979)
			7. Hoshoro, shoro, my baby Trevor Hold (1939-2004)
			8. It came upon the midnight clear arr. Andrew Reid (b. 1971)
			9. It was under the leaves and the leaves of life*
			Stephen Cleobury (b. 1948)
			10. Joy in the morning Robert Walker (b. 1946)
			11. Let an anthem of praise, and a carol of joy
			Caleb Ashworth (1722-1775)
			12. Mary had a baby* arr. Malcolm Tyler
			13. O come, all ye faithful arr. Ian Clarke (b. 1955)
			14. Once in royal David’s city arr. Ian Clarke (b. 1955)
			15. Shepherds, in the field abiding arr. John Bertalot (b. 1931)
			16. Silent Night F. X. Grüber, arr. Andrew Shenton
			17. The Christ-child Lyndon Hilling (b. 1953)
			18. The Pilgrim Caravan Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
			19. The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)
			20. Where is this stupendous stranger?* John Bertalot
			21. We wish you a merry Christmas* arr. Lee Dunleavy

			*Items marked thus were written for the choir.**