A Year at Southwark / The Choir of Southwark Cathedral

• Album Summary
• Notes & Reviews
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Album Summary

Performers

• Stephen Disley (Organ)
• Andrew Tipple
• Peter Wright (Organ)
• Jonathan Hope (Organ)
• Alastair Little
• Nicholas Ashby

Conductor

• Wright, Peter

Ensemble

• Choir of Southwark Cathedral

Composers

• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• John Stainer (1840 - 1901)
• James MacMillan (Composer/Conductor) (1959 - )
• Bernard Rose (Choral Conductor) (1916 - 1996)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Thomas Weelkes (1575 - 1623)
• William Byrd (Composer) (1543 - 1623)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Alan Weakley
• Neil Cox
• Philip Moore (Organ/Conductor) (1943 - )
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Antonio Lotti (Composer) (1667 - 1740)
• Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)
• John Ireland (British Composer) (1879 - 1962)

Notes & Reviews:

This journey in music through a year at Southwark Cathedral charts some of the major festivals of the Church's year from Advent to Remembrance, and features a collection of both well-loved items and some less familiar works that might be heard at choral services.

American Record Guide, January/February 2013
Some of the performances are wonderful, particularly James MacMillan's 'New Song' and Neil Cox's 'War in Heaven'. A few old chestnuts are heard here ('O Taste and See' of Vaughan Williams and 'God So Loved the World' of Stainer, the latter performed with the final measure curiously sung staccato). The performances are respectable but not compelling. The primary reason to get this is the new works you'd have trouble finding elsewhere: 'All Wisdom Cometh from the Lord' by Philip Moore, 'May the Grace of Christ our Savior' by Alan Weakly, and the works by Macmillan and Cox. Notes and texts.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011).

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Works Details

Weelkes, Thomas : Alleluia, I heard a voice

• Performer: Stephen Disley (Organ)
• Conductor: Peter Wright
• Ensemble: Choir of Southwark Cathedral
• Notes: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Moore, Philip : All Wisdom Cometh from the Lord

• Performers: Stephen Disley (Organ); Andrew Tipple
• Notes: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011)
• Running Time: 9 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: Rejoice greatly

• Performer: Peter Wright (Organ)
• Notes: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011)
• Running Time: 5 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Byrd, William : Teach me, O Lord

• Performer: Jonathan Hope (Organ)
• Notes: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Mendelssohn, Felix : Hear my prayer

• Performer: Stephen Disley (Organ)
• Notes: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011)
• Running Time: 10 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 01/25/1844

Stainer, John : God So Loved the World

• Performer: Stephen Disley (Organ)
• Notes: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : O taste and see

• Performer: Jonathan Hope (Organ)
• Notes: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011)
• Running Time: 1 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1952

Lotti, Antonio [Composer] : Crucifixus à 8

• Performer: Stephen Disley (Organ)
• Notes: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1690-1739

MacMillan, James : A New Song, for chorus & organ

• Performer: Stephen Disley (Organ)
• Notes: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011)
• Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1997

Weakley, Alan : May the grace of Christ our Saviour, for chorus & organ

• Performer: Stephen Disley (Organ)
• Notes: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.

Stanford, Charles Villiers : For Lo, I Raise Up, anthem, Op. 145

• Performers: Stephen Disley (Organ); Alastair Little
• Notes: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011)
• Running Time: 8 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral

Rose, Bernard : Surely thou hast tasted that the Lord is good, for chorus & organ

• Performer: Stephen Disley (Organ)
• Notes: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Cox, Neil : War in heaven, for chorus & organ

• Performer: Stephen Disley (Organ)
• Notes: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011)
• Running Time: 6 min. sec.

Ireland, John : Greater love hath no man

• Performers: Stephen Disley (Organ); Nicholas Ashby
• Notes: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011)
• Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1912

Brahms, Johannes : Geistliches Lied, Op. 30

• Performer: Jonathan Hope (Organ)
• Notes: Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (03/29/2011-03/30/2011); Southwark Cathedral, Longon, England (04/01/2011)
• Running Time: 5 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1856