PSALMS AND MOTETS FOR REFLECTION Tavener • Stainer • Poulenc • Stanford • MacMillan Choir of St John’s, Elora Michael Bloss, Organ • Noel Edison PSALMS AND MOTETS FOR REFLECTION PSALMS AND MOTETS FOR REFLECTION Tavener • Stainer • Poulenc • Stanford • MacMillan Tavener • Stainer • Poulenc • Stanford • MacMillan The Psalms have for long formed an important element in professor at Oxford. He became the first principal of the 1 William CROTCH (1775–1847): 0 Francis POULENC: Jewish and Christian worship, from the chanting of Levites Royal Academy of Music in 1822, resigning ten years Psalm 47 * 2:53 4 Motets pour un temps de penitence, FP 97 3:02 in the Temple and the continuing rites of the synagogue to later, to enjoy retirement until his death in 1847. He did No. 1 Timor et Tremor (1939) the Divine Office of Catholic practice and the customs of much to bring about a revival in English church music, and 2 Johannes ECCARD (1553–1611): Protestant churches and chapels. In the Catholic Mass, his compositions include oratorios, anthems and psalm Maria wallt zum Heiligtum 3:51 ! Sir Ivor ATKINS: Psalm 96 * 3:46 the principal act of worship, fragments of the Psalms chants, many of which remain part of English cathedral (When to the Temple Mary went) appear as graduals and antiphons, while the Reformers of repertoire. the sixteenth century tended to revert to a wider use of Johannes Eccard, born in Mühlhausen in 1553, @ Sir Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852–1924): Psalms, following the apparent practice of early served in the court chapels of Weimar, Bavaria and 3 James MACMILLAN (b. 1959): Te Deum laudamus in B flat * 7:06 Christians. Musical settings of the Psalms in the Roman Brandenburg, finally as Kapellmeister in Berlin. His Maria A New Song (Words from Psalm 96) (1997) * 5:37 Catholic Western Church were largely plainchant, wallt zum Heiligtum (When to the Temple Mary went) is a # Sir John STAINER (1840–1901): although texts from the Psalms also provided words for six-part motet, celebrating the Feast of the Purification, 4 Sir Ivor ATKINS (1869–1953): God so loved the world 3:24 polyphonic treatment. In the tradition developed in the when Christ was brought to the Temple by his mother, to Psalm 2 * 3:33 (from The Crucifixion) (1887) Church of England Psalms came to be sung to what be greeted by Simeon, with the words familiar from the became known as Anglican chant. The varying length of Nunc dimittis. 5 John TAVENER (b. 1944): $ Stephen PAULUS (b. 1949): lines in the Psalm texts demanded a certain elasticity in A New Song by the Catholic Scottish composer The Lamb (1982) 2:55 Pilgrimsʼ Hymn 3:36 the length of the corresponding music. This was met in James MacMillan was commissioned for the choir of St (from The Three Hermits) (1997) Roman Catholic usage by a reciting note of variable Brideʼs Episcopal Church in Glasgow. The words are 6 Francis POULENC (1899–1963): length and in the Church of England either by a translation taken from Psalm 96 and the meditative setting brings 4 Motets pour un temps de penitence, FP 97 3:50 % Sir Ivor ATKINS: Psalm 107 * 4:24 of Roman usage or by a harmonized single or double with it musical turns of phrase that suggest Scottish No. 2 Vinea mea electa (1938) chant. It might be added that traditional musical training musical traditions. ^ Edward CUTLER (1831–1916): Psalm 27 * 4:49 often involved a novice in the composition of single and Ivor Atkins represents Anglican musical traditions in 7 Barry ROSE (b. 1934): then double chants, leading finally to the summit of such his training and his compositions. He served his Psalm 121 (1996) * 2:29 & Jonathan HARVEY (1939–2012): achievement, the hymn tune. apprenticeship as assistant organist at Truro and Hereford Remember, O Lord (2003) 3:04 The sources of the translations of the Psalms used in Cathedrals, before appointment as organist at St 8 Thomas HANFORTH (1867–1948): the present recording vary slightly. Over the years there Lawrenceʼs in Ludlow. In 1897 he was appointed to Psalm 145 * 5:23 * George COOPER (1820–1876): have been revisions in the Latin Psalms and changes in Worcester Cathedral, where he remained until 1950, Psalm 19 * 4:33 English translations, in Anglican usage between the closely involved with the Three Choirs Festival celebrated 9 Paul HALLEY (b. 1952): Authorised Version of The Bible and the Book of Common at the cathedrals of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford Christ, whose glory fills the skies (2005) * 5:04 Prayer, and subsequent adjustments. Metrical Psalms in turn. His commitment to the West Country brought (Melody from “Geystliche gesangk Buchleyn, 1524) have had their own place and history, particularly in collaboration with Elgar. Atkins was knighted in 1921 and (commissioned by Noel Edison and the choir Scotland, where Calvinism dominated religious thinking is here represented by settings of Psalms 2, 96 and 107. of St. Johnʼs, 2005) after the Reformation of 1560. In whatever version, John Tavener has been strongly influenced by however, the Psalms remain a basic element in worship. Eastern Christianity and became a member of the Choir of St Johnʼs, Elora Psalm 47, O clap your hands together (Omnes Orthodox Church in 1977. His setting of William Blakeʼs Michael Bloss, Organ * • Noel Edison, Director gentes, plaudite) opens the present recording in a setting The Lamb was written in 1982 for the third birthday of his by William Crotch. He was born in Norwich in 1775 and in nephew. It gently matches Blakeʼs familiar words. childhood was an infant phenomenon, his promise not The French composer Francis Poulencʼs Quatre Publishers: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd. (2, 3); Chester Music (5); Editions Salabert (6, 0) fully realised in later life. He took his doctorate at Oxford, motets pour un temps de pénitence (Four Motets for a Oxford University Press (7); Paul Halley - pelagosmusic.com (9); Novello & Co. (@); Warner Bros. Publications (#) where he served as organist at the University Church until Time of Penitence) were written in 1938 and 1939 after Paulus Publications (www.stephenpaulus.com) ($); Faber Music Ltd. (&) 1806, when he moved to London, still retaining his title as the composerʼs return to the Catholic faith in which he had been raised. The death of a friend, the young composer where he served first as organist at Trinity College and Choir of St Johnʼs, Elora Pierre-Octave Ferroud, in a car accident in 1936 from 1887 as Professor of Music, while in London he contributed to this reconversion, together with a visit to the shared the position of Professor of Composition at the According to the communityʼs Elora Express, St Johnʼs Choir attracted local attention for its singing in the late 19th pilgrimage church of Notre Dame de Rocamadour, which newly established Royal College of Music with Hubert century. That choral tradition was revived in 1965 with the appointment of Shirley MacRae, as choral director, by Canon had a more immediate result in his Litanies à la vierge Parry. Both were influential teachers and both were Robert Hulse. She was a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music at the University of Toronto and had studied noire (Litanies for the Black Virgin). The text of Vinea mea knighted. Stanford wrote a number of settings of the organ with Dr. Charles Peaker of St Paulʼs, Bloor Street, Toronto. Shirley started a youth choir that expanded into a electa is taken from a responsory in the First Nocturn of canticles used in Morning Prayer in the Anglican liturgy. Matins on Good Friday. Timor et tremor is taken from His Te Deum in B flat was part of his Op. 10 Morning, mixed choir as her music programme grew. In 1972, the Parish was instrumental in founding the present St Johnʼs- Psalm 54 in Catholic numbering, in the Protestant tradition Communion and Evening Services, written in 1879. Kilmarnock School. The Church and School shared music directors well into the 1980s. In 1977, Noel Edison was Psalm 55. Intended in the first instance for Trinity College, invited to lead the Parish Girls Choir. (Boys still sang the treble line in the Parish Choir.) In 1982, he assumed full The English organist and choir-trainer Barry Rose Cambridge, the whole cycle conceived on symphonic responsibility for the Parish music. Noel pressed Canon Robert Hulse to let the mixed choir evolve into a professional was appointed Master of Music at Guildford Cathedral at lines, the Te Deum was orchestrated by Stanford for the adult choir. The Canon believed that the Anglican Liturgy required the best possible choral music to accompany it, so the unusually early age of 25. In 1974 he became sub- coronation of Edward VII in 1902. he was a keen supporter. The nearby Universities of Laurier, Guelph and Waterloo provided potential members from organist at St Paulʼs Cathedral and later Master of the A chorister, as a boy, at St Paulʼs Cathedral, John amongst their music students and graduates. Thus, the present all professional, 22-member choir, continues under the Choir, involved there with a number of important royal Stainer became organist at Magdalen College, Oxford, direction of Dr. Noel Edison. During Noelʼs thirty year tenure the choir has undertaken two English expeditions, including occasions. He resigned in 1984, served in Canterbury and and University Organist, in 1872 moving to St Paulʼs stops at St Paulʼs Cathedral, Windsor Castle, Coventry and Canterbury Cathedrals. The choir tours locally in Canada then from 1988 to 1997 at St Albans Cathedral. His setting Cathedral. In 1888 he was knighted and the following year and the U.S. This recording marks the choirʼs fifth recording made for Naxos. of Psalm 121 makes a particularly moving and effective returned to Oxford. His compositions include oratorios, addition to English cathedral repertoire. cantatas and a quantity of other church music. His oratorio Soprano Alto Tenor Bass The Anglican tradition is strongly represented in the The Crucifixion, written in 1887, retains a place in popular Laurel Boytim Wendy Donohue Lanny Fleming Tom Agnew setting of Psalm 145 by Thomas William Hanforth, who seasonal church repertoire and includes God so loved the Sheila Dietrich Esther Farrell Marcus Kramer Peter Barr trained at York Minster, worked for a time in York and then world, a chorus often used in isolation as an anthem. Merry Anne Hutton Heather Fleming Bryan Rankine Michael Cressman took up an appointment in Sheffield at what was then the The prolific American composer Stephen Paulus Alyssa Kerfoot Lisa Jones Joel Vanderzee Brian Emery parish church. In 1914 a new diocese was created and the wrote his opera The Three Hermits for House of Hope Jill Ross Emily Petrenko Paul Ziade Paul Grambo church became Sheffield Cathedral, with Hanforth Presbyterian Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with a Kristen Rueb Catherine Robertson Jordan Stumpf continuing to serve as organist, as he had done since libretto by Michael Dennis Browne. The approachable 1892. nature of the composerʼs musical language is evident in Diana Skrzydlo The Australian composer Paul Halley takes us into a Pilgrimsʼ Hymn, an extract from the opera. new and evocative sound world. Self-taught as a Jonathan Harvey was among the leading British composer, he has drawn inspiration from a variety of composers of his generation. He studied at St Johnʼs sources, including the medieval and other musical College, Cambridge, and with Erwin Stein and Hans traditions. His setting of Christ whose glory fills the skies, Keller, and at Princeton was influenced by Milton Babbit. commissioned in 2005 by Noel Edison and St Johnʼs, His Remember, O Lord, was written to celebrate the takes its melodic source from the Geystliche gesangk fiftieth anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Buchleyn of 1524 by Johann Walter, the first Protestant The lawyer and organist Edward Cutler represents work of its kind, issued with an introduction by Martin the Anglican church music tradition in his chant for Psalm Luther, who made his own musical contributions to the 27, as does the nineteenth-century English church new vernacular liturgy. musician George Cooper, who followed his father as Music in Britain owes a great deal to Charles Villiers organist at St Paulʼs Cathedral in London, with his chant Stanford. Born in Dublin in 1852 into an Irish Protestant for Psalm 19. family, he made his career in England at Cambridge, Keith Anderson

Photograph: Sophie Hogan Michael Bloss PSALMS AND MOTETS FOR REFLECTION

Michael Bloss is a performer, educator and conductor. He has toured and performed Tavener • Stainer • Poulenc • Stanford • MacMillan at venues in Europe, Japan, and throughout North America. His United States 1 Psalm 47 Rejoicing but in thee; appearances include acclaimed recitals at the Cadet Chapel, West Point, the O clap your hands together, all ye peoples: And when we must from earth departure take, Cleveland Museum of Art, St Paulʼs Cathedral, Detroit as well as return engagements O sing unto God with the voice of melody. May gently fall asleep and with thee wake. at Chicagoʼs Fourth Presbyterian Church. Among a number of firsts for a Canadian For the Lord most high is to be feared: was the designation of Preisträger at the International Bach Competition in Leipzig, he is the great King over all the earth. 3 A New Song Germany, playing in Bachʼs own church. Bloss performs and has recorded extensively He subdued the peoples under us, Words from Psalm 96 and the nations under our feet. with the Elora Festival Singers and currently serves as Director of Music Ministries at He chose our heritage for us, O sing unto the Lord a new song, Christʼs Church Cathedral, Hamilton. even the glorious land of Jacob whom he loved. sing unto the Lord all the whole earth. God is gone up with a merry noise, Sing unto the Lord and praise His Name, and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet. be telling of His salvation from day to day. O sing praises, sing praises unto our God: For He cometh to judge the earth, O sing praises, sing praises unto our King. and with righteousness to judge the world For God is the King of all the earth: and the people with His truth. sing ye praises with understanding. Photograph: Walcott Imaging God reigneth over the nations: 4 Psalm 2 God sitteth upon his holy throne. Why do the heathen so furiously rage together, The princes of the peoples are gathered together and why do the peoples imagine a vain thing? with the people of the God of Abraham: The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take Noel Edison For the rulers of the earth belong unto God; counsel together, against the Lord he is the very highly exalted. and against his Anointed. Noel Edison serves as Organist and Choirmaster of St Johnʼs Anglican Church in Let us break their bonds asunder, Elora, one of the few fully professional church choirs in Canada. He is conductor and Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and cast away their cords from us. artistic director of two world-class Canadian ensembles, the large-scale Toronto and to the Holy Ghost. He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn; Mendelssohn Choir and the chamber-sized Elora Festival Singers, and is widely As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: the Lord shall have them in derision. recognized and appreciated for his skilful interpretive work with both choir and world without end. Amen. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. orchestra. In 2002 the University of Guelph conferred upon Noel Edison the Honorary 2 When to the Temple Mary went Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Sion. Degree of Doctor of Music. In 2009 he was appointed to the Order of Ontario, the John Troutbeck (1832-1899) I will tell of the decree of the Lord wherein he hath provinceʼs highest honour, and in 2012 he received the Queenʼs Diamond Jubilee said unto me: Thou art my Son; this day medal. When to the temple Mary went, have I begotten thee. And brought the holy child, Desire of me and I shall give thee the nations Him did the aged Simeon see, for thine inheritance, and the utmost parts As it had been revealed. of the earth for thy possession. He took up Jesus in his arms Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, And blessing God he said: and break them in pieces like a potterʼs vessel. In peace I now depart, my Saviour having seen, Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; be warned, Photograph: Sophie Hogan The hope of Israel, the light of men. ye that are judges of the earth. Help now thy servants, gracious Lord, Serve the Lord with fear, and bow down unto him That we may ever be with reverence. As once the faithful Simeon was, Lest he be angry and ye perish in the right way; for his wrath be quickly kindled. I guarded you with a hedge, long-suffering and of great goodness. Dayspring from on high, be near; Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. I removed the stones from around you, The Lord is loving unto every man Daystar, in my heart appear. I built a tower to watch over you. and his mercy is over all his works. Christ the Glory Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, All thy works praise thee, O Lord, Christ the Light and to the Holy Ghost. 7 Psalm 121 and thy saints give thank unto thee. Christ the Dayspring As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills They shew the glory of thy kingdom Christ the Sun. world without end. Amen. from whence cometh my help. and talk of thy power; My help cometh even from the Lord That thy power, thy glory and mightiness Dark and cheerless is the morn 5 The Lamb who hath made heaven and earth. of thy kingdom might be known unto men. unaccompanied by thee; William Blake (1757-1827) He will not suffer thy foot to be moved, Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, joyless is the dayʼs return, and he that keepeth thee will not sleep. and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages. till thy mercyʼs beams I see, Little Lamb who made thee? Behold, he that keepeth Israel The Lord upholdeth all such as fall till they inward light impart, Dost thou know who made thee? shall neither slumber nor sleep. and lifteth up all those that are down. glad my eyes, and warm my heart. Gave thee life & bid thee feed The Lord himself is thy keeper; The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord, By the stream & oʼer the mead; the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand. and thou givest them their meat in due season. Visit then this soul of mine! Gave thee