Following the organ restoration at Clifton Cathedral in 2009, Stephen Bryant has recorded this collection of attractive music including the famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor of J S Bach.

It was twenty years ago today...
                                               ...that in two nights this recording was made.

The previous cassette release has become the sound of Christmas in many homes around the world.

Following repeated requests we now present this recording on cd, restored and re-edited from the original session tapes with the latest technology and with the same ears that produced the original classic.

This collection of Christmas carols and organ music mixes together both the well-known and the relatively unknown. It ranges across the centuries – from the ancient Coventry Carol through to Poulenc's radiantly beautiful setting of O Magnum Mysterium. The inclusion of Jacob Handl's Resonet In Laudibus, Sweelinck's Hodie Christus Natus Est and In Dulci Jubilo reflects the choir's consistent championship of music from the Renaissance era as well as more modern influences. 

This is a recording of a live event marking the 30th anniversary of the Cathedral and was devised by Hoxa for BBC Radio. It tells through the voices of people who were there how the Cathedral was built, what it meant and what it means to people now.

With music by former Cathedral musicians Walker, Inwood and Ogden along with the premiere of the "Gloria of the Two Saints" by Richard Jeffrey-Gray, subsequently broadcast internationally on BBC TV on Christmas Day 2005.

This product is supplied in an aluminium tin.

This was a stunning celebration, distinguished by the presence of Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor. For those people not able to attend an Episcopal Ordination this is a fascinating record of how it is done, and how it should be done. This product comes with the original Ordination booklet, while stocks last.

Cardinal Hume attends and speaks at this celebration with music by Elgar, Haydn and Jeffrey-Gray.

Singers from Clifton Cathedral begin this cd (duration 5:44) of the Anthem that defined in music the last ever flight of Concorde in November 2003, commissioned by the BBC from Richard Jeffrey-Gray.

They stood under the wings of the plane while the wheels were still warm for the last time - see www.hoxa.net for the words and pictures.

This product is in an ejector case (so at least you might make the cd fly!)

A Recording from Clifton Cathedral Choir with the Lochrian Ensemble
featuring music by Tavener—Palestrina—Howells
Arvo Pärt—Rutter—Bardos­—Rachmaninov—Victoria

Palestrina's serene Sicut Cervus, Tavener's Hymn to Athene and The Lamb show a quality of spirituality sustained throughout the ages, whereas Rachmaninov and Bardos represent the voice of the Eastern church.

Our English heritage too is represented through Stanford, Ireland and Rutter as well as Jerusalem, orchestrated by David Ogden for BBC's Songs of Praise.
I See His Blood by Ogden and the Salve Regina by Jeffrey–Gray are two compositions written for the liturgy at Clifton Cathedral.

The title track, And I Saw a New Heaven, is an anthem by Bainton which eloquently expresses the words from Revelation. Mark Holt rounds off the cd with Howells' Paen: a shout of joy from the organ.

The voices of Clifton Cathedral Choir unite with strings, harp, wind, trumpet and organ. They all hope that you may find with them a little vision of heaven in this music.

More Christmas Greetings!

Much traditional Christmas music is Victorian. This refreshing CD gives the season of Christmas the Clifton treatment.The Christmas story is told in a variety of musical styles from  the middle ages to the present day. Here you will find plainsong, Bach, Poulenc and the Britten Ceremony of Carols (with harp) as well as  traditional  and contemporary carols.

Gaudete means rejoice! This is a collection which will help you celebrate the Christmas season with joy.

Contents:

Alleluya, a new work is come on hand • Once in Royal David's City • Hodie Christus natus est • Away in a manger Gott, durch deine Güte • Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottessohn • It came upon the midnight clear • Britten: Ceremony of Carols • Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele • Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen Gaudete • Wexford Carol • Ding Dong! Merrily on high • Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich • Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar • Joys Seven • Silent night • Tomorrow shall be my dancing day • Hark! The Herald Angels sing

The psalms are a central feature of the celebration of most liturgies.

Here, eighteen of the most frequently used psalms are presented in a variety of contemporary styles—from the ballad style of David Ogden's I Lift Up My Eyes (Psalm 121) to Ray d'Inverno's jazz setting of Blessed Be The Lord (Psalm 28).

Works by well–known composers such as Christopher Walker and Bernadette Farrell are combined with fine works by other British liturgical composers to provide a varied collection which bring a freshness to the psalm texts.

Contents

Send Forth Your Spirit, O Lord, Andrew Wright • The Lord Is Close To The Broken Hearted, Teresa Brown • Teach Me, O God, Christopher Walker • Let His Glory Fill The Earth, David and Frances Smith • I Lift Up My Eyes to the Mountains, David Ogden • The Lord Has Done Great Things, Alan Smith • Listen To The Voice Of The Lord, Patrick Geary • Blessed Be The Lord, Ray d'Inverno • Lord Take Up My Cause, Peter Ollis • Your Love Is Finer Than Life, Marty Haugen • Canticle Of Moses, John Gibbons • My Shepherd Is The Lord, John Glynn • As The Deer Longs For Running Streams, Bob Hurd • You Are My Help, Christina Ashton • De Profundis Blues, Paul Wellicome • O God, You Search Me And You Know Me, Bernadette Farrell • You Are My Resting Place, Paul Wellicome • Let All Creation Sing, David Ogden   

This cassette follows the journey the Church makes with Christ over the three days of the Easter Triduum.

David Ogden's strong setting of Anne Hemming's Hymn of Chrism sometimes accompanies the procession of oils at the diocesan Chrism Mass. Reflective songs such as Christopher Walker's Faith, Hope and Love or Richard Gillard's Servant Song (both for the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday), contrast with the eerie improvisations of Richard Jeffrey–Gray in the Pange Lingua, the anguished tones of Lotti's Crucifixus (Good Friday) and the vibrant joy of David Haas's Why Do You Look for the Living? and Patrick Geary's Song of Resurrection.

The eclectic nature of this recording reflects the breadth of musical styles serving at liturgies at Clifton Cathedral.

Contents:

Servant Song • Hymn of Chrism • Faith, Hope and Love • Pange Lingua  O My People • Crucifixus • Lumen Christi • Send Forth Your Spirit • Canticle Of Moses • As the Deer Longs • O Healing River • Why Do You Look for the Living? • Now the Green Blade Riseth • Song of Resurrection • Hæc Dies • Veni Sancte Spiritus