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彼得．霍爾德 管風琴
詹姆士．歐唐納 指揮
西敏寺修道院合唱團

Westminster Abbey Choir
James O’Donnell
Peter Holder organ

Three composers whose contributions to the Anglican choral tradition are rich in historical significance: no less than the Abbey itself, much of this music is inseparably bound up with the national celebrations or commemorations appropriate to war, coronation and royal marriage.

SIR EDWARD CUTHBERT BAIRSTOW (1874–1946)
1 Blessed city, heavenly Salem [8'49]
2 Let all mortal flesh keep silence [3'43]
3 The Lamentation [8'22]

SIR WILLIAM HARRIS (1883–1973)
4 Bring us, O Lord God [3'50]
5 Strengthen ye the weak hands [6'49]
6 Faire is the heaven [5'07]
7 Flourish for an Occasion [5'21]

SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD (1852–1924)
8 A Song of Wisdom Op 113 No 6a [4'49]
9 O for a closer walk with God
Op 113 No 6b [3'09]
10 For lo, I raise up Op 145 [7'48]

Evening Service in A Op 12 [12'16]
11 Magnificat [6'27]
12 Nunc dimittis [5'49]
13 Gloria in excelsis [5'32]
(from Festal Communion Service in B flat, Op 128)