clothing of delight, So that the sun shall not burn thee by day, Thou openest thine hand and fillest all things living Pierce the gloom of sin and grief! Softest clothing woolly bright; neither moon by night. with plenteousness. Fill me, Radiancy Divine; Gave thee such a tender voice, The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; The Lord is righteous in all his ways scatter all my unbelief; Making all the vales rejoice! yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul. and holy in all his works. more and more thyself display, Little Lamb who made thee? The Lord shall preserve thy going out The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him; shining to the perfect day. Dost thou know who made thee? and thy coming in from this time forth for evermore. yea, all such as call upon him faithfully. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; Christ the Glory Little Lamb Iʼll tell thee, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, he also will hear their cry and will help them. Christ the Light Little Lamb Iʼll tell thee! and to the Holy Ghost. The Lord preserveth all them that love him, Christ the Dayspring He is called by thy name, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: but scattereth abroad all the ungodly. Christ the Sun. For he calls himself a Lamb: world without end. Amen. My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord He is meek & he is mild, and let all flesh give thanks 0 Timor et Tremor He became a little child: 8 Psalm 145 unto his holy Name for ever and ever. Timor et tremor venerunt super me, I, a child & thou a lamb, I will magnify thee, O God my King, et caligo cecidit super me. Miserere mei, Domine, We are called by his name. and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, Miserere mei quoniam in te confidit anima mea. Little Lamb, God bless thee. Every day will I give thanks unto thee and to the Holy Ghost. Exaudi, Deus, deprecationem meam, Little Lamb, God bless thee. and praise thy Name for ever and ever. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: quia refugium meum es tu et adjutor fortis. Great is the Lord and marvellous worthy to be world without end. Amen. Domine, invocavi te, non confundar. 6 Vinea mea electa praised; there is no end of his greatness. Vinea mea electa, ego te plantavi: One generation shall praise thy works 9 Christ, whose glory fills the skies Fear and trembling have come upon me quomodo conversa es in amaritudinem, unto another and declare thy power. Charles Wesley (1707–1788) and darkness has seized my soul. ut me crucifigeres et Barrabam dimitteres. As for me, I will be talking of thy worship, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Sepivi te et lapides elegi ex te thy glory, thy praise and wondrous works; Daystar, in my heart appear. have mercy upon me, for in you have I put my trust. et aedificavi turrim. So that men shall speak of the might Christ, whose glory fills the skies, Hear my prayer, O my God, of thy marvellous acts, Christ the true, the only Light, for you are my refuge and my strong helper. You are my chosen vine and by my hand and I will also tell of thy greatness. Sun of Righteousness, arise! I have called upon you, O Lord, you were planted; The memorial of thine abundant kindness shall be Triumph oʼer the shades of night: that I not be confounded. how then have you become bitter? shewed, and men shall sing of thy righteousness. You crucified me and set Barabbas free. The Lord is gracious and merciful, ! Psalm 96 To thee Cherubin and Seraphin: continually do cry, They that wandered in the wilderness yet shall not my heart be afraid: and though there O sing unto the Lord a new song; Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Sabaoth; even in a desert place: rose up war against me, yet will I put my trust sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth. Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty: of thy glory. found no way to a city where men dwelt in him. Sing unto the Lord, and praise his Name; The glorious company of the Apostles: praise thee. Hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them. One thing have I desired of the Lord, be telling of his salvation from day to day. