Grayston Ives (1948-)
Sumer is icumen in

Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
Now is the month of Maying

Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795-1856)
Lay a garland

John Lennon (1940-1980)/Paul McCartney (1942-)
I'll follow the sun (arr. G. Ives)

Anonyme
O Lusty May

William Cornysh (?1465-?1523)
Ah Robin, gentle

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Linden Lea

Mélodie traditionnelle écossaise
Loch Lomond (arr. D. Overton)

Benjamin Rogers (1614-1698)
Hymnus Eucharisticus

Sir John Stainer (1840-1901)
Sicut lilium

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
Haste on my joys

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
Music when soft voices die

Harold Harlen (1905-1986)
Somewhere over the rainbow (arr. G. Turner)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Dieu qu'il fait bon regarder

Mélodie traditionnelle irlandaise
Lark in the Clear air (arr. J. Whitbourn)

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
The Silver Swan

Carlo Gesualdo (1560-1613)
Felice primavera

John Ireland (1879-1962)
The Hills

William Byrd (1543-1623)
This sweet & merry month of May

Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
The Spring of the Year

Mélodie traditionnelle anglaise
The Oak and the Ash (arr. G. Langford)

Thomas Weelkes (1575-1623)
In pride of May

Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517)
Hora e di Maggio

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
As torrents in Summer

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
The Bluebird

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
The Ballad of Green Broom

The Choir of Magdalen College Oxford
Mark Williams, direction

Experience a staple of the Oxford calendar in this set of works inspired by the May Morning tradition, with music spanning from the traditional to contemporary. Starting with The College Clock welcoming in the sunrise, this special recording displays The Magdalen College Choir in radiant form, shining in the glorious acoustics of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Oxford.