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Above: Henry Wood with Vaughan
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Sancta Civitas (the Holy
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Amongst
his choral works this was VW's favourite and the only work to
which he gave the title 'Oratorio'. Elgar congratulated VW when
the work was performed at a Three Choirs performance and said
that he had himself thought of setting the same words to which
VW characteristically replied that he regretted that Elgar had
not done so.
London Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Sir David Willocks, Ian
Partridge and John Shirley-Quirk, Choir of King's College, Cambridge.
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Dona Nobis Pacem |
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Cantata for soprano
and baritone soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra. First performance
5 February, 1938 Queen's Hall. VW's plea for peace.
City of London Sinfonia, Conductor, Matthew Best, Corydon Singers,
Judith Howarth (soprano), Thomas Allen, (baritone)
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The Shepherds of the Delectable
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Founded upon 'The Pilgrim's
Progress' by John Bunyan.
City of London Sinfonia, Conductor, Matthew Best, Corydon Singers.
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Three Choral Hymns |
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For strings and harp.
City of London Sinfonia, Conductor, Matthew Best, Corydon Singers.
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Five Mystical Songs |
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Words by George Herbert
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra,
John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Conductor Sir David Willcocks.
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Easter |
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I got me flowers |
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Love bade me
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The Call |
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Antiphon |
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Hodie |
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A Christmas Cantata.
London Symphony Orchestra, Bach Choir - Choristers of Westminster
Abbey, Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor),
John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Conductor Sir David Willcocks.
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Song: It was
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Choral: No
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Epilogue: In
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Serenade to Music |
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Words from Shakespeare's
'The Merchant of Venice'. For 16 solo voices and Orchestra. Written
1938. Vaughan Williams also wrote an orchestral version.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor Sir Adrian Boult
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Epithalamion |
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Cantata founded on
the masque, The Bridal Day. Words by Spenser.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor Sir David Willcocks,
Stephen Robert (baritone), Howard Shelley (piano), Jonathan Snowden
(flute).
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A Cotswold Romance |
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Cantata for tenor and
sporano adapted from, Hugh the Drover.
London Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Richard Hickox, Rosa Mannion
(soprano), Thomas Randle (tenor), Matthew Brook (baritone solo).
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Love at first
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Hugh's Song of
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Hugh in the stocks |
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Fantasia on Christmas
Carols |
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For baritone and mixed
chorus.
Choir of Guildford Cathedral, String Orchestra, Conductor Barry
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Toward the Unknown
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Words by
Walt Whitman. For Baritone and Orchestra. First performed
in Worcester Cathedral, 12 September 1912.
City of London Sinfonia, Conductor Matthew Best, Corydon
Singers. Judith Howarth (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone).
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Willow
Wood |
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A
cantata for baritone, wordless
female chorus and orchestra. Words
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It first
appeared in 1903 as as scena for
baritone and piano. In 1909 it
was performed with the addition
of orchestra and mainly wordless
female chorus. Despite positive
press notices it remained unheard
until recently. VW clearly felt
it was a work worthy of him. So
much so, that only three years
before his death in 1958, he was
still trying to get it re-published.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Roderick Williams (baritone).
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An
Oxford Elegy |
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Uses
poetry by Matthew
Arnold from Scholar's Gipsy (which
he had hoped to make an opera from)
and Thyrius). For speaker, small
mixed chorus (SATB) and small orchestra. Composed
between 1947-9 although VW had
made sketches as early as 1901.
The mixed chorus is mainly wordless.
Contemplative,
mystical and atmospheric, the work
evokes pastoral images
of the Oxford countryside.
John Westbrook (speaker)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Sir David Willcocks (Conductor)
Jacques Orchestra
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Mass in G minor |
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Composed between
1920 and 1921 and dedicated to Gustav Holst and his Whitsuntide
Singers. Scored for four soloists and double choir.
The Elora Festival Singers, Conductor Noel Edison.
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Sanctus -
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Benedictus
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Silence and Music |
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Words by Ursula Wood
(Vaughan Williams). For mixed chorus.
The Joyful Company of Singers, Conductor Peter Broadbent.
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Prayer to the Father
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Written in 1948,
commemorating the the centenary of the birth of RVW's teacher,
Hubert Parry and dedicated to his memory.
The Elora Festival Singers, Conductor Noel Edison.
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Down Ampney |
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English Hymn No 152.
'Come down, O Love divine'. (RVW - da Siena)
The Elora Festival Singers, Conductor Noel Edison.
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White Gates |
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Songs of Praise No
489. 'Fierce Raged the Tempest O'er The Deep'. (RVW - Thring)
Cardiff Festival Choir conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes.
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Sine Nomine |
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English Hymn No 64.
'For All theSaints Who from Their Labours Rest'. (RVW - How)
Cardiff Festival Choir conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes.
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Marathon |
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Songs of Praise No
302. 'Servants of the Great Adventurer'. (RVW - Dearmer)
Cardiff Festival Choir conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes.
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Abinger |
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Songs of Praise No
319. 'I Vow to Thee My Country'. (RVW - Spring Rice)
Cardiff Festival Choir conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes.
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