Research Catalog

Title

The feast of the ascension at Westminster Abbey.

Author

Westminster Abbey. Choir, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Publication

London : Hyperion, [2008], ℗2008.

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Additional Authors

• Quinney, Robert
• O'Donnell, James
• Stanford, Charles Villiers, 1852-1924.
• Rose, Bernard, 1916-1996.
• Barnby, Joseph, 1838-1896.
• Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
• Schütz, Heinrich, 1585-1672.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
• Walton, William, 1902-1983.
• Finzi, Gerald, 1901-1956.
• Philips, Peter, 1561-1628.
• Macfarren, G. A. (George Alexander), 1813-1887.
• Gowers, Patrick, 1936-2014.
• Pott, Francis, 1957-

Description

1 audio disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Subject

• Ascension Day music
• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ
• Toccatas
• Organ music

Note

• Compact disc.
• Program notes in English, French and German and lyrics in original languages with English translations (23 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded June 18-19 and 25-26, 2007, Westminster Abbey.

Language (note)

• Sung in Latin, English, and German.

Contents

Matins. Caelos ascendit hodie / Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (2:03) ; The preces / Bernard Rose (1:12) ; Psalm 24 / Sir Joseph Barnby (2:46) ; Festival Te Deum in E / Benjamin Britten (6:11) ; Der 100. Psalm / Heinrich Schütz (4:15) ; The responses / Bernard Rose (5:54) ; O clap your hands / Ralph Vaughan Williams (3:08) -- Eucharist. Missa brevis / Sir William Walton (7:50) ; God is gone up / Gerald Finzi (4:37) -- Evensong. Ascendit Deus / Peter Philips (2:44) ; Psalm 93 / Sir George Macfarren (1:47) ; Magnificat and Nunc dimittis "Chichester service" / Sir William Walton (6:17) ; Viri Galilaei / Patrick Gowers (7:30) ; The dismissal / Bernard Rose (0:21) ; Toccata / Francis Pott (9:37).

LCCN

• 2013624865
• 034571176802
• 00034571176802

OCLC

• ocn223994077
• 223994077
• SCSB-13979735

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries