Composer | Conductor
SATB
c. 2’45”
Let every knee bend before thee,
O greatness of my God,
so supremely humbled in the Sacred Host.
May every heart love thee,
every spirit adore thee,
every will be subject to thee!
Margaret Mary Alcoque (1647-1690)
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SATB with Alto Solo
c. 2’15”
Karitas habundat in omnia,
de imis excellentissima super sidera
atque amantissima in omnia,
quia summo regi osculum pacis dedit.
Love abounds in everything,
From the lowest depths to the highest stars,
And is loving to all,
For the supreme King gave a kiss of peace.
Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179)
Translation by Carol Anne Perry Lagemann
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SATB with Soprano Solo, splits up to SSAATTBB
c. 4’50”
In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago.
Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign.
In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.
Enough for Him, whom cherubim, worship night and day,
Breastful of milk, and a mangerful of hay;
Enough for Him, whom angels fall before,
The ox and ass and camel which adore.
Angels and archangels may have gathered there,
Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air;
But His mother only, in her maiden bliss,
Worshipped the beloved with a kiss.
What can I give Him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;
If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part;
Yet what I can I give Him: give my heart.
Christina Rossetti (1830—1894)
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SATB, splits up to SSAATB
c. 3′
If ye love me, keep my commandments,
And I will pray the father,
And he shall give you another comforter,
That he may abide with you forever,
E’en the spirit of truth.
That he may abide with you forever,
E’en the spirit of truth.
John 14:15-17
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SATB, splits up to SSATB
c. 4′
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Come unto Me and rest;
Lay down, O weary one, lay down
Thy head upon My breast.”
I came to Jesus as I was,
Weary, and worn, and sad;
I found in him a resting-place,
And he has made me glad.
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Behold, I freely give
The living water; thirsty one,
Stoop down, and drink, and live.”
I came to Jesus, and I drank
Of that life-giving stream;
My thirst was quench’d, my soul revived,
And now I live in him.
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“I am this dark world’s Light;
Look unto me, your morn shall rise,
And all your day be bright.”
I looked to Jesus, and I found
In him my Star, my Sun;
And in that Light of life I’ll walk,
Till trav’ling days are done.
Horatius Bonar (1808–1889)
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SATB, splits up to SATTB
c. 3′
I am
for all eternity
the vigor of the God-head.
I do not have my source in time.
I am
the divine power
through which God decided and sanctioned the creation of all things.
I am
the reflection of providence for all.
I am
the resounding Word,
the It-Shall-Be
that I intone
with mighty power
from which all the world proceeds.
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
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SATB, splits up to SSAATTBB
c. 2’40”
Holy is the True Light, and passing wonderful,
lending radiance to them that endured in the heat of the conflict,
from Christ they inherit a home of unfading splendour,
wherein they rejoice with gladness evermore.
Alleluia!
G. H. Palmer, from the Salisbury Diurnal
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This is an arrangement of the setting by John Stainer (1840-1901).
SATB
c. 5’30”
Commissioned by Joe Cryan and St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, for performance alongside Stainer’s Crucifixion
God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whoso believeth in Him,
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through Him might be saved.
John 3:16-17
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SATB, splits up to SSAATTB
c. 4’20”
Commissioned for Patrick Laban
God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
Come and see what the Lord has done. He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth, he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
He says, ‘Be still and know that I am God.’
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Psalm 46:1-3, 8-10
Colossians 3:12
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SATB, splits up to SSAATBB
c. 4’40”
Commissioned for Raymond Warren and in memory of Roberta Warren, for a service of Choral Evensong celebrating 50 years of the Organ Scholarship at St Paul’s Church, Clifton
Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing.
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things
Whoever has God lacks nothing.
God is enough.
St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
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