Fancies

Fancies: Five Childhood Lyrics, When Icicles Hang, Suite Antique, Fancies

Studio album by John Rutter, Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia

Released

June 2005

Recorded

Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree 1991

Genre

Classical

Length

64:42

John Rutter, Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia chronology

Fancies
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Fancies is a cycle of six choral settings by John Rutter, created around whimsical themes and based on text from poets such as Shakespeare, Thomas Campion (1567–1620), Edward Lear (1812–1888) and others. The collection was originally written in 1971 and remastered in 2005.^[1]

Track listing

Fancies – for choir and chamber orchestra^[2]

(1) Tell me, where is fancy bred – 1:44

(2) There is a garden in her face – 3:52

(3) The urchins' song – 2:00

(4) Riddle song – 3:13

(5) Midnight's bell – 2:16

(6) The bellman's song – 2:45

Baritone solo: Simon Davies

Suite Antique - for flute, harpsichord and strings By John Rutter Flute: Duke Dobing, Harpsichord: Wayne Marshall

(1) Prelude – 3:20

(2) Ostinato – 1:37

(3) Aria – 3:03

(4) Waltz – 3:02

(5)Chanson – 3:10

(6) Rondeau – 2:43

Five Childhood Lyrics – for unaccompanied choir By John Rutter

(1) Monday's child – 2:53

(2) The owl and the pussy-cat – 1:42

(3) Windy nights – 1:08

(4) Matthew, Mark, Luke and John – 1:46

Soprano solo: Caroline Ashton

(5) Sing a song of sixpence 1:42

When Icicles Hang – for choir and orchestra^[3] By John Rutter

(1) Icicles – 3:54

(2) Winter nights – 2:30

(3) Good ale – 2:43

(4) Blow, blow, thou winter wind – 3:52

(5) Winter awakeneth all my care – 5:53

Tenor solo: Nicholas Wilson, Flute: Duke Dobing

(6) Hay, ay – 2:21^[4]

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