Format : Vocal Score
Samuel Sebastian Wesley's setting of Isaiah 26:3 edited by Don Hinshaw
SKU: CA.331360
ISBN 9790007173395. Key: F major. Text language: English.
SKU: ST.MB57
ISBN 9790220218293.
11 anthems by this vigorous reformer of Victorian church music show Romantic harmony and Bachian counterpoint combined with imaginative structures. These works brought new life to a uniquely English genre that had fallen into neglect at the time of their composition. CONTENTS Blessed be the God and Father (S solo SATB and Organ) Glory to God on high (SATB and Organ) Let us lift up our heart (B solo SATB and Organ) Man that is born of woman (SATB and Organ) O give thanks unto the Lord (S solo SATB and Organ) O God, whose nature and property (original version) (SATB and Organ) O God, whose nature and property (revised version) (SATB and Organ) O Lord, thou art my God (B solo SATB and Organ) Tho' round thy radiant throne on high (SS and Organ) To my request and earnest cry (B solo SSATB and Organ) Trust ye in the Lord (S solo SATB and Organ) Wash me throughly (S solo SATB and Organ) Ye who the widdow's griefs have cheer'd (SS and Organ).
SKU: ST.MB89
ISBN 9790220222573.
The third and final volume devoted to the anthems of S. S. Wesley completes the canon with 23 original works written in the period between his departure from Exeter Cathedral to become organist of Leeds parish church in 1842 and 1874, the likely date of his final essays in the genre. Moving towards a greater simplicity of style, with less counterpoint and dissonance, but emphasising elements of colour, timbre and texture, these works are in general conceived on a more modest scale than earlier pieces such as The Wilderness. Even so, they show the composer continuing to experiment with the Anglican verse anthem, the evolution of which had been the cornerstone of a creative achievement without equal in the history of the English cathedral tradition between Purcell and Stanford.
