York Minster 1965by Colin R.Brownlee

A Century of Recorded

English Church Music

1902-190964 recordings

1902 : St Andrew’s, Wells Street

1904 : London College for Choristerswith Master Ashworth, solo treble

1905 : Christ Church

1905 : Holy Trinity

1907 : Westminster Cathedral

The Gramophone Company

1911 Westminster Abbeydirected by Sir Frederick Bridge

The first recording fromWestminster Abbey

The choir issued three further recordings this

decade

Sir Frederick Bridgedid not like the gramophone!

arr. Revd. S. Greathead‘When the crimson sun had set’

Single sided acoustic recordingThe Gramophone Company Photo 1912

from the Abbey

1939 St Nicolas College Chislehurstdirected by Sir Sydney H. Nicholson

The ten choristers sangMatins and Evensong

daily in the College Chapel during term time

Except Sundays and Thursdays when they sang with lay clerks at St Sepulchre, London

College Chapel

Handel‘O lovely peace’

School of English Church MusicPrivate 78 rpm record

Photo from RSCM

1950-1957 Farewell to the 78’s

1954-5941 LPs released

The first choir LP : 1954

1966

The most famous of all the London church choir

schoolsand exclusively for the

choristers

All Saints Margaret Streetdirected by Michael Fleming

Mr. Kenyon, Headmaster

1848 - 1968

Mozart‘Laudate Dominum’

Private recording of a concert from St Alban-the-Martyr, Birmingham Photo 1963

from ex-chorister

Saturday 13th

July 1985St Michael’s College Tenburydirected by Roger Judd

Photo 1975from ex-housemaster

1856 - 1985

Stanford‘Magnificat in G’

Tobias Edwards, solo treble

Dog Rose Studios : Private Issue

Watkins Shaw in the library with

Handel’s hand writtenscore of Messiah,

the College’sgreatest treasure

1990 – 1999575 CDs issued

A golden decade of recordings

2004

William of Wykeham founded the College in

1382 and made provision for 16 Quiristers to sing

the chapel services

Winchester is the only public school still to

maintain a choir school as laid down by the original

statutes

Winchester College Chapel Choirdirected by Christopher Tolley

Benjamin Britten‘Te Deum in C’

Herald CD