While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night (Winchester Old)

~ Recording by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
6.2While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night (Winchester Old)2:51Choir of King’s College, CambridgeBest Hymns 100Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2011-03-29
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)50999 0 97563 2 8

Relationships

organ:John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:Sir David Willcocks
recorded at:King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester Old version) (on 1969-07-29)

While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester Old version)

lyricist:Nahum Tate
composer:Christopher Tye
arranger:George Kirbye
later translated versions:Eņģeļa vēsts (Reiz ganiem lopus sargājot...)
later versions:While shepherds watched (descant Marlow)
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Andrew Peterson version)
is based on:Song of the Angels, at the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour
Winchester Old
is the basis for:While Shepherds Watched
arrangements:While Shepherds Watched (desc. Willcocks)
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (desc. Cleobury)