Philip Ledger CHORAL MUSIC

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A spotless rose

Words:15th-century German Music: PHILIP LEDGER translated by Catherine Winkworth (1827-78)

 Slowly and peacefully p  SOPRANO            ALTO             1. A spot - less rose is blow- ing,  2. The rose which I am sing- ing, (1.) sprung from a ten - der (2.) where of I - sai - ah p   TENOR       BASS              

Slowly and peacefully Solo                            ORGAN p pp                   Man. Ped.

4                                 of an - cient seers’ fore - show - ing, of Jes - se pro - mised is from its sweet root spring - ing, in Ma - ry, pur - est root, of Jes - se pro - mised said, in Ma - ry, pur - est                                        tacet                   Man. 

Advent Calendar

Words: Rowan Williams Music: Philip Ledger

p       BASS         SOLO  1. He will come like last leaf's fall. He will come.

Slow and gentle

p 3 S.            A.                           

One night when the No-vem - ber wind has flayed the trees to bone, and

  T.                B.             p

5                         

earth wakes chok - ing on the mould, the soft shroud's fold - ing.

                     

7 mp S.1   S.2               2. He will come like frost. He will come.

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p 9 S.           A.                          

One morn - ing when the shrink -ing earth op - ens on mist, to find it -       T.               B.             p

11                          - self ar - rest - ed in the net of a - lien, sword  set beau - ty.                      

mf T.1 13 T.2         B.1           B.2   

3. He will come like dark. He will come.

15 p S.1  S.2   A.1        A.2  and

mf T.1  T.2               B.1                B.2                 One eve - ning when the burst-ing red De - cem - ber sun draws up the sheet for Michael Gaffney and the Choir of Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore Christ's journey Words: Anonymous Music: PHILIP LEDGER

Gently and expressively q = 72 mf  SOPRANO                     And love me brought To be thy mp mf ALTO                          Love me wrought And love me brought To be thy mp mf  TENOR                        Love me wrought And love me brought To be thy mp mf BASS                    Love me wrought To be thy

                for              rehearsal mp mf only                          

6               faith - ful friend. mp mf                      faith - ful friend. Love me fed And love me mp mf                      faith - ful friend. Love me fed And love me            faith - ful friend.

                        mp mf                      

12 mp                  And sent me to my end. mp p                   led And sent me, and sent me to my end.  mp p                    led And sent me, and sent me to my end. mp p               and sent me to my end.

                 mp     p                      19 mp p                      Love me drew And love me slew And laid me on a bier. For

mp p                       Love me drew And love me slew And laid me on a bier. For mp p                           Love me drew And love me slew And laid me on a bier. For mp p                        Love me drew love me slew And laid me on a bier.For

                                 mp p                                      Do not stand at my grave and weep

Words: anonymous Music: PHILIP LEDGER

Unhurried and with serenity q = 52 SOPRANO       

ALTO      

mp TENOR                    Do not stand at my grave and weep; mp BASS                 Do not stand at my grave and weep; Unhurried and with serenity                   ORGAN p                        Man.  

4 p mp                               I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thou - sand winds that blow. p mp                         I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thou - sand winds that blow.             

                                  pp p

              Ped. Man.       Note: small notes in the organ part are optional.

8 p                 I am the sun-light on ri - pened grain. p                  I am the sun-light on ri - pened grain. p                   I am the dia - mond glints on snow. p                  I am the dia - mond glints on snow.

                                             pp           Ped. Man. 12 mp                 When you a-wa - ken in the morn - ing's hush, mp               When you a-wa - ken in the morn-ing's hush, p mp                         I am the gen - tle au - tumn rain. When you a-wa - ken in the morn - ing's hush, p mp                        I am the gen - tle au - tumn rain. When you a - wa - ken,

                              p                      for Brian I will lift up mine eyes

Words from Psalm 121 PHILIP LEDGER

Gently flowing Solo                       ORGAN p Sw.                              

SOPRANOS & ALTOS 8  mp espressivo                          I will lift up mine eyes un - to the hills from whence com- Sw.              

