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David Willcocks

David Willcocks has been played on NTS shows including Throwing Shade, with This Little Babe first played on 11 December 2013.

Sir David Valentine Willcocks CBE MC (born 30 December 1919) is a British choral conductor, organist, and composer. His son, Jonathan Willcocks, is also a composer.

Born in Newquay in Cornwall, he began his musical training as a chorister at Westminster Abbey from 1929 to 1934. From 1934 to 1938, he was a music scholar at Clifton College, Bristol, before his appointment as organ scholar at King's College, Cambridge.

After WWII he returned to Cambridge in 1945 to complete his studies, and in 1947 was elected…

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This Little Babe
Britten, King's College Choir, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Philip Ledger
Angel Records1987
This Little Babe
Britten, King's College Choir, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Philip LedgerAngel Records1987
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Introit
Fauré, Duruflé, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Chilcott, John Carol Case, Janet Baker, Stephen Roberts, Choir Of King's College, Cambridge, New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Butt
EMI Classics2007
Introit
Fauré, Duruflé, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Chilcott, John Carol Case, Janet Baker, Stephen Roberts, Choir Of King's College, Cambridge, New Philharmonia Orchestra, John ButtEMI Classics2007
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O Nata Lux
Tallis, The Choir Of King's College Cambridge, C.U.M.S. Chorus, David Willcocks
Argo1965
O Nata Lux
Tallis, The Choir Of King's College Cambridge, C.U.M.S. Chorus, David WillcocksArgo1965
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Spem In Alium (40-Part Motet)
Tallis, The Choir Of King's College Cambridge, C.U.M.S. Chorus, David Willcocks
Argo1965
Spem In Alium (40-Part Motet)
Tallis, The Choir Of King's College Cambridge, C.U.M.S. Chorus, David WillcocksArgo1965
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Fantasia On Christmas Carols
Vaughan Williams, Dame Janet Baker, Richard Lewis, John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, Choristers Of Westminster Abbey, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, John Barrow, Choir Of Guildford Cathedral, Barry Rose
EMI Studio DRM1988
Fantasia On Christmas Carols
Vaughan Williams, Dame Janet Baker, Richard Lewis, John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, Choristers Of Westminster Abbey, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, John Barrow, Choir Of Guildford Cathedral, Barry RoseEMI Studio DRM1988
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