In this year of all years, we wish singers and audiences everywhere a ‘Happy Christmas’ and offer you our recording of ‘Hodie Christus Natus Est’, the last of Francis Poulenc’s ‘Quatre Motets Pour Le Temps de Noël’. Click this link to hear it: Latin text: Hodie Christus natus est, hodie Salvator apparuit; hodie in...

As the season of Advent continues, looking forward to Christmas – and in this particular case, beyond to Epiphany – we offer our recording of ‘Videntes Stellam’, the third of Francis Poulenc’s ‘Quatre Motets Pour Le Temps de Noël’. Click this link to hear: https://youtu.be/igcJ9ybI8bo * Latin text: Videntes stellam, Magi gavisi sunt gaudio...

As we continue the season of Advent, looking forward to Christmas, we offer our recording of ‘Quem Vidistis Pastores’, the second of Francis Poulenc’s ‘Quatre Motets Pour Le Temps de Noël’. Click this link: https://youtu.be/yxw5sM6sXog * Latin text: Quem vidistis pastores dicite,annuntiate nobis in terris quis apparuit?Natum vidimus et choros angelorumcollaudantes Dominum. Dicite quidnam...

As we enter the season of Advent, looking forward to Christmas, we offer our recording of ‘O Magnum Mysterium’, the first of Francis Poulenc’s ‘Quatre Motets Pour Le Temps de Noël’. Latin text: ‘O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentem in praesepio! Beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare Dominum...

Listen to the JCS conducted by Peter Broadbent sing Vaughan Williams’ setting of Shakespeare’s words (from The Tempest, Act IV, sc 1) – another track from our CD ‘Sing Joyfully’