Faire Is The Heaven - Hymns and Anthems / Choir of St. John

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Album Summary

Performers

• Gordon Slater (Carillon)
• Paul Halley (Organ)
• Healey Willan (Organ)
• Herbert Howells (Descant)
• John Ireland (Piano)
• Paul Halley (Descant)
• Stephen Crisp (Descant)
• William Monk
• William Harris

Conductor

• Edison, Noel

Ensemble

• Choir of St. John's Church, Elora

Composers

• Gordon Slater (1896 - 1979)
• Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
• John Ireland (British Composer) (1879 - 1962)
• William Henry Monk (1823 - 1889)
• Clement Cotterill Scholefield (1839 - 1904)
• Healey Willan (1880 - 1968)
• Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810 - 1876)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Sidney Campbell (1909 - 1974)
• Imant Raminsh (1943 - )
• Bryan Kelly (1934 - )
• William H. Harris (1883 - 1973)

Notes & Reviews:

The publication of 'Hymns Ancient and Modern' in 1861 was instrumental in bringing about many changes in Anglican cathedral music, including the adoption of the robed choir and the association of certain texts with particular tunes. The hymns on this recording illuminate this great musical tradition and include W.H. Monk's 'Eventide', which has become the undisputed music for 'Abide with Me'.

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Paul Halley (organ).

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Slater, Gordon : Jesu, The Very Thought of Thee

• Performers: Gordon Slater (Carillon); Paul Halley (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Notes: Arranged: Paul Halley
• Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Willan, Healey : Gloria Deo per Immensa Saecula, for 5-part chorus, HWC 593

• Performers: Healey Willan (Organ); Paul Halley (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Running Time: 7 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Campbell, Sidney : Sing We Merrily unto God Our Strength

• Performer: Paul Halley (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Willan, Healey : I Beheld Her, Beautiful as a Dove, motet for chorus, HWC 312

• Performers: Paul Halley (Organ); Healey Willan (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Willan, Healey : Fair in Face, motet for chorus, HWC 313

• Performers: Paul Halley (Organ); Healey Willan (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Willan, Healey : Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One, motet for chorus, HWC 314

• Performers: Healey Willan (Organ); Paul Halley (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Howells, Herbert : Te Deum (for King's College Choirs, Cambridge)

• Performers: Herbert Howells (Descant); Paul Halley (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Running Time: 8 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Wesley, Samuel Sebastian : O thou who camest from above

• Performer: Paul Halley (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Raminsh, Imant : Ave, verum corpus

• Performer: Paul Halley (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Running Time: 5 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Ireland, John : My song is love unknown, hymn for chorus

• Performers: John Ireland (Piano); Paul Halley (Descant); Paul Halley (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Ave verum corpus

• Performer: Paul Halley (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Kelly, Bryan : Magnificat

• Performer: Paul Halley (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Monk, William Henry : Abide with me :: Eventide)

• Performers: Paul Halley (Organ); Stephen Crisp (Descant); William Monk
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1861
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mendelssohn, Felix : Verleih uns Frieden

• Performer: Paul Halley (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 02/10/1831
• Language: German
• Studio/Live: Studio

Harris, William H. : Faire Is the Heaven, for chorus

• Performers: William Harris; Paul Halley (Organ)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Running Time: 5 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1925
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Scholefield, Clement Cotterill : Hymn :: St. Clement)

• Performers: Paul Halley (Organ); Paul Halley (Descant)
• Conductor: Noel Edison
• Ensemble: Choir of St. John's Church, Elora
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1874
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio