Tuesday 13th October 2026

V33-623

Title : A garland for the Queen : songs for mixed voices

Label : Columbia [1953]

Notes : To mark the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Performer(s) : Golden Age Singers, with Cambridge University Madrigal Society: Boris Ord; Soloists: Margaret Field-Hyde and Elsie Suddaby

Tracks 1 : Aubade / Arthur Bliss : : : Cambridge University Madrigal Society: Boris Ord. Soloists: Margaret Field-Hyde and Elsie Suddaby
[Words by Henry Reed (1914-]
    => Composer(s) / Arranger(s):  Arthur Bliss
    => Performer(s):  Boris Ord,  Margaret Field-Hyde,  Elsie Suddaby
    => Ensemble(s):  Cambridge University Madrigal Society

Tracks 2 : What is it like to be young and fair? / Arnold Bax : : : Golden Age Singers, with Cambridge University Madrigal Society: Boris Ord
[Words by Clifford Bax (1886-]
    => Composer(s) / Arranger(s):  Arnold Bax
    => Performer(s):  Boris Ord
    => Ensemble(s):  Cambridge University Madrigal Society,  Golden Age Singers

Tracks 3 : Dance, clarion air / Michael Tippett : : : Cambridge University Madrigal Society: Boris Ord
[Words by Christopher Fry (1907-]
    => Composer(s) / Arranger(s):  Michael Tippett
    => Performer(s):  Boris Ord
    => Ensemble(s):  Cambridge University Madrigal Society

Tracks 4 : Silence and music / Ralph Vaughan-Williams : : : Cambridge University Madrigal Society: Boris Ord
[Words by Ursula Wood (1911-]
    => Composer(s) / Arranger(s):  Ralph Vaughan-Williams
    => Performer(s):  Boris Ord
    => Ensemble(s):  Cambridge University Madrigal Society

Tracks 5 : Spring at this hour / Lennox Berkeley : : : Cambridge University Madrigal Society: Boris Ord
[Words by Paul Dehn (1912-]
    => Composer(s) / Arranger(s):  Lennox Berkeley
    => Performer(s):  Boris Ord
    => Ensemble(s):  Cambridge University Madrigal Society

Tracks 6 : The hills / John Ireland : : : Cambridge University Madrigal Society: Boris Ord
[Words by James Kirkup (1923-]
    => Composer(s) / Arranger(s):  John Ireland
    => Performer(s):  Boris Ord
    => Ensemble(s):  Cambridge University Madrigal Society

Tracks 7 : Inheritance / Herbert Howells : : : Golden Age Singers, with Cambridge University Madrigal Society: Boris Ord
[Words by Walter de la Mare (1873-]
    => Composer(s) / Arranger(s):  Herbert Howells
    => Performer(s):  Boris Ord
    => Ensemble(s):  Cambridge University Madrigal Society,  Golden Age Singers

Tracks 8 : White flowering days / Gerald Finzi : : : Golden Age Singers, with Cambridge University Madrigal Society: Boris Ord
[Words by Edmund Blunden (1896-]
    => Composer(s) / Arranger(s):  Gerald Finzi
    => Performer(s):  Boris Ord
    => Ensemble(s):  Cambridge University Madrigal Society,  Golden Age Singers

Tracks 9 : Canzonet / Alan Rawsthorne : : : Cambridge University Madrigal Society: Boris Ord. Soloist: Margaret Field-Hyde
[Words by Louis MacNeice (1907-]
    => Composer(s) / Arranger(s):  Alan Rawsthorne
    => Performer(s):  Boris Ord,  Margaret Field-Hyde
    => Ensemble(s):  Cambridge University Madrigal Society

Tracks 10 : Salutation / Edmund Rubbra : : : Cambridge University Madrigal Society: Boris Ord
[Words by Christopher Hassall (1912-]
    => Composer(s) / Arranger(s):  Edmund Rubbra
    => Performer(s):  Boris Ord
    => Ensemble(s):  Cambridge University Madrigal Society

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