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Sir David Willcocks

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Sir David Valentine Willcocks CBE MC (born 30 December 1919) is a British choral conductor, organist, and composer. His son, Jonathan Willcocks, is also a composer. Born in Newquay in Cornwall, he began his musical training as a chorister at Westminster Abbey from 1929 to 1934. From 1934 to 1938, he was a music scholar at Clifton College, Bristol, before his appointment as organ scholar at King's College, Cambridge. After WWII he returned to Cambridge in 1945 to complete his studies

Top songs

  1. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (arr. David Willcocks)
  2. Sussex Carol
  3. Gabriel's Message (arr. David Willcocks)
  4. Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day (arr. D. Willcocks)
  5. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (arr. David Willcocks)
  6. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Cantata No. 147) - 1989 - Remaster
  7. Away in a Manger (arr. D. Willcocks for choir): Away In a Manger (arr. D. Willcocks for choir)
  8. Requiem, Op.48: VII. In Paradisum
  9. God rest ye merry, gentlemen (arr. D. Willcocks): God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. David Willcocks)
  10. I Saw Three Ships (arr. D. Willcocks for choir)
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  1. Deck the hall
  2. Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City
  3. Once in royal David's city (harm. A. H. Mann; descant Willcocks)
  4. The Holly and the Ivy
  5. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
  6. Pavane, Op.50 (orch. version, 1887) - 1997 - Remaster
  7. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Cantata No. 147) [sung in German] (1989 Digital Remaster)
  8. Rejoice & Be Merry
  9. Ding Dong! Merrily on High
  10. The first Nowell (arr. David Willcocks)
  11. Silent Night (arr. D. Willcocks)
  12. Silent night
  13. Bach, JS: "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" (from Cantata, BWV 147)
  14. Adeste fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful) (arr. D. Willcocks)
  15. Unto us is born a son
  16. Jingle Bells
  17. Cantata No. 147, BWV 147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', Part II: Chorale: Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man's desiring) (choir)
  18. God rest you merry, gentlemen (Arr. David Willcocks)
  19. Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: Hallelujah (chorus: Allegro)
  20. O come, all ye faithful - 1994 - Remaster
  21. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  22. Festgesang, MWV D4, "Gutenberg-Kantate": No. 2. (adap. W.H. Cummings as Hark! The Herald Angels Sing) (arr. D. Willcocks)
  23. I saw a maiden
  24. O come, all ye faithful
  25. Hark! the herald angels sing - 1994 - Remaster
  26. Requiem Op. 48 (1997 Digital Remaster): VII. In Paradisum
  27. Quelle Est Cette Odeur Agreable (arr. David Wilcocks)
  28. Personent hodie
  29. Away in a manger
  30. While shepherds watched - 1997 - Remaster
  31. Bach: Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' BWV 147, Part II, Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (choir)
  32. Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing?
  33. I Saw Three Ships
  34. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
  35. The first Nowell
  36. Joseph Was an Old Man
  37. Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'
  38. On Christmas Night, "Sussex Carol" (arr. D. Willcocks)
  39. Weihnachtslieder, Op.8: The Three Kings
  40. Myn Lyking
  41. I saw a maiden - 1997 - Remaster
  42. The heavens are telling (The Creation: Part 1) - 1988 - Remaster
  43. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - 1997 - Remaster
  44. Blessed Be That Maid Mary
  45. Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing? - 1997 - Remaster
  46. Pavane Op. 50 (orch. version, 1887) (1997 Digital Remaster)
  47. Quem pastores laudavere (unaccomp. version)
  48. Past Three o' Clock
  49. Birthday Carol
  50. Quem pastores laudavere - 1997 - Remaster
  51. Gabriel's message (arr. D. Willcocks)
  52. It came upon the midnight clear - 1997 - Remaster
  53. The Infant King
  54. Personent hodie - 1997 - Remaster
  55. Gabriel's Message
  56. Verse Anthem: This is the Record of John St. John, I, vv. 19-23
  57. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree - 1991 - Remaster
  58. Bach, JS: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: No. 10, Choral. "Jesus bleibet meine Freude"
  59. Sussex Carol (On Christmas night all Christians sing) - 1997 - Remaster
  60. A child is born in Bethlehem [Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem]
  61. Anonymous: The first Nowell
  62. See amid the winter's snow
  63. O come, O come, Emmanuel - 2004 - Remaster
  64. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: No. 10 "Jesus bleibet meine Freude"
  65. Angels from the realms of glory (arr. David Wilcocks)
  66. VII. In Paradisum
  67. Goss: See amid the winter's snow
  68. Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy
  69. Rocking Carol: 'Little Jesu sweetly sleep'
  70. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Cantata No. 147) [Sung in German]
  71. O come, O come, Emmanuel
  72. I Saw Three Ships (arr. D. Willcocks)
  73. Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
  74. O Come All Ye Faithful
  75. Cantata No. 147, BWV 147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', Part I: Chorus: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
  76. In The Bleak Midwinter
  77. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (arr. D. Willcocks for choir)
  78. Ding Dong Merrily on High (arr. D. Willcocks): Ding, Dong Merrily on High (arr. D. Willcocks)
  79. Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
  80. A child is born in Bethlehem [Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem] - 1991 - Remaster
  81. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (bearb. von D. Willcocks): Festgesang, MWV D4, "Gutenberg-Kantate": No. 2. (adap. W.H. Cummings as Hark! The Herald Angels Sing) (arr. D. Willcocks for choir)
  82. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
  83. Of the Father's heart begotten - 2004 - Remaster
  84. Of the Father's heart begotten
  85. Anonymous: Coventry Carol
  86. Myn Lyking - 2004 - Remaster
  87. Evening Hymn (Te lucis ante terminum) - 1995 - Remaster
  88. In Dulci Jubilo Old German Tune - Ed/Adpt. R. Jacques (1894-1969). Arr. R.L. de Pearsall (-1856)
  89. How far is it to Bethlehem?
  90. How far is it to Bethlehem? - 2004 - Remaster

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