Sir David Willcocks
Sir David Valentine Willcocks, (30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015) was a British choral conductor, organist, composer and music administrator. He was particularly well known for his association with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, which he directed from 1957 to 1974, making frequent broadcasts and recordings. Several of the descants and carol arrangements he wrote for the annual service of Nine Lessons and Carols were published in the series of books Carols for Choirs which he edited along with Reginald Jacques and John Rutter. He was also director of the Royal College of Music in London. During the Second World War (1939–1945) he served as an officer in the British Army, and was decorated with the Military Cross for his actions on Hill 112 during the Battle of Normandy in July 1944. His elder son, Jonathan Willcocks, is also a composer.
Genre: choral, christmas
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Top Tracks
- Haydn: The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: Trio and Chorus. "The Heavens Are Telling" (Chorus, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael)
- Vaughan Williams: Hodie: III. Song. "It Was the Winter Wild"
- A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: IV. That Younge Child
- A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: VIII. In Freezing Winter Night
- See Amid The Winter's Snow
- Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing
- O sacred head, sore wounded ('Passion Chorale': English Hymnal No. 102; O Haupt voll Blud und Wunden from the St Matthew Passion BWV244 Nos. 21 & 72)
- Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (Arr. Willcocks)
- Magnificat (Formerly Attrib. Pergolesi): Et misericordia
- Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50
- Palestrina: Missarum liber secundus: No. 7, Missa "Papae Marcelli": III. Credo
- Palestrina: Missarum liber secundus: No. 7, Missa "Papae Marcelli": II. Gloria
- Palestrina: Missarum liber secundus: No. 7, Missa "Papae Marcelli": I. Kyrie
- Traditional: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Arr. Willcocks)
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- Glory Be To Jesus
- Magnificat (Formerly Attrib. Pergolesi): Sicut locutus est....Gloria
- Magnificat (Formerly Attrib. Pergolesi): Suscepit Israel
- Magnificat (Formerly Attrib. Pergolesi): Deposuit Potentes
- Palestrina: Missarum liber secundus: No. 7, Missa "Papae Marcelli": VII. Agnus Dei II
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