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St John's College Choir Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha (conductor), George Balfour (treble), Oliver Brown (treble), Jack Hawkins (countertenor), Alexander Simpson (countertenor), William Ashford (tenor), Benedict Flinn (tenor), Xavier Hetherington (tenor), Oliver Morris (bass)» More |
I love the Lord was written for Martin Neary and the Choir of Winchester Cathedral and was completed in July 1976. It is scored for 8-part choir and five soloists. At the outset, three of the soloists sing a chord of G major to the words 'I love the Lord'. The chorus symbolically superimpose their own chord (initially the same chord of G major) sung at different times, before they deviate from it in classic bitonality—to stunning effect. Thereafter, following two impassioned pleas, the harmony grows in complexity, the soloists being more insistent with the constancy of their text. Following a section in more restrained mood (at the words `return unto thy rest'), and a final impassioned repetition of the opening text, the chorus and soloists join together in a sonorous chord of G major before the final mysterious cadence.
from notes by William McVicker © 1994
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