English Choral Music of the Twentieth Century

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Album Summary

Performer

• Stephen Farr (Organ)

Conductor

• Darlington, Stephen

Ensemble

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Composers

• William H. Harris (1883 - 1973)
• John Rutter (1945 - )
• William Walton (Composer) (1902 - 1983)
• Charles Wood (Choral Composer) (1886 - 1926)
• Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998)
• Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
• Kenneth Leighton (1929 - 1988)
• Henry George Ley (1887 - 1962)

Notes & Reviews:

A compilation of twentieth century English choral music performed by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

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Wood, Charles : O Thou, the central orb

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1914-1915

Howells, Herbert : My eyes for beauty pine

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Harris, William H. : Holy Is the True Light, for chorus

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Tippett, Michael : Dance, Clarion Air, madrigal for chorus

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1952

Tippett, Michael : The Weeping Babe, motet for soprano & chorus

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1944

Tippett, Michael : Plebs angelica, motet for double chorus

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1943-1944

Tippett, Michael : Bonny At Morn, for unison chorus & 3 recorders

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1956

Leighton, Kenneth : Solus ad victimam

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Rutter, John : God be in my head

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1970

Stanford, Charles Villiers : Hymns (6), Op. 113

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral

Ley, Henry George : Prayer of King Henry VI

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral

Harris, William H. : Love of Love and Light of Light, for chorus

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Walton, William : A Litany

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1916-1930

Walton, William : Set me as a seal upon thine heart

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1938

Walton, William : Jubilate Deo

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1971-1972

Tippett, Michael : Negro Spirituals (5), for chorus (from "A Child of Our Time")

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Notes: Composition written: 1958.
• Running Time: 9 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1958

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : O clap your hands

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1920

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Shakespeare Songs (3) for chorus

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 6 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1951

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : The Old Hundredth (All people that on earth do dwell) (Genevan Psalter)

• Performers: Stephen Farr (Organ); Stephen Farr (Organ)
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1953