God be in my head (Bingham) - from CDA67909 - Hyperion Records

Cornfield by Moonlight (1830) by Samuel Palmer (1805-1881)
Private Collection / Bridgeman Art Library, London

Track(s) taken from CDA67909
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God be in my head, commissioned by Philip Barnes for Holy Communion Episcopal Church in St Louis, Missouri, presented a challenge to Judith Bingham. The setting by Henry Walford Davies was firmly ensconced in the composer’s head, an abiding legacy of her life as a singer. ‘I got round the problem by using the famous opening five notes of the Walford Davies as the accompaniment to a rocking, lullaby-like setting.’

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Recording details: June 2012
Wells Cathedral, United Kingdom
Produced by Jeremy Summerly
Engineered by Julian Millard
Release date: August 2013
Total duration: 2 minutes 20 seconds

God be in my head

composer

Judith Bingham (b1952)

2001; commissioned by Philip Barnes for Holy Communion Episcopal Church in St Louis, Missouri

author of text

Anonymous

Book of Hours, 1514, in English in the Sarum Primer of 1558

Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens (conductor), Jonathan Vaughn (organ)