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Track(s) taken from CDA66826

Let thy hand be strengthened

composer
Christopher Dearnley (1930-2000)
author of text
Bible
Psalm 89:14-15

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor)
Recording details: June 1995
St Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Arthur Johnson
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: April 1996
Total duration: 1 minutes 47 seconds
 

Reviews

‘St Paul's is the king of cathedral choirs, and the sound of their singing, with the majesty of the organ in the awesome reverberance of the great building to match, is as rich and noble as any sound on earth’ (Gramophone)

‘Truly heroic performances from the St Paul's Choir which is on top form. A memorable record’ (Organists' Review)
Christopher Dearnley (b1930) was educated at Worcester College in Oxford before becoming Assistant Organist at Salisbury Cathedral in 1954. From 1954 he was Organist at Salisbury, moving to become Organist and Director of Music at St Paul’s Cathedral between 1968 and 1990 when he retired on his sixtieth birthday and emigrated to Australia. Since then he has been working on a locum basis at a number of cathedrals and churches there. He was Acting Director of Music, Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney, (1990-91), Organist Locum Tenens, St David’s Cathedral, Hobart (1991), Director of Music at Trinity College, University of Melbourne (1992-93), and Master of Music at St George’s Cathedral, Perth, from 1993.

Let thy hand be strengthened is a setting of verses 14 and 15 from Psalm 89. It was written for and first sung at the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Service held at St Paul’s Cathedral in July 1977.

from notes by William McVicker © 1996

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