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NAXOS During his tenure as Organist at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, William Henry Harris composed NAXOS much music for choir and for organ solo as well as larger pieces for the Three Choirs Festival and two premières at the London Proms. In addition to music previously unrecorded, this disc includes Harris’ two best known works: Faire is the heav’n, and Bring us O Lord God, both pinnacles of twentieth- century English Church Music, recorded in the Chapel by the Choir of boys and men with which he i ILA ER HARRIS: WILLIAM HENRY Sir was associated for almost thirty years. 8570148 HARRIS: WILLIAM HENRY Sir Sir William Henry DDD Playing Time HARRIS 65:45

(1883-1973) 7 where indicated by * Anthems 47313 1 O hearken thou 2:32 2 Strengthen ye the weak hands 7:47 3 Faire is the heav’n 5:47 01487 4 Love of love 5:43 5 King of glory 5:24

6 Praise the Lord 10:30 3

7 The night is come * 10:23 www.naxos.com Made in Canada http://www.naxos.com/libretti/570148.htm Includes sung texts, which are also available at: Booklet notes in English

8 The shepherd-men * 2:50 &

9 O joyful light 4:45 Choral Music Choral Music 0 From a heart made whole 3:23 2006 Naxos Rights International Ltd. ! I said to the man * 2:20 @ Bring us, O Lord God 4:24 Choir of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle • Roger Judd, Organ Timothy Byram-Wigfield, Director

Publishers: Chester Novello (track 1, 2, 6 and 12) • Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd. (tracks 3 and 7) Oxford University Press (tracks 4, 5, 9, 10 and 11) • Stainer & Bell Ltd. (track 8) 8570148 Recorded in St George’s Chapel, Windsor from 23rd to 25th January, 2006 (by kind permission of the Dean 8570148 and Canons of Windsor) • Producer: Anna Barry • Engineer: Mike Hatch • Booklet Notes: Alastair Sampson Cover photograph: St George’s Chapel, Windsor, from the South West (by kind permission of the Dean and Canons of Windsor and Jarrold Publishing) This recording was sponsored by Windsor Festival in partnership with Honda