SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY (1810-1876)

1

Blessed be the God and Father

7:23

Anthem for four-part choir and organ

'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ' -

'But as He Which hath calleth you is holy' -

Peter Hicks treble

'Love one another with a pure heart fervently' -

Peter Hicks treble

'Being born again' -

'But the word of the Lord endureth for ever'

2

Wash me throughly from my wickedness

4:35

Anthem for four-part choir and organ

'Wash me throughly from my wickedness' -

Jason Cobb treble

'For I acknowledge my faults'

Ascribe unto the Lord

14:00

Anthem for four-part choir and organ

3

'Ascribe unto the Lord' -

2:36

4

'O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness' -

3:05

Alex D'Oyly treble 1

Andrew Jones treble 2

Peter Hicks treble 3

James Imam counter-tenor

Julian Gregory tenor

5

'As for the gods of the heathen' -

2:16

6

'They that make them are like unto them' -

2:00

James Iman counter-tenor

Julian Gregory tenor

Samuel Oladeinde tenor

Basil McDonald bass

'As for our God, he is in heaven' -

7

'The Lord hath been mindful of us'

3:47

Peter Hicks treble

James Imam counter-tenor

Julian Gregory tenor

Huw Leslie tenor

8

Psalms 42 and 43

7:27

Psalm chant for four-part choir and organ

Psalm 42

'Like as the hart desireth the water-brooks' -

Psalm 43

'Give sentence with me, O God' -

'Glory be to the Father, and to the Son'

Magnificat and Nunc dimittis

10:13

from Morning and Evening Service

in E major - in E-Dur - en mi majeur

9

Magnificat

6:46

for eight-part choir and organ

'My soul doth magnify the Lord' -

'And His mercy is on them that fear Him' -

James Imam counter-tenor

Alexander Simpson counter-tenor

Julian Gregory tenor

Samuel Oladeinde tenor

Kieran Brunt tenor

Basil McDonald bass

Geoffrey Clapham bass

'He hath shewed strength with His arm' -

'He rememb'ring His mercy hath holpen his servant Israel' -

'Glory be to the Father, and to the Son'

10

Nunc dimittis

3:24

for eight-part choir and organ

'Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace' -

'Glory be to the Father, and to the Son'

The wilderness and the solitary place

12:38

Anthem for five-part choir and organ

11

'The wilderness and the solitary place' -

2:17

Peter Hicks treble

James Imam counter-tenor

Julian Gregory tenor

Basil McDonald

12

'Say to them of a fearful heart' -

2:33

Basil McDonald bass

13

'Then shall the lame man leap as an hart' -

3:21

Peter Hicks treble

James Imam counter-tenor

Julian Gregory tenor

Basil McDonald bass

'And a highway shall be there' -

'But the redeemed shall walk there' -

Alex D'Oyly treble

Peter Hicks treble

James Imam counter-tenor

Alexander Simpson counter-tenor

Julian Gregory tenor

14

'And the ransomed of the Lord shall return' -

2:23

15

'And sorrow and sighing shall flee away' -

2:01

Alec D'Oyly treble

James Imam counter-tenor

Kieran Brunt tenor

Julian Gregory tenor

Basil McDonald bass

16

Larghetto

5:54

in F sharp minor - in fis-Moll - en fa dièse mineur

No. 2 from Three Pieces for a Chamber Organ, Book II

O give thanks unto the Lord

8:12

Anthem for five-part choir and organ

17

'O give thanks unto the Lord' -

2:48

18

'Who can express the noble acts of the Lord' -

3:24

Peter Hicks treble

19

'Blessed are they that alway keep judgment'

1:57

Peter Hicks treble

James Imam counter-tenor

Samuel Oladeinde tenor

Geoffrey Clapham bass

20

O Thou who camest from above

2:41

Hymn for four-part choir and organ

21

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace

3:55

Anthem for five-part choir and organ

John Challenger organ

Andrew Nethsingha

20-22 April 2012