Ye choirs of New Jerusalem, Op 123

composer

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

December 1910; an anthem for Eastertide; published by Stainer & Bell in 1911

author of text

Bishop Fulbert of Chartres (c960-1028)

translator of text

Robert Campbell (1814-1868)

Recordings

Stanford: Cathedral Music

Worcester Cathedral Choir, Donald Hunt (conductor)

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Stanford: Sacred Choral Music

Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill (conductor)

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The English Anthem, Vol. 8

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

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Details

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor), Huw Williams (organ)

Track 11 on CDA67483 [5'08]

English

Worcester Cathedral Choir, Donald Hunt (conductor), Paul Trepte (organ)

Track 7 on CDA66030 [5'08] Archive Service Only

English

Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill (conductor), Stephen Farr (organ)

Track 3 on CDS44311/3 CD3 [4'56] 3CDs Boxed set (at a special price)

English

Ye choirs of New Jerusalem, Op 123

Ye choirs of New Jerusalem, an anthem for Eastertide, was completed in December 1910 and published by Stainer & Bell the following year. The text is taken from the hymn by St Fulbert of Chartres translated by Robert Campbell and made famous through H J Gauntlett’s hymn tune ‘St Fulbert’ in Hymns Ancient and Modern. Stanford’s anthem is based entirely on original material which alternates between two contrasting thematic ideas, one in the major mode in a lilting triple metre (‘Ye choirs of New Jerusalem’), the other in the minor and in quadruple metre (‘Devouring depths of hell their prey’).

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