King’s College Recordings continues it’s Evensong Live series with a new collection of popular anthems and canticles by British composers. Recorded live across 2018 and 2019 during choral services at the famous chapel, this album includes beloved pieces by Hubert Parry, William Walton, Charles Villiers Stanford, William Byrd, Judith Weir and Gerald Finzi.
1 I Was Glad [7’11] Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
2 A Prayer of King Henry Vi Domine, Jesu Christe [1’41 ]Henry George Ley (1887-1962)
3 My Beloved Spake [3’02] Patrick Hadley (1899-1973)
4 Magnificat My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord (Evening Canticle 1 from Short Service) [2’27] Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)
5 Nunc Dimittis Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart in Peace (No 2 of Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in E Flat) [2’50] Charles Wood (1866-1926)
6 Ascending Into Heaven Sion Me Receptet Illa [8’02] Judith Weir (B1954)
7 Magnificat My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord (Canticle 1 of Jesus College Service, Op 53) [4’24] William Mathias (1934-1992)
8 Nunc Dimittis Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart in Peace (Canticle 7 of the Great Service) [4’28] William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
9 A Litany ‘3rd Version’ Drop, Drop, Slow Tears [2’48] Sir William Walton (1902-1983)
10 Magnificat My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord (Canticle 1 of Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in a Flat, Op 65) [4’16] Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)
11 Nunc Dimittis Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart in Peace (Evening Canticle 2 of Morning, Communion and Evening Service in G, Op 81) [3’25] Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
12 Oculi Omnium [1’31] Charles Wood (1866-1926)
13 Magnificat My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord (Canticle 1 of Evening Service in D Major ‘Great Service’) [8’23] Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
14 Nunc Dimittis Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart in Peace (Evening Canticle 2 of Morning, Communion and Evening Service in B Flat, Op 10) [2’57] Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
15 One Foot in Eden Still, I Stand [7’02] Nicholas Maw (1935-2009)
16 Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice Op 26 [14’17] Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)