          14                       - eth my help. My help com - eth ev - en from the Lord Solo                    

                              

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20                  who hath made hea - ven and earth. Sw.                   Gt.                                    25  S.      A.  keep - eth thee TENORS & BASSES mf cresc.     T.              B.            He will not suf - fer thy foot to be moved and he that Gt.                      mf     cresc.                31  f                       will not sleep. Be - hold he that keep - eth Is - ra - el                         f 

                          3

36 ff                         shall nei - ther slum - ber nor sleep. shall nei - ther slum - be nor sleep.

                           ff Gt.               f                        41 SOPRANOS & ALTOS p               The Lord him - self is Sw.                                    pp molto legato                    48              thy keep - - - er

Solo                          

                             for Timothy Brown and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge In the bleak mid-winter

Words: Christina Rossetti (1830-94) Music: PHILIP LEDGER

Espressivo q = 96 p SOPRANO   ALTO                            1. In the bleak mid - win - ter Frost - y wind made moan,        TENOR              BASS         p  

mf mp mp                            Earth stood hard as i - ron, Wa - ter like a stone;                          mp    mf mp 

p                          Snow had fal - len, snow on snow, Snow on snow,

                         p 

mp p                          In the bleak mid - win - ter, Long a - go.

                   p  mp

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mf                          2. Our God, heav'n can - not hold him Nor earth sus - tain;

                      mf

f                                 Heav'n and earth shall flee a - way When he comes to reign:                             f  

mp   mf                               In the bleak mid - win - ter A sta - ble - place suf - ficed The

                               mp   mf

p                     Lord God Al - might - y Je - - - sus Christ.

                 p

mp                      3. E - nough for him, whom che - ru - bim Wor - ship night and day, A                       mp   Jesus Christ the apple tree

Version for mixed voices

Words: from Divine Hymns Music: PHILIP LEDGER or Spiritual Songs (1784)

Gently flowing h = 54 mp   SOPRANOS              1. The Gently flowing        ORGAN       or p         PIANO           [Ped.]

5                   tree of life my soul hath seen, La - den with                     

            

10                     fruit and al - ways green: The trees of na - ture fruit - less

                                     The composer's arrangement of this carol for two-part voices is available from the publisher. Copyright © 2005 Encore Publications. All rights reserved. Printed in the EU.

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be 15 mf S.     A.                                  

Com - pared with Christ the ap - ple tree, The trees of na - ture

     T.                B.              mf

              

          

20                         

fruit - less be Com - pared with Christ the ap - - ple tree.

                    

           p            

25 SOPRANOS mp                      2. His beau - ty doth all things ex - cel:

                   

                3

The 31 S.   A.                      By faith I know, but ne’er can tell,

                                 glo - - - ry which I now can see In 35 mf S.   A.                        The glo - ry now I see In

 T.   B.        mf

                           

39                                      

Je - sus Christ the ap - ple tree, The glo - ry which I now can see In

                               for Adrian Lucas and the Choristers of Worcester Cathedral Jesus Christ the apple tree

Version for 2-part voices Words: from Divine Hymns Music: PHILIP LEDGER or Spiritual Songs (1784)

Gently flowing h = 54 mp  SOPRANOS              1. The

       ORGAN       or p         PIANO             [Ped.] 5                     tree of life my soul hath seen, La - den with

                                   

10                       fruit and al - ways green: The trees of na - ture fruit - less 

                                        The composer's original mixed voice setting of this carol is available from the publisher. Copyright © 2012 Encore Publications. All rights reserved. Printed in the EU.

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15 mf S. I                       be Com - pared with Christ the ap - ple tree, The trees of na - ture mf   S. II                      be Com - pared with Christ the ap - ple tree, The trees of na - ture

                                mp                         [Man.] 

20                    fruit - less be Com- pared with Christ the ap - - ple tree.

                    fruit - less be Com- pared with Christ the ap - - ple tree.                      p                      [Ped.]

