Ascribe unto the Lord: Sacred Choral Works by Samuel Sebastian Wesley

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an attractive programme, sung with expertise and devotion — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Jan 2013
Catalogue No: CHAN10751
Label: Chandos
Length: 76 minutes

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Wesley, S S: Blessed be the God and Father

Work length7:22

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Choir of St. Johns College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, John Challenger, Peter Hicks
Recorded: 20-22 April 2012
Recording Venue: St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge

Wesley, S S: Wash me throughly from my wickedness

Work length4:36

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Choir of St. Johns College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, John Challenger, Jason Cobb
Recorded: 20-22 April 2012
Recording Venue: St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge

Wesley, S S: Ascribe unto the Lord

Work length13:59

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Choir of St. Johns College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, John Challenger, Alec D'Oyly, Andrew Jones, Peter Hicks, Samuel Oladeinde, James Imam, Basil McDonald, Huw Leslie, Julian Gregory
Recorded: 20-22 April 2012
Recording Venue: St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge

I. Ascribe unto the Lord

Track length2:37

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II. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness

Track length3:06

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III. As for the gods of the heathen

Track length2:17

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IV. They that make them are like unto them

Track length2:00

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V. The Lord hath been mindful of us

Track length3:59

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Wesley, S S: Psalms 42 and 43: Like as the hart desireth the water brooks - Give sentence with me, O God

Work length7:29

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Choir of St. Johns College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, John Challenger
Recorded: 20-22 April 2012
Recording Venue: St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge

Wesley, S S: Morning and Evening Service in E Major: I. Magnificat

Work length6:48

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Choir of St. Johns College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, John Challenger, James Imam, Alexander Simpson, Julian Gregory, Samuel Oladeinde, Kieran Brunt
Recorded: 20-22 April 2012
Recording Venue: St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge

Wesley, S S: Morning and Evening Service in E Major: II. Nunc dimittis

Work length3:25

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Choir of St. Johns College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, John Challenger
Recorded: 20-22 April 2012
Recording Venue: St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge

Wesley, S S: The Wilderness

Work length12:36

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Choir of St. Johns College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, John Challenger, Peter Hicks, James Imam, Kieran Brunt, Julian Gregory, Basil McDonald, Alexander Simpson, Alec D'Oyly
Recorded: 20-22 April 2012
Recording Venue: St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge

I. The wilderness and the solitary place

Track length2:18

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II. Say to them of a fearful heart

Track length2:33

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III. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart

Track length3:21

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IV. And the ransomed of the Lord shall return

Track length2:23

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V. And sorrow and sighing shall flee away

Track length2:01

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Wesley, S S: Three Pieces for Chamber Organ, Book II: No. 2. Larghetto in F-Sharp Minor

Work length5:54

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John Challenger
Recorded: 20-22 April 2012
Recording Venue: St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge

Wesley, S S: O give thanks unto the Lord

Work length8:10

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Choir of St. Johns College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, John Challenger, Peter Hicks, James Imam, Samuel Oladeinde, Geoffrey Clapham
Recorded: 20-22 April 2012
Recording Venue: St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge

I. O give thanks unto the Lord

Track length2:48

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II. Who can express the noble acts of the Lord

Track length3:24

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III. Blessed are they that alway keep judgment

Track length1:58

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Wesley, S S: O Thou who camest from above (Hereford)

Work length2:42

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Choir of St. Johns College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, John Challenger
Recorded: 20-22 April 2012
Recording Venue: St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge

Wesley, S S: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace

Work length3:55

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Choir of St. Johns College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, John Challenger
Recorded: 20-22 April 2012
Recording Venue: St John’s College Chapel, Cambridge

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The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge has selected some of the best-known choral works of Samuel Sebastian Wesley for inclusion on this disc, interspersing them with one of his organ works as well as a psalm chant by his father, Samuel Wesley.

Samuel Sebastian Wesley was one of the most controversial characters in nineteenth-century English music, earning a reputation for inherent stubbornness, a highly critical mindset (particularly in relation to the church), and a unique pioneering spirit. All of which were character traits which became instrumental in the creation of the wholly new styles of church music, and the renewal of church practices, for which he became known.

‘The Wilderness and the Solitary Place’ (c. 1832) is one such work, described by the conservative critic R.J.S. Stevens as ‘a clever thing. But it is not cathedral music’. This early work comes across as a compressed oratorio, or an operatic scena, with the overt emotions and huge range of textures on display unlike anything that had ever been heard in English church music before. In contrast, the mature ‘Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace’ (c. 1850) shows the distance that Wesley had travelled since his earlier works on this disc. It is a model of simplicity and restraint, with a devotional close very much in the manner of Orlando Gibbons or William Byrd.

The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge is one of the finest collegiate choirs in the world, known and loved by millions for its recordings, broadcasts, and concert tours. For several decades it has performed around the world, including the US, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, Japan, Australia, and of course Europe. It is also the only British choir to webcast services weekly throughout the year, at www.sjcchoir.co.uk.

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April 2013

an attractive programme, sung with expertise and devotion

April 2013

One of the best [canticle-settings] is Wesley in E...Nethsinga directs splendidly, the performance as broad and grand as one could wish...this is a disc to uplift the spirits.

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