In our opinion, a carol service or concert doesn’t feel complete unless ‘Once in Royal David’s City’ makes an appearance. The text was written by Cecil Frances Alexander in 1848. A year later, the English organist Henry John Gauntlett discovered the poem and set it to music. Although he wrote over 1000 hymn tunes, this one, ‘Irby’ is undoubtedly his most famous.
The first verse is usually sung by a treble or soprano soloist and according to the tradition of the choir at King’s College, Cambridge, the soloist is selected not just on the day but in the final moments before the first note is sung… terrifying! Lindsay gave Amber Fudge a little more preparation time for this performance!
This version features the soaring descant written by Sir David Willcocks.
Recording taken from our recent concert at the Cardiff Oratory Church - 15/12/21
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