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For choir SATB with optional solos and organ op. 56b
Text George Herbert 15931633 - english poet orator and Anglican priest.
Dedication `For the centenary of St Michael`s College Tenbury`

Text William Plomer 1903-1973

First performance 22 Jul 1959 >>
Text From the Ordinary of the Roman Rite set in Latin
Duration 11.0`
Dedication `For George Malcolm and the boys of Westminster Cathedral Choir`
The plainchant intonation of the `Gloria` from which much of the work is derived is from Mass XV - the Ordinary for Commemorations and Ferias of the Christmas season - in the `Liber usualis`.

Movements
1 Kyrie
2 Gloria
3 Sanctus-Benedictus
4 Agnus Dei

For chorus SATB unaccompanied op. 47
Composition date April 1950
First performance 23 Jul 1950 Dartington Hall Student choir conductor Imogen Holst
Duration 10.0`
Dedication `To Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst on the occasion of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary - 3rd April 1950`

Movements
1 To Daffodils Robert Herrick 1591-1674
2 The Succession of the Four Sweet Months Robert Herrick
3 Marsh Flowers George Crabbe 1754-1832
4 The Evening Primrose John Clare 1793-1864
5 Ballad of Green Broom anon.

`For Ursula Nettleship`1886-1968 /singer and teacher/
1. Procession This movement and `Recession` are variants of the `Magnificat` antiphon for the second vespers of the nativity of Our Lord.
2. Wolcum yole! anon. XIVc.
3. There is no rose anon. XIVc.
4a. That yongë child anon. XIVc.
4b. Balulalow James John and Robert Wedderburn 1600s
5. As dew in Aprille anon. XIVc.
6. This little babe Robert Southwell c1561-1595
7. Interlude for harp
8. In freezing winter night Robert Southwell c1561-1595
9. Spring carol William Cornish c1465-c1523
10. Deo gracias anon. XVc.
11. Recession

Anthem for mixed voices SATB double chorus unaccompanied
Revised 29 Apr 1934
Text Anon ca. 1300
First performance 5 Jan 1931 St. John`s Church Lowestoft The Lowestoft Musical Society conductor - C.J.R.Coleman

Eight medieval lyrics for unaccompanied voices SSATB op. 91
Text Anon. early English
Period of composition Dec 1974 - Jan 1975

First performance 14 Sep 1975 Snape Maltings Concert Hall Wilbye Consort conductor - Peter Pears
Duration 15.0`
Dedication `For P.P. and the Wilbye Consort`

Movements
1 St Godrick`s hymn mid 12th century
2 I mon waxe wod later 13th century
3 Lenten is come later 13th/earlier 14th century
4 The long night earlier 13th century
5 Yif ic of luve can earlier 14th century
6 Carol earlier 14th century
7 Ye that pasen by mid 14th century
8 A death 13th century

	Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) A Boy Was Born - Choral variations for unaccompanied voices, op. 3 Paul Spicer (conductor) Jonathan Cannock - treble. Lichfield Cathedral Choristers. Recording venue St Augustine’s Church, Kilburn 28–29 April 1997. (3) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) A Hymn of St Columba for chorus and organ (1962) Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Andrew Lumsden - organ. Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel; 23–24 October 1995. (1) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) A Wedding Anthem, op. 46 Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Carys Lane - soprano, