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The Lord is my Shepherd by Stanford
Anthem by Charles Villiers Stanford
The Lord is my shepherd : therefore can I lack nothing.
He shall feed me in a green pasture : and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
He shall convert my soul : and shall bring me forth in the paths of righte... moreAnthem by Charles Villiers Stanford
The Lord is my shepherd : therefore can I lack nothing.
He shall feed me in a green pasture : and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
He shall convert my soul : and shall bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for his Name's sake.
Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
Thou shalt prepare a table before me 'gainst them that trouble me : thou anointedst my head with oil, and my cup shall be full.
But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life : and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
For Thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
(Psalm 23)
Sung at Canterbury Cathedral during our Royal School of Church Music Summer Course in 1986, under Martin How.
I (David W Solomons) was one of the altos.
John Huntley - a fellow alto - recorded this performance.
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God Bless the Master-Folk Songs of the Four Seasons - Winter by Ralph Vaughan Williams, SATB & orch.
Rachel L. Jackson, Minister of Music. conducts the Fremont Presbyterian Choir and Orchestra. Sacramento, California, December 10, 2022.
Arranged for SATB by John Whittaker
From FOLKSONGS OF THE FOUR SEASONS - IV. WINTER (1949, arr. 2020)
CELEBRATIN... moreRachel L. Jackson, Minister of Music. conducts the Fremont Presbyterian Choir and Orchestra. Sacramento, California, December 10, 2022.
Arranged for SATB by John Whittaker
From FOLKSONGS OF THE FOUR SEASONS - IV. WINTER (1949, arr. 2020)
CELEBRATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF RALPH VAUGHN WILLIAMS
Instructed by the greats including Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and friend Gustav Holtz, Composer Ralph Vaughn Williams was one of the first to gather folk songs and carols from around the countryside of England in the early 20th century. He found his identity as a National composer with his synthesis of folk music, classical training and the experience gained as Musical Editor of the English Hymnal. Composed over the span of four decades culminating in 1949, Folksongs of the Four Seasons is a cantata of 16 songs commissioned by The Women’s Institute; four for each season. The Winter section take the listener on a journey through the Christmas practices of the working poor in Victorian England.
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O Virgo Virginum (an Advent anthem)
This is a setting of a poem by The Reverend Doctor Malcolm Guite, Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge,with his permission.
The poem is a response to the 8th "O Antiphon" for Advent
O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be?
For neither before thee was an... moreThis is a setting of a poem by The Reverend Doctor Malcolm Guite, Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge,with his permission.
The poem is a response to the 8th "O Antiphon" for Advent
O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be?
For neither before thee was any like thee, nor shall there be after.
Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me?
The thing which ye behold is a divine mystery.
Who are the daughters of Jerusalem,
Who glimpse you still as you transform their seeing?
Whom have you called to this mysterium,
And bathed in the blithe fountain of your being?
Daughters of sorrow, daughters of despair,
The cast-aside, the overlooked, the spurned
The broken girls who scarcely breathe a prayer
The ones whose love has never been returned.
O Maid amongst the maidens, turn your face,
For when we glimpse you we are not alone,
O look us out of grief and into grace,
Lift us in love made stronger than our own,
Summon the spring in our worst wilderness,
And make us fruitful in your fruitfulness. less