Carry me home

Quilismall,arr. Keith Roberts QUIL403arr. Percy Graingerarr. Alan Weakleyarr. Keith Roberts

arr. Alan Weakleyarr. Ralph Vaughan Williamsarr. William Thompsonarr. Robert Ricearr. Robert Ricearr. Robert Ricearr. Gustav Holst

arr. Ralph Vaughan Williamsarr. Keith Robertsarr. Robert Rice

arr. Stephen Cleoburyarr. Keith Robertsarr. Keith Robertsarr. Keith Robertsarr. Keith Robertsarr. Keith Roberts

Carry Me HomeFolksongs from around the world

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Collegium Regale

1 Dashing away with the smoothing iron2 Brigg Fair3 Botany Bay4 II est ne Ie divin enfant

5 Myfanwy6 The turtle dove

7 Londonderry air8 Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

9 Nobody knows the trouble I seen10 De gospel train11 My sweetheart's like Venus12 Ca' the yowes13 Molly Malone14 0 Waly Waly15 Ye banks and braes

16 Song of the Volga boatmen17 Shenandoah18 Joshua

19 Steal away20 Swing low, sweet chariot

Carry me home Collegium Regale

Alto Timothy Garrard Sebastian Harris Martin Lucas-Smith Thomas Williams

Tenor Richard Butler Christopher Freeze Timothy Kiddeil Andrew Staples

Directed by Thomas Wil liarns

Bass Thomas Bullard Sam Evans William Gaunt Maurice MacSweeney Alexander Milner Andrew Westwood

Producer Chris Hazell Editing and Recording Engineer Simon Eadon (Abbas Records) Artistlc Consultant Keith Roberts Executive Producer Paul Nicholson

Dashing away with the smoothlng iron

Brigg Fair Solo: Richard Butler

Botany Bay Solas: Thomas Bullard, Sebastian Hams

II est ne le divin enfant

II est n.6, le divln enfant; Jouez hautbois, rdsonnez musettes; II est ne, le d ~ n enfant; Chantoras tous son avhnement.

Depuis plus de quatre mills ans, Nous le promettaient les propmes, Depuis plus de quatre rnilte ans, Nous attendions cet heureux temps.

Ah! Qu'il est haul qu'il est charrnantl Ah! Que ses gdces mnt parfaites, Ahl Qu'il esl beau1 qu'il est chafmant! Qu'il est doux, ce d ~ n snfant!

Une Btabla est son logement, Un peu de paille est sa couc~t ls , Une Btable est sm logement. Pour un Dieu quel abaissementl

II veut nos m u r s , il Ies attend, II vient en faire la conquete;

arr. Keith Roberts

arr. Percy Grainger

arr. Alan Weakley

arr. Keith Rokrts

~s is bdn, itw hdy hi^; Playlhec-3oe,reswndmba@pe& He is bom, the hofy Child; Sing we all of h b w i n g .

For more than four lhwsaod years, 7% propbe& pmmised him to us, For more than faw lhollsand years, We a w M this pyrul time.

OI how tow&! how charming1 01 how perf& are his graces, O! how lovely1 how dlammgi How gentle is Ms hdy Child.

A stable is his m, His bed is made of straw. A stable is hb lodging, What an indigniiy for a M I

He seeks w r hearts. he walk for fhm, He comes b make rtreir conquest

II veut nos m u m , il Ies attend, Qu'ils soient a lui d8s ce moment!

Partez, B A s de I'Or'int! Vensz vous unir a nos fetes; Partez d de I'Orientl Venez adorer cot enfant.

0 Jesus! 0 Roi tout puissantl Tout petit enfant que vous &es, 0 Jesus! 0 Ro[ tout puissant! Regnez sur nous entieremsnt.

5 Myfanw Solo: Sam Evans

Paham mas digter, O! Myfanwy, Yn Ilenwi'th lygald durn di? A'th ruddiau tirion, 01 Mflanwy, Heb wrkio wrth fy ngweled i? Pa le mae'r w&n oedd sr dy wefus Fu'n cynnau cariad ffyddlon ffol? Pa le mae sain dy einau melys Fu'n denu 'nghalon ar dy 6l?

Myfanwy, boed yr oll o'th fywyd, Dan heulwen ddisglair canol dydd. A b d i msyn gwridog ixhyd I ddawnsio ganmlwydd ar dy rudd: Anghofia'r dl o'th addewidion, A wnest i rywun, eneth ddel. A dyro'th law, Myfanwy dirion, I ddim ond dweud y gair "Ffarwelll".

Heseeksour&ar&,he waifsforthem, O! thst they wen his Irom this rnment!

Sei out, O kings of tha Orient! Corns andjoin our oelebmfiw?~; Set out, 0 kings of Me Orient1 Cwne and worship Ihs child.

0 Jesus! 0 all powerful King! Little child thai you are, O Jesus! 0 aN powerful King! Reign over us completely

arr. Alan Weakley

What is this anger, O! Myfanwy, !hat is Wng your dark eyes? And why do your sweet cheeb, O! Myfanwy, no longer blush upm d o g me? Whereis h e smile uponywrlips that kindled a faithfui, Mish love? Where is the sound of your sweet Ib.ords Mat drew my hmrf to lollow yw?

Myfanwy. let all your life be spent under the shining, midday sun. Let the blushing rose of heath dance a hundred years upon your chwks: Forget aN the promises made to someone, pmW girl. And give me your hand, sweet Myfanwy, I f only to say the word "Farewd!l"

The turtle dove Sdo: Thomas Bullard

Londondewy air S o l : Chrlstopher Freeze

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sob: Maurice MacSweeney

Nobody knows the trouble I seen Sob: Andrew Staples

De gospel train Solos: Thomas Williams, Sam Evans

My sweetheart's like Venus Solo: Timothy Garrard

Ca' the yowes Solo: William Gaunt

Molly Malone Sob: Thomas Williams

0 Waly Waly Solo: Thomas Bullard

arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

arr. William Thompson

arr. Robert Rice

arr. Robert Rice

arr. Robert Rice

arr. Gustav Holst

arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

arr. Keith Roberts

arr. Robert Rice

15 Ye banksand braes Solos: Timothy Gar&, Timothy Kiddell

16 Song of the Volga boatmen Soto: Alexan&r Milner

Ei, ukhnern! Eshche razik, eshche raz! Ei, ukhnsrnl Eshche razik, eshche raz!

Razov'em my berezu, Razov'ern my kudriavu, Ai-da, da, ai-da. Ai-da, da, ai-da. Razov'em my kudriavu, Razov'ern my kudriavu.

My po berezhky idem, Pesniu solnyshku m m , Aida, da, ai&, A i d , da, aida, Pesniu solnyshku poem!

El, ei tiani kanat smelei, Pesniu solnyshku poem.

EM, ty, Volga, rnaf reka, Shiroka i gluboka. Ei, ei, shto nam vsevo rnilei, Volga, Volga, mat' reka.

17 Shenandoah $010: Thomas Williams

arr. Stephen Cleobury

arr. Keith Roberts

Heave, heave hol And again, and again! Heave, heave ho! And again, and agaiol

We unwind Me birch, We unwind ha h f y birch, There we go, ihafs m, %re we go, mars good, We unwind the leafy birch, We unwind the leafy birch.

Along the baok we go, Singing a song to the sun, There we go, hat's gwd, Them W go, Ihat's pod, We're singing a swrg to Ihe sun!

Hey, hey, haul the cable mom m, We're singing a song to Ihe sun.

Eh, Voiga, mother river. How wide and deep you are. Hey, hey, dearest d aN to us, Volga, VaQa, mother herriver.

arr. Keith Roberts

18 Joshua

19 Steal away Soh: Martin Lucas-Smith

20 Swing low, sweet charlot Solo: Sam Evans, Tlmothy Garmrd

arr. Keith Roberts

arr. Keith Roberts

arr. Keith Robelts

The tradition of people singing about their experiences in work songs, love songs and spiritual songs is common all over the world. The words and music of each particular song, however, reflect the cultural and historical circumstanes of its time and place. This disc presents a selection, widespread but by no means comprehensive, of folksongs of different sorts from many different places.

A significant proportion of songs from the British Isles are love songs, whether cheerful (Dashing away with the smoothing iron), more philosophical (0 Wa(y Waly), or just morbid (Molly Malone). Many New World songs, such as Shenandoah and Botany Bay, reflect colonial circumstances, although the latter was as popular in England as in Australia in the lGth century, and indeed the version in common use was written for an English music hall production in 1885. Spirituals and hymns also often have folk origins. From France and Germany have come several Christmas songs, some of which have entered the international repertoire, such as Nest ne le divin enfanf. The Negm Spiritual, of which many examples occur on this disc, owes its origin to the slave trade. Black African slaves in the south of the United States turned to religion for solace, which generated a huge number of beautiful spiritual songs speaking of deliverance from their situation by freedom or death.

From a musical point of view, influenoes are multifarious. The Western European Classical tradition has a strong influence on melodies, although in parts of Eastern

Europe this was leavened by polyphonic Orthdox Church chants. The N q m Spiritual took influences from Africa, as well as church hymn-singing (which was in turn influenced by Western Europe). Then there are local influences: I1 est ne is based on a royal hunting-call of Louis XV. Many songs from different parts of England are very similar in words and music: often, there are many different versions of the same song.

We owe our knowledge of many of these songs to a number of musicians and others who went about their countries collecting songs in the years around 1900. In England, the English Folk Dance and Song Society, whose leaders included Ralph Vaughan Williams and Cecil Sharp, collected and recorded many songs. Vaughan Williams wrote arrangements of many of these songs, including The turtle dove. Other collectors and arrangers of folksongs in this period included Percy Grainger, whose famous arrangement of Brim fair is included on this disc, and Gustav Holst, arranger of My sweethead's like Venus. Elsewhere in Europe, concerted efforts of a similar nature were made by Bela Barldk and Matyh Seiber in Hungary, and also more sporadically in Russia, France and elsewhere. In many cases, folk traditions influence classical composers in return. Vaughan Williams, Michael Tippett, Aamn Copland and Antonln Dvo?dk (in his New World Symphonv) all used melodies from the folk tradition. Also, folk inflections and instruments appear throughout classical music, and the melodies and harmonies oft& define elements of nationalist music. Similarly, the spiritual tradition was very important in the development of other genres, such as gospel and jazz.

The collection and dissemination of these songs occurred just before the increasing homogenisation of culture and music threatened many of the distinctive traditions from which they came. Thankfully, the work of these composers and the inspiration they give to subsequent generations who might otherwise have been ignorant of the folk tradition, has ensured its lasting legacy.

Keith Roberts

The Choir of King's College owes its existence to King Henry VI who, when founding the College in 1441, envisaged the daily singing of services in his magnificent chapel. This remains the Choir's ralson d'ktre and is an important part of the lives of its 16 choristers, who are educated on generous scholarships at the College School, and the 14 Choral Scholars and two Organ Scholars, who study a variety of subjects at the College itself.

As part of King's College Cholr, the Choral Scholars have toured extensively in Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, and the USA. As 'Collegium Regale', the group provides entertainment at dinners and conference& as well as giving frequent concerts, notably at Easter when they split into two groups which tour the North and South of England. The programme for these concerts reveals the breadth of their repertoire: sacred music from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, madrigals, folk- songs, part-songs and close harmony. This diverse of styles reflects the variety of the Choral Scholars' talents, with groups such as 'The Scholars' and 'The King's Singers' emerging from their ranks.

: If you would like to bwk Cdrsglum Rep& for a conmn or dinner, please contact the Business Manager on Tell Fax (01223) 322421.

, The D l r w r of Music of King's College Cholr Is always plsased to hear of prospective Chorlstsrs and Choral and Organ Scholars. Please contact hlm on (01223) 331224.

The King's College Chapel Foundatlon has been launched to raise funds for the Cholr and to provide for the upkmp of the Chapel. It costs the College around C500.000 a year to rnainhln tho fabric of the Chapel and to keep it open for s a r v l ~ .

The obgect of the Foundafion is to ensure thsl me Chapel and Chdr can conhnue to move forward, presenring and enhanang thelr ouvitanding reputatims, and by so ddng, enable visitors, listeners and vlewers from all over the wodd to dellght In Ihe Ilturgical, architectural and rnusld glorles of King's.

For further information, please comaa King'e College Develqxneni on (01223) 331313.

Also fmn Coflegium Regale on Qullisma:

Christmas W I ~ ms Choral Scholars ol King's College, Cambridge A x l m l o n of Chkw mw1C frwn Pinemg to cloae h a m n y arrarpgsmente d more rscsnt assaoW 'A rare w o m l i y to autpdse s Imd or I d om this CM- Mm a d k Ihat embraces Byrd and B l r q ~ . ' - C a l h e d r a l Music. Fsbruary 1Q90

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Recorded in St Gwrge's Church, Chesterton, 2 - 4 July 2000. By Mnd pemission of the Provost and Fellows of King's College.

Translations: Suzannah Oaykln (4, 16), Ken Evans (5) Musical editions: Schott & Go LM (21, J Curwen & Sons Ltd (6, 11. 12)

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Carry me home Collegium Regale

1 Dashing away with the smoothing iron 2 Brigg Fair 3 Botany Bay 4 11 est n6 le divin enfant 5 Myfanwy 6 The turlle dove 7 Londonderry air 8 Sometimes I feel like a motherless child 9 Nobdy knows the trouble I seen

10 De gospel train 11 My sweetheart's like Venus 12 Ca' the yowes 13 Molly Malone 14 0 Waly Waly 15 Ye bank and braes 16 Song of the Volga boatmen 17 Shenandoah 18 Joshua 19 Steal away 20 Swing low, sweet chariot

am. am arr. art

Keith Roberts Percy Grainger AIan Weakley

, Keith Roberts arr. AIan WealJIey

arr. W/Iiam Thompson arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

am Robert Rice arr. Robert Rice aw. Robert Rice arr. Gustav Hokt arr. Ralph Vaughan WilliamE am. Keith Robe* art. Robert Rice arr. Stephen Ckobuty arr, Keith Roberts am. Keith Robe& am. Keith R-rts arr. Keith Roberts an: Keith Roberts