Chorale Prelude on Rockingham

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composer

Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)

1975; after Edward Miller's adaptation on an early tune, NEH95; commissioned by OUP for the collection Chorale Preludes on English Tunes

Introduction
English

Leighton composed the Chorale Prelude Rockingham in 1975 to a commission by Oxford University Press for inclusion in an organ collection Chorale Preludes on English Tunes. The hymn tune is set to the familiar words ‘When I survey the wondrous Cross’, and is used in the manner of a Bachian chorale prelude creating a sense of wonder and piety.

Recordings

Leighton: The World's Desire & other choral works

Wells Cathedral Choir, David Bednall (organ), Matthew Owens (conductor)

CDA67641

Kenneth Leighton’s music is at the heart of English Cathedral repertoire, and demonstrates the composer’s happy absorption in this milieu from an early age. This latest disc from Wells Cathedral includes some first recordings in impeccable, lasting p ...» More

Details

David Bednall (organ)

Track 6 on CDA67641 [2'56]

Track-specific metadata for CDA67641 track 6

Artists

David Bednall (organ)

ISRC

GB-AJY-08-64106

Duration

2'56

Recording date

22 June 2007

Recording venue

Wells Cathedral, United Kingdom

Recording producer

Mark Brown

Recording engineer

Julian Millard

Hyperion usage

Leighton: The World's Desire & other choral works (CDA67641)
Disc 1 Track 6
Release date: May 2008

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