25 mp                   2. His beau - ty doth all things ex - cel: mp                     2. His beau - ty doth all things ex - cel:

                      

                3

31                 By faith I know, but ne’er can tell, The

               By faith I know, but ne’er can tell,                                  

35 mf                glo - - - ry which I now can see In

mf              The glo - ry now I see In

                          

39                         Je - sus Christ the ap - ple tree, The glo - ry which I now can see In                      Je - sus Christ the ap - ple tree, The glo - ry which I now can see In                             mp                              [Man.] In memory of Evelyn Lee Witherspoon (1896-1987) O master, let me walk with thee

Words: Washington Gladden (1836-1918) Music: PHILIP LEDGER

Gently moving                            ORGAN p             Ped.

5  mf mp  S.     A.                      O mas - ter, let me walk with thee In low - ly paths of

T.          B.           mf

                ORG.         

10  mf                            ser - vice free; Tell me thy sec - ret; help me                       mf

                          

Copyright © 1995 Encore Publications. All rights reserved. Printed in the EU. Encore Publications, Juglans House, Brenchley Road, Matﬁeld, Kent TN12 7DT, UK www .encorepublications.com 2 mp 15 p                            bear The strain of toil, the fret of care. Help me the

                p                            pp

             

20 mp S.       A.                           slow of heart to move By some clear, win-ning word of love;   T.                 B.           mp

25                                     Teach me the way-ward feet to stay, And guide them in the home - ward

                               

30 S.  A.       way.

T. B.                                ORG. p            for Annetta Heeran This joyful Eastertide Words: George R. Woodward (1848-1934) Music: Dutch carol arranged by PHILIP LEDGER Lively  mf SOPRANO           1. This 2. My 3. Death's ALTO        

TENOR          BASS         Lively                                    ORGAN         mf                   P ed.  4                      joy - ful Eas - ter - tide, A - way with sin and sor - - - flesh in hope shall rest, And for a sea - son slum - - - flood hath lost his chill, Since Je - sus cross'd the ri - - - mf                 1. This joy - ful Eas - ter - tide, A - way with sin, a - way with sin and 2. My flesh in hope shall rest, And for a sea - son, for a sea - son 3. Death's flood hath lost his chill, Since Je - sus cross'd the ri - ver, cross'd the mf             1. A - way with sin and  2. And for a sea - - son 3. Since Je - - sus cross'd the mf                  1. This Eas - ter - tide, A - way with sin, a - way with sin and 2. In hope shall rest, And for a sea - son, for a sea - son 3. Hath lost his chill, Since Je - sus cross'd the ri - ver, cross'd the                                      for rehearsal only                         Copyright © 1994 Encore Publications. All rights reserved. Printed in EU. Encore Publications, Juglans House, Brenchley Road, Matﬁeld, Kent TN12 7DT, United Kingdom. www .encorepublications.com 2 8                - - - row! My Love, the Cru - ci - fied, Hath - - - ber: Till trump from east to west Shall - - - ver: Lov - er of souls, from ill My              sor - - row! My Love, the Cru - ci - fied, Hath slum - - ber: Till trump from east to west Shall ri - - ver: Lov - er of souls, from ill My             sor - - row! Hath  slum - - ber: Shall ri - - ver: My                sor - - row! The Cru - ci - fied, Hath slum - - ber: From east to west Shall ri - - ver: Lov - er of souls, My                                                                  

13 p                   sprung to life this mor ------row. Had wake the dead in num ------ber. pass - ing soul de - li ------ver. p              sprung to life, hath sprung to life this mor - - - row. Had wake the dead, shall wake the dead in num - - - ber. pass - ing soul, my pass - ing soul de - li - - - ver.               sprung to life this mor - - - row.  wake the dead in num - - - ber. pass - - ing soul de - li - - - ver.               sprung to life, hath sprung to life this mor - - - row. wake the dead, shall wake the dead in num - - - ber. pass - ing soul, my pass - ing soul de - li - - - ver.                            p                        