Andrew Wicks

treble boy soprano

Andrew Wicks was born in 1963. He joined the Choir of Chichester Cathedral in 1971 and became head chorister in 1975. In addition to the services in the Cathedral he has sung with the Academy of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields. Andrew's two solo concerts with John Birch, organ and piano, in the Cathedral's lunchtime series were very well received by the press and attracted record attendances. Six of the items on this disc were recorded during these concerts. Besides his singing, Andrew Wicks plays the trumpet and in less serious moments the guitar and ukelele!

Andrew Wicks ( Andrew MacKenzie-Wicks) is now a tenor. He became a choraL scholar at Durham and studied singing and performance at the Royal Northern College of Music.

Andrew MacKenzie-Wicks (Tenor) - Short Biography

Three songs by Andrew Wicks can be found on the compilation CD 'Once were angels'

1. Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams)
3. Alleluya (Mozart)
6. Der Musensohn (Schubert)

Andrew Wicks
In Choir and Concert at Chichester Cathedral (1976)
(Abbey LPB 775, LP) John Birch plays piano and organ. Chichester Cathedral Choir directed by John Birch.
1 - I Will Sing a New Song (Dvorak)
2 - Cradlesong: Maria Wiegenlied (Reger)
3 - Cradlesong: Zum Schlafen (Reger)
4 - Magnificat in G (C V Stanford)
5 - With Verdure Clad (Haydn)
6 - Heidenroslein (Schubert)
7 - An Die Musik (Schubert)
8 - Die Forelle (Schubert)
9 - Hear Ye, Israel (Mendelssohn)
10 - Hear My Prayer - O For the Wings of a Dove (Mendelssohn)
11 - Alleluya (from Mozart's Exsultate, Jubilate)

Andrew Wicks
Chichester Cathedral Chorister (1977)
Label - Abbey LPB 778 ( LP )

1 - The Shepherd on the Rock (Schubert)
2 - The Lark in the Clear Air (Irish Air arr. Phyllis Tate)
3 - Faery Song (from Bougton's The Immortal Hour)
4 - The Birds (Britten)
5 - The Monkey's Carol (Stanford)
6 - Trottin' to the Fair (Irish Melody arr. Stanford)
7 - Zwiegesang (Spohr)
8 - Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams)
9 - Horsch, Horsch, Die Lerch (Schubert)
10 - Der Musensohn (Schubert)
11 - Lachen und Weinen (Schubert)
12 - The Lass with the Delicate Air (Arne)
13 - The Tailor and the Mouse (trad. English)
14 - Voi Che Sapete (from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro)