Set me as a seal upon thine heart (Walton) - from CDA66618 - Hyperion Records

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Track(s) taken from CDA66618

Digital booklet (PDF)

Set me as a seal upon thine heart

composer

Sir William Walton (1902-1983)

1938

author of text

Bible

Song of Solomon

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

Recording details: July 1991
St Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Arthur Johnson
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: February 1993
Total duration: 3 minutes 50 seconds

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Introduction
English

Walton’s musical life began as a chorister at Christ Church Oxford, and from time to time he returned to choral music, generally in response to a specific invitation or commission. Set me as a seal upon thine heart was composed in 1938 for the wedding of Ivor Guest (son of Lady Alice Wimborne, with whom Walton was close at the time) and Lady Mabel Fox-Strangways. Within its brief time-span, Walton’s setting of these aptly-chosen lines from the Song of Songs bears recognizable hallmarks of his style—intensity of mood, bitter-sweetness of harmony, and a certain melodic angularity which precludes any hint of sentimentality.

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