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  Peter Davey    (b. 1967) Boy Soprano Soloist 
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Peter Davey Peter Davey was born in 1967. He won a Choral Scholarship to the Prebendal school in 1976 and was admitted as a Chorister at Chichester the following January. During his time as a Chorister he also studied the bassoon and piano at the Royal Academy of Music, having gained a scholarship to the Saturday school. He became a regular soloist at services in the cathedral and in 1981 was appointed Head Chorister.

A solo recording was recorded in July 1981 under the direction of the then Organist and Master of the Choristers, Alan Thurlow. This was followed by a tour of Michigan with the organist for the recording, Kenneth Sweetman. Peter also made several recordings and television appearances with the Cathedral Choir. He left the Cathedral later in 1981 and continued his education at St Paul's boys' school where he continued to sing in concerts as treble and then as a baritone. He went on to study bassoon and organ at the Royal College of Music.

Although no longer involved full time in music, Peter continues to take engagements singing and playing organ when time allows.
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Featured Recordings Compact | Full
Peter Davey - Head Chorister, Chichester Cathedral
Head Chorister, Chichester Cathedral (Alpha APS 325, LP) 1981
Featuring Peter Davey  
  1.   Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)  
  2.   I follow in Gladness (Bach)  
  3.   Evening Hymn (Purcell)  
  4.   For this my heart is faint (Walmisley)  
  5.   How beautiful are the feet (Handel)  
  6.    A hymn to God the father (Humfrey)  
  7.   Litany for the feast of All Souls (Schubert)  
  8.   Litany to the Holy Spirit (Hurford)  
  9.   Morning Has Broken  
10.   A New Year Carol (Britten)  
11.   O thou who camest from above (Wesley)  
12.   Pie Jesu (Faure)  
13.   En Priere (Faure)  
  Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod)
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Peter Davey - Once Were Christmas Angels
Once Were Christmas Angels (Griffin GCCD4057, CD) October 2006
Featuring Jeremy Bowyer   Ian Cooper   Michael Criswell   Peter Davey   Paul Dutton   David Elias   Christopher Harvey   Daniel Ludford-Thomas   James Lyle   Michael Mace   Owen Pugh   David Rees-Williams   Robin Walker   Peter White   Andrew Wicks  
The follow-up CD to "Once Were Angels".
  1.   Ding Dong, Merrily  
  2.   Silent Night  
  3.   Holly & the Ivy  
  4.   O Little Town of Bethlehem  
  5.   Walking in the Air  
  6.   See Amid the Winter Snow  
  7.   Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep  
  8.   Once in Royal David’s City  
  9.   Quem Pastores Laudavere  
10.   Born Today is a Holy Child  
11.   Sunny Bank (I Saw 3 Ships)  
12.   The Candlelight Carol  
13.   Away in a Manger  
14.   Lullay Lulow  
15.   Little Road to Bethlehem  
16.   King Jesus Hath a Garden  
17.   Christmas is Coming  
18.   All God’s Chillun’ (I got a Robe)  
19.   I Wonder as I Wander  
20.   Blessed Virgin’s Cradle Song  
21.   Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing day  
22.   Myn Lyking  
23.   Sweet Baby Sleep  
24.   Rejoice, The Lord is King  
25.   A New Year Carol  
Available at   Abergavenny Music
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Peter Davey - Once Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles
Once Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles (Griffin GCCD 4040, CD) April 2003
Featuring Robin Blaze   Jeremy Bowyer   Andrew Brough   Dara Carroll   Michael Criswell   Peter Davey   James Davis   Paul Dutton   Michael Ginn   Thomas Hunt   Daniel Ludford-Thomas   Christopher Smith   Andrew Wicks  
Compiled by Stephen Beet, Donald Hunt, Roger Fisher and Andrew Johnson for the record label Griffin. Includes a 16 page booklet with full biographical notes & pictures.

Harry Mudd, executive producer of Abbey Records and the associated Alpha Label, made an enourmous impact with his standalone recordings of choirs and boy soprano soloists in particular. This recording includes highlights from some of these soloists on CD for the first time.
  1.   Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams)   Soloist: Andrew Wicks
  2.   I will give my love an apple   Soloist: Paul Dutton
  3.   Alleluya (Mozart)   Soloist: Andrew Wicks
  4.   O for the wings of a dove (Mendelssohn)   Soloist: Michael Ginn with the Choir of the Temple Church, London
  5.   Lark in the clear air (Trad)   Soloist: Dara Carroll
  6.    Der Musensohn (Schubert)   Soloist: Andrew Wicks
  7.    Orpheus with his lute (Sullivan)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
  8.   Laudamus te (Vivaldi)   Soloists: Thomas Hunt and Paul Dutton
  9.   Happy, Iphis, shalt thou live (Handel) (L)   Soloist: Jeremy Bowyer
10.   Shepherd's Song (Elgar)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
11.   Pie Jesu (Faure)   Soloist: Dara Carroll
12.   Skye Boat Song (Trad)   Soloist: Dara Carroll
13.   Let us wander not unseen (Purcell)   Soloists: Andrew Brough and Christopher Smith
14.   Fear no more the heat o' the sun (Quilter)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
15.   A grateful heart (Plumstead)   Soloist: Daniel Ludford-Thomas
16.   A song of wisdom (Stanford)   Soloist: Daniel Ludford-Thomas
17.   Be not afraid (Schutz)   Soloist: Michael Criswell
18.   Harke, harke, the Lark (Trad.)   Soloist: Michael Criswell
19.   Agnus Dei (Mozart)   Soloist: James Davis
20.   En Priere (Faure)   Soloist: Peter Davey
21.   Evening Hymn (Purcell)   Soloist: Peter Davey
22.   Drop, drop slow tears (Gibbons)   Soloist: Robin Blaze
23.   I got me flowers (Vaughan Williams)   Soloist: Robin Blaze
24.   I know that my redeemer liveth (Handel)   Soloist: Paul Dutton
Available at   Abergavenny Music
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Peter Davey - O Praise God In His Holiness
O Praise God In His Holiness (Alpha APS 317, LP)
Featuring Chichester Cathedral Choir   Peter Davey   Iain Wicks  
  1.   Benedicte in A (Harris)  
  2.    Sacntus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei [Chichester Mass] (Albright)  
  3.   Out of the Deep (Batten)  
  4.   Jesu Salvator Saeculi, Verbum (Sheppard)  
  5.   The Souls of the Righteous (Murrill)  
  6.   Quid Retribuam Domino (Lioncourt)   Soloist: Iain Wicks
  7.   Beatus Vir (Carissimi)   Soloists: Iain Wicks and Peter Davey
  8.   Magnificat in D (Hawes)  
  9.   How Beautiful Upon the Mountains (Stainer)  
10.   Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord (Wise)   Soloists: Iain Wicks and Peter Davey
11.   All People Clap Your Hands (Weelkes)  
12.   In Pace (Blitheman)  
13.   Listen, Sweet Dove (Ives)  
14.   Behold, I Make All Things New (Rose)  
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