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While Shepherds Watched

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks

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  • 1990
  • 3:12
  • 144 BPM · F# major

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  1. Released on London Classics, also La traviata: Atto I. “Libiamo ne’lieti calici” (Brindisi) (London Opera Chorus), Martha: “M’apparì tutt’amor” (Luciano Pavarotti) and Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Luciano Pavarotti)

  2. Written by Nahum Tate, also Dido and Aeneas: Act III. “Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me” (Dido) / “When I am laid in earth” (Dido) (Anne Sofie von Otter), While Shepherds Watched (Descant Willcocks) and Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Bid the Virtues (Sir Thomas Allen)

  3. Part of The World of Christmas, also In Dulci Jubilo, Past Three O'Clock and See Amid the Winter's Snow

  4. Written by Christopher Tye, also ln Nomine Crye (Il Giardino Armonico), Farwell My Good I. Forever (Kronos Quartet) and Rachell’s Weepinge (Kronos Quartet)

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Written by
Christopher Tye and Nahum Tate
Performed by
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Part of
The World of Christmas
Released on
London Classics

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  1. 1MusicBrainz While Shepherds Watched was performed by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

    While Shepherds Watched was performed by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz While Shepherds Watched was written by Christopher Tye

    While Shepherds Watched was written by Christopher Tye

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz While Shepherds Watched was written by Nahum Tate

    While Shepherds Watched was written by Nahum Tate

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz While Shepherds Watched is part of the release The World of Christmas

    While Shepherds Watched is part of the release The World of Christmas

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz London Classics is the label of the song While Shepherds Watched

    London Classics is the label of the song While Shepherds Watched

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz While Shepherds Watched was released on 1990

    While Shepherds Watched was released on 1990

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026