Mary's Lullaby - John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia

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'Mary's Lullaby'
From ‘The John Rutter Christmas Album’
The definitive collection of John Rutter carols and arrangements

Composer John Rutter
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
Orchestra City of London Sinfonia

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Mary's lullaby
In 1978, the choir of Clare College, Cambridge was recording a Christmas television programme which, at the run-through the day before filming, was discovered to be almost three minutes short. Mary's Lullaby was written overnight to fill the gap!

LYRICS:
See the child that Mary bore
On her lap so softly sleeping:
In a stable cold and poor,
Ox and ass their vigil keeping.

Sing lullaby, sing lullaby,
My own dear son, my child;
Lullaby, sing lullaby;
Lullaby, my little baby

Flights of angels round his head
Sing him joyful hymns of greeting:
‘Peace on earth, goodwill to men.’
Each to each the song repeating.

Shepherds kneeling by his bed
Offer homage without measure;
Wise men, by a bright star led,
Bring him gifts of richest treasure.

(Words and music: John Rutter)

The John Rutter Christmas Album
This album gathers together most of the carols composed by John Rutter over the years, plus a sprinkling of Rutter arrangements of traditional carols, grouped to form a programme which narrates, reflects upon, and celebrates the Christmas story.

John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.

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