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Glorious things of thee are spoken – Abbot's Leigh
First line:
Glorious things of thee are spoken
composer
The BBC Hymn Book; NEH 185
author of text
NEH 362
Cyril Taylor was, at the time of writing this tune, assistant to the head of religious broadcasting at the BBC, which had been evacuated to Bristol since the beginning of the war. He was a member of the newly re-formed committee working on what was to become The BBC Hymn Book (1951). Writing about the tune’s composition, he says that in May 1941 he was certainly conscious that people were writing to the BBC objecting to the use of the tune ‘Austria’ to these classic words by John Newton. However, no decision to replace it had been made. On that Sunday morning this warm, three-in-a-bar tune, so different from the other rather militaristic tune, as he puts it, ‘rose to the surface’. It has proved to be one of the most successful tunes of the century. Abbot’s Leigh is the wooded area of Bristol, south of the river Avon, where he was living.
from notes by Alan Luff © 1999
Recordings
 Hymns from King'sStudio Master: KGS0014Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available  Hymns from King’s is a collection of hymn arrangements by Stephen Cleobury from the Edition Peters book of the same name. Covering the entire church year, the album contains arrangements, accompaniments and descants for some of the world’s most po ...» More |
 Praise my soulStudio Master: SIGCD545Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available  Subtitled 'Favourite hymns from Jesus College Cambridge', this programme celebrates the rich and living tradition of hymnody through the exalted voices of the college's two chapel choirs and the thunderous voicings of the 2007 Kuhn organ.» More |
 The English Hymn, Vol. 1 - Christ TriumphantCDP12101  ‘The time spent listening to it has been delightful. Tone, enunciation, resourcefulness of arrangement and accompaniment, all are exemplary’ (Gramophone)» More |
 The Hymns AlbumStudio Master: SIGCD079Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available The Huddersfield Choral Society presents some of our nation's most loved hymns, a range attempting to cover an unaffected, pure lyricism through to a vast, full-throated sound that might shake the rafters of the sturdiest church.» More |
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