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  Freddy de Rivaz    (b. December 1991) Boy Soprano Soloist 
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Freddy de Rivaz Freddy de Rivaz was born in St Albans, England in December 1991. In 1999 he joined the choir of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Albans under Andrew Lucas, Master of the Music. In 2004 he was selected to perform in the children's chorus in the opera "The Little Prince" with music by Rachel Portman, which starred Joseph McManners.

Freddy's father, Tony de Rivaz, also sang with St. Alban's Cathedral Choir as a counter-tenor.
Related Sites
BCSD: George Longworth
George sang with Freddy in the Children's Chorus of The Little Prince.
BCSD: Joseph McManners
BCSD: St. Alban's Cathedral Choir

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Featured Recordings Compact | Full
Freddy de Rivaz - God Be In My Head
God Be In My Head (Guild GMCD 7308, CD) August 2006
Featuring Freddy de Rivaz  
Recorded in St Albans Cathedral with organ & piano accompaniments in July & October 2005 when Freddy was 13. Total time 38 min.
  1.   God Be In My Head (Walford Davies) (L)  
  2.   The Birds Lament (Rodney Bennett) (L)  
  3.   O Misterium Ineffabile (Lallouette) (L)  
  4.   Let Him Who Seeks (Shepherd) (L)  
  5.   A Hymn to God the Father (Humfrey) (L)  
  6.   Balulalow (Cradle Song) (Warlock) (L)  
  7.   Alma del Core (Caldara) (L)   from the opera "La costanza in amor vince l'inganno"
  8.   An Evening Hymn (Clarke) (L)  
  9.   Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) (L)  
10.   Litany of the Holy Spirit (Hurford) (L)  
11.   That Yonge Child (Britten) (L)  
12.   Pie Jesu (Faure's Requiem) (L)  
13.   Skye Boat Song (Sharpe) (L)   (The booklet text is not as sung.)
14.   Hear My Prayer (excerpt) (Mendelssohn) (L)   Recitative "My heart is sorely pained" plus "O for the wings of a dove".
15.   The Salley Gardens (arr. Britten) (L)  
16.   In Trutina (Orff) (L)   From "Carmina Burana"
Available at   Guild GmbH For audio excerpts, booklet notes & ordering (UK orders despatched from Colchester).
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