Blessed be the God and Father (Wesley) - from CDA66374 - Hyperion Records

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Blessed be the God and Father

composer

Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)

for Easter Day, 1853, at Hereford Cathedral

author of text

Bible

1 Peter: 3-5, 15-17, 22-25

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor), Andrew Lucas (organ)

Recording details: June 1989
St Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: June 1990
Total duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds

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Reviews

‘Serene beauty that heals the spirit and calms the troubled soul. They sing with perfect unity and a rare vigour. Hyperion has captured the famed acoustics of St Paul's to perfection. There is no finer collection available’ (American Record Guide)

Introduction
English

Blessed be the God and Father was written for a service on Easter Day at Hereford Cathedral, when 'only Trebles and a single Bass voice' were available, the bass singer being the Dean's butler. The central portion of the work, a dialogue between a treble soloist and the treble chorus, is flanked by passages for tenors and basses alone. The final fughetta after the words 'But the word of the Lord endureth forever' is heralded by a dramatic dominant seventh chord of E flat on full organ.

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