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets: praise thee. So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: which I will require: even that I may dwell in the Declare his honour among the nations The noble army of Martyrs: praise thee. and he delivered them from their distress. house of the Lord all the days of my life, and his wonders among all people. The holy Church throughout all the world: He led them forth by the right way: to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, For the Lord is great, and cannot worthily be praised; doth acknowledge thee; that they might go to a city where men dwelt. and to visit his temple. he is more to be feared than all gods. The Father: of an infinite Majesty; O that men would therefore praise the Lord For in the time of trouble he shall hide me As for all the gods of the peoples, they are but idols; Thine honourable, true: and only Son; for his goodness: and declare the wonders in his tabernacle: yea, in the secret place but it is the Lord that made the heavens. Also the Holy Ghost: the Comforter. that he doeth for the children of men! of his dwelling shall he hide me, a Honour and majesty are before him; Thou art the King of glory: O Christ. For he satisfieth the empty soul: and set me up upon a rock of stone. strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. Thou art the everlasting Son: of the Father. and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. And now shall my head be lifted up Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the peoples; When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man: They that sat in darkness, and the shadow of death: above mine enemies round about me. ascribe unto the Lord glory and power. thou didst not abhor the Virginʼs womb. were fast bound in misery and iron; Therefore will I offer in his dwelling Give unto the Lord the honour due unto his Name; When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death: Because they rebelled against the words of God: an oblation with great gladness: bring presents, and come into his courts. thou didst open the kingdom of heaven and lightly regarded the counsel of the most High; I will sing and speak praises unto the Lord. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; to all believers. He also brought down their heart with hard labour: Hearken unto my voice O Lord, when I cry unto thee: let the whole earth stand in awe of him. Thou sittest at the right hand of God: they fell down, and there was none to help them. have mercy upon me and hear me. Tell it out among the nations that the Lord is King; in the glory of the Father. So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: My heart hath talked with thee: ʻSeek ye my faceʼ; he hath made the round world so fast that it cannot We believe that thou shalt come: to be our Judge. and he delivered them from their distress. ʻThy face Lord will I seekʼ. be moved; We therefore pray thee, help thy servants: He brought them out of darkness, O hide not thy face from me: he shall judge the peoples righteously. whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. and out of the shadow of death: nor cast thy servant away in displeasure. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; Make them to be numbered with thy Saints: and brake their bonds in sunder. Thou hast been my succour: let the sea make a noise, and all that is therein. in glory everlasting. O that men would therefore praise the Lord leave me not, neither forsake me, Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it; O Lord, save thy people: and bless thine heritage. for his goodness: and declare the wonders O God of my salvation. then shall all the trees of the wood Govern them: and lift them up for ever. that he doeth for the children of men! When my father and my mother forsake me: rejoice before the Lord. Day by day: we magnify thee; For he hath broken the gates of brass: the Lord taketh me up. For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth, And we worship thy Name: ever world without end. and smitten the bars of iron in sunder. Teach me thy way, O Lord: and with righteousness to judge the world Vouchsafe, O Lord: to keep us this day without sin. and lead me in the right way, and the people with his truth. O Lord, have mercy upon us: have mercy upon us. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, because of mine enemies. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us: and to the Holy Ghost. Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, as our trust is in thee. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and to the Holy Ghost. O Lord, in thee have I trusted: world without end. Amen. and such as speak wrong. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: let me never be confounded. I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord world without end. Amen. ^ Psalm 27 in the land of the living. % Psalm 107 (Verses 1 - 16) The Lord is my light, and my salvation; O tarry thou the Lordʼs leisure: be strong, and let thy @ Te Deum laudamus O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: whom then shall I fear: the Lord is the strength heart take courage, and wait upon the Lord. We praise thee, O God: and his mercy endureth for ever. of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid? we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed: When the wicked came upon me to eat up my flesh, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, All the earth doth worship thee: and delivered from adversity; even mine enemies and my foes, and to the Holy Ghost. the Father everlasting. And gathered them out of the lands, they stumbled and fell. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: To thee all Angels cry aloud: from the east and from the west: Though an host of men were laid against me, world without end. Amen. the heavens and all the powers therein. from the north and from the south. & Remember, O Lord The precepts of the Lord are right and rejoice Armitage Robinson (1858-1933) the heart: the commandment of the Lord Choral elements from Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and medieval traditions are is pure and giveth light unto the eyes. included in this anthology of anthems and motets, many drawing inspiration from the Psalms. Remember, O Lord, what thou hast wrought in us The fear of the Lord is clean and endureth for ever: They range from sixteenth-century Germany (Eccard), through the nineteenth-century and not what we deserve; and as thou hast called us the judgements of the Lord are true Anglican tradition of Hanforth, Stainer and Stanford and the twentieth-century Catholicism of to thy service, make us worthy of our calling; through and righteous altogether. Poulenc, to contemporary England (Rose, Tavener, Harvey), Scotland (MacMillan), Australia Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen More to be desired are they than gold, yea than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey (Halley) and the USA (Paulus). Previous recordings from the Choir of St John’s, Elora have * Psalm 19 and the honeycomb. been described as “a real joy” (Gramophone on 8.557037, Faire is the Heaven), and “world- The heavens declare the glory of God, Moreover by them is thy servant taught, class… sensational” (ClassicsToday.com on 8.554823, Psalms for the Soul). and the firmament showeth his handy-work. and in keeping of them there is great reward. One day telleth another, Who can tell how oft he offendeth: and one night certifieth another. O cleanse thou me from my secret faults. There is neither speech nor language Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins PSALMS AND MOTETS their voice cannot be heard. lest they get the dominion over me: so shall I be Yet their sound is gone out into all lands, undefiled and innocent from the great offence. FOR REFLECTION and their words into the ends of the world. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun which of my heart be alway acceptable in thy sight, 1 William CROTCH: Psalm 47 * 2:53 0 POULENC: Timor et Tremor 3:02 cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber O Lord my strength and my redeemer. 2 Johannes ECCARD: When to 3:51 ! ATKINS: Psalm 96 * 3:46 and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course. It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, the Temple Mary went @ Charles Villiers STANFORD: 7:06 and runneth about unto the end of it again, and to the Holy Ghost. 3 James MACMILLAN: 5:37 Te Deum laudamus * and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: A New Song * # John STAINER: God so loved 3:24 The law of the Lord is an undefiled law restoring world without end. Amen. 4 The Crucifixion the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure Ivor ATKINS: Psalm 2 * 3:33 the world (from ) and giveth wisdom unto the simple. 5 John TAVENER: The Lamb 2:55 $ Stephen PAULUS: 3:36 The 6 Francis POULENC: 3:50 Pilgrims’ Hymn (from Vinea mea electa Three Hermits) 7 Barry ROSE: Psalm 121 * 2:29 % ATKINS: Psalm 107 * 4:24 8 Thomas HANFORTH: 5:23 ^ C. CUTLER: Psalm 27 * 4:49 Psalm 145 * & Jonathan HARVEY: 3:04 9 Paul HALLEY: Christ, whose 5:04 Remember, O Lord glory fills the skies * * George COOPER: Psalm 19 * 4:33 Choir of St John’s, Elora Michael Bloss, Organ * • Noel Edison Recorded in St John’s Church, Elora, Ontario, Canada from 29th April to 1st May, 2011 Producers: Bonnie Silver and Norbert Kraft • Engineer: Norbert Kraft • Editor: Bonnie Silver Booklet notes: Keith Anderson • Please see page 2 of the booklet for a detailed track list Available sung texts and translations included and can also be accessed at www.naxos.com/libretti/572540.htm Cover picture: Droplet on flower (© Bcracker / Dreamstime.com)