The Fayrfax Carol
SATB div chorus with optional organ
- Year
- 1997
- Duration
- 00:05:00
- Category
- Mixed Voices
- Languages
- English
Text and credits
15th Century Anonymous
Commission
Commissioned by King's College, Cambridge for The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, through the generosity of Mr Vincent Waterhouse
Programme notes
The Fayrfax Carol was commissioned by the Chapel Choir of King’s College, Cambridge for the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve, 1997. Subtle and lyrical yet with pointed, bitter-sweet harmonies, it also looks ahead to Christ’s Passion. A challenging, yet immensely rewarding work for choirs with some experience of performing contemporary music.
Reviews
'Fairfax Carol begins simply and hymn-like, but soon deploys solo voices and boys' (or, as here, female) voices generally, to emotionally strking effect.'
Independent (Keith Potter), 22 December 2005
Availability
Score 0571518354 on sale
Scores and publication
Upcoming performances
No performances found.
Previous performances
- — Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — St George's, Hanover Square (London, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Chapter House, Durham Cathedral (Durham, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Southwell Minster (Southwell, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square (London, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — No Venue (Copenhagen, Denmark) — Denmark — Composer
- — BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Christ Church, Spitalfields (London, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — St Severin (Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — St-Elisabeth-Kirche (Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — No Venue (Paris, France) — France — Composer
- — St James's Church, Piccadilly (London, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Presidio Chapel (San Francisco, CA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — 55 2nd St (San Francisco, CA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — No Venue (Cordes-sur-Ciel, Midi-Pyrénées , France) — France — Composer
- — No Venue (London, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — The Helix (Dublin, Ireland) — Ireland — Composer
- — Ardingly College (Ardingly, West Sussex, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — No Venue (Bruges, Belgium) — Belgium — Composer
- — No Venue (Antwerp, Belgium) — Belgium — Composer
- — No Venue (Ghent, Belgium) — Belgium — Composer
- — No Venue (Breda, Netherlands) — Netherlands — Composer
- — No Venue (Amsterdam, Netherlands) — Netherlands — Composer
- — No Venue (Utrecht, Netherlands) — Netherlands — Composer
- — No Venue (Haarlem, Netherlands) — Netherlands — Composer
- — St Sophia's Greek Orthodox Cathedral (London, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Finnish Radio (Finland) — Finland — Composer
- — Crypt, Helsinki Cathedral (Helsinki, Finland) — Finland — Composer
- — King's College (Cambridge, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Chapel, Cheltenham College (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Chapel, King's College (Cambridge, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — BBC Radio 4 (United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
Recordings
- Christmas Carols — 2020 — SWR Classic (SWR19094CD)
- The Fayrfax Carol — 2018 — King's College
- A Spotless Rose — 2008 — Deutsche Grammophon (477 7636)
- On Christmas Day (New Carols From King's) — 2005 — EMI Classics (7243 5 58070 2 1)
- One Star, At Last / A Selection Of Carols Of Our Time — 2005 — Signum (SIGCD067)