Choirs of Jesus College Cambridge - Londonderry Air (arr. Bob Chilcott) video free download


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Duration: 03:36
Uploaded: 2011/01/08

The combined choirs of Jesus College Cambridge, directed by Mark Williams, delight American audiences during their US tour. Here they perform Bob Chilcott's arrangement of the traditional tune "Londonderry Air" (also known as O Danny Boy) in Old Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia. Chilcott's website: http://www.bobchilcott.com/

Thank you to all those who helped support the tour, including Hilditch & Key (http://hilditchandkey.co.uk ), J. Hudleston and J. and B. Glynn, and numerous other individuals.

Special thanks goes to ACFEA Tour Consultants (http://acfea.com/ ) and the University of Virginia (http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/ ) for helping to coordinate the performance which benefited the PACEM homeless shelter's holiday operations (http://pacemshelter.org/ ).

To learn more about the Choirs of Jesus College Cambridge, visit: http://chapel.jesus.cam.ac.uk/choirs/index.html

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9 years ago

YourAccompanist.com

'Londonderry Air' arr. Bob Chilcott Sung by the combined choirs of Jesus College, Cambridge.

9 years ago

Your Accompanist

'Londonderry Air' arr. Bob Chilcott Sung by the combined choirs of Jesus College, Cambridge.

9 years ago

bigvoicemovie

A wonderful version of Danny boy.

10 years ago

FlyingElectric

This is one of the songs we're playing in band! I love this song.

10 years ago

xetalq

'Londonderry Air' is the title of the music (which dates back to at least 1792), and 'Danny Boy' a set of popular lyrics which were set to the tune many years after it was composed. The words of 'Danny Boy' were composed in 1910, by the English lawyer, Frederick Edward Weatherly.

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