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The Choir of St. Georges
Chapel, Windsor is located on the outskirts of London and is part of
Windsor Castle and its grounds which are owned by the Queen. The choir
was founded in 1348. The
choir consists of 23 choristers (trebles) and 4 each of altos, tenors
and bases (lay-clerks). The boys go to St George's School, within the
grounds of Windsor castle. The choir sings a daily service, and
the annual Service of the Order of the Garter in addition to
other Royal and State services such as weddings and memorial services
for less important members of the Royal Family. The choir usually gives
one of the principal concerts in the Windsor Festival. Their current
director is Timothy Byram-Wigfield For
details of organists and history of the choir prior to 1974 read the article 1 which is from the
out of print recording '500 years at St. Georges'. In the mid twenties
and early 30s the choir recorded a number of 78s under Edmund Fellowes
which are now available on CD. See
Discography for more details. The
Choir now has an
official website and there is one for the school
which contains many multimedia clips from the choirboys about their
daily routine and what they get up to. Music
- Many of St. George's past organists, such as Richard
Farrant, William Harris, Sidney Campbell have composed music
for the choir Highly recommended is a CD
re-released in 1995 on the Guild label which is called "The Glory of St George's"
and is still available. NEW
RELEASE - There is also a release of an album of treble solos by the
head chorister (1997) Richard
Birchall and two recent releases by the choir shown below.
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