A Wedding Anthem 'Amo ergo sum', Op 46

composer

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

'For Marion and George, 29 September 1949'; written for the wedding of Lord Harewood (George Lascelles) to Marion Stein, daughter of Erwin Stein (1885-1958), Austrian musician and writer, and (from 1938) editor at Boosey & Hawkes.

author of text

Ronald Duncan (1914-1982)

A copy of the score was one of the objects placed in a time-capsule laid beneath the foundation stone of the Royal Festival Hall on 13 October 1949.

Recordings

Britten: A Boy was Born & other choral works

Corydon Singers, Westminster Cathedral Choristers, Matthew Best (conductor)

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Details

Corydon Singers, Janet Coxwell (soprano), Philip Salmon (tenor), Thomas Trotter (organ), Matthew Best (conductor)

Track 9 on CDH55307 [10'04] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

English

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