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The Boast of Kings the Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Title: The Boast of Kings [videorecording] : the Choir of King's College, Cambridge / produced by Prometheus Productions, Ltd. in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; director, Robert Chesterman.
Publication: Chicago, Ill. : Home Vision, c1981.

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Description

1 videocassette : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

This documentary on the Choir and Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, features interviews with director Philip Ledger, organ scholar John Butt (interviewed by former organ scholar Hugh McLean), composer and musicologist Philip Radcliffe, the Rev. Michael Till, Dean of King's College Chapel, and various members of the choir, both choirboys and choral scholars. Includes footage of the College and Chapel and shows the organist, choir, and the King's Singers in rehearsal and performance of the works listed above. (The choral works performed unacc or with organ acc.; sung in Latin or English.) Also includes information on the founding and history of the Chapel, illustrated with historical photographs and excerpts from contemporary writings.

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Genre/Form

Video.

Note

Subtitle varies: Cambridge, King's College [opening credits] ; The Choir of King's College, Cambridge [closing credits] ; The Choir and Chapel of King's College, Cambridge [container].

Credits (note)

Script, Peter Haworth.

System Details (note)

VHS.

Contents

[Pange lingua gloriosi / plainchant hymn ; text, St. Thomas Aquinas] -- [Praise, my soul, the King of heaven / John Goss ; text, H.F. Lyte] -- Ave Maria / Robert Parsons -- God is our hope and strength / Maurice Greene -- Nunc dimittis [from Collegium Regale service] ; [Psalm prelude, set 1, no. 1 (excerpt)] / Herbert Howells -- Miserere / Allegri -- Prelude in B major, op. 7 (excerpt) / Marcel Dupré] -- Fecisti nos / Philip Radcliffe -- [Day and night, from Gay divorce / Cole Porter] -- [Dayton, Ohio, 1903 / Randy Newman ; arr. Richard Rodney Bennett] -- King Henry VI prayer / Henry Ley.

Call Number

*LVH 305

OCLC

NYPG92-F289

Title

The Boast of Kings [videorecording] : the Choir of King's College, Cambridge / produced by Prometheus Productions, Ltd. in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; director, Robert Chesterman.

Imprint

Chicago, Ill. : Home Vision, c1981.

Credits

Script, Peter Haworth.

System Details

VHS.

Added Author

Chesterman, Robert, 1931- Director

Ledger, Philip. Conductor

Butt, John. Performer

Till, Michael, 1935-

Radcliffe, Philip, 1905-

McLean, Hugh, 1930-

Haworth, Peter, 1891-

Goss, John, 1800-1880. Lauda anima.

Parsons, Robert, -1572. Ave Maria.

Greene, Maurice, 1696-1755. God is our hope and strength.

Howells, Herbert, 1892-1983. Collegium regale. Nunc dimittis.

Allegri, Gregorio, 1582-1652. Miserere.

Radcliffe, Philip, 1905- Fecisti nos.

Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. Gay divorce. Night and day; arranged.

Newman, Randy. Dayton, Ohio, 1903; arranged.

Ley, Henry G. (Henry George), 1887-1962. Prayer of King Henry VI.

King's College (University of Cambridge). Choir.

King's Singers (Vocal group) Performer

Catholic Church. Pange lingua gloriosi corporis (Mode 3)

Prometheus Productions, Ltd. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada)

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Home Vision (Firm)

Publisher No.

273-9001 Home Vision

Research Call Number

*LVH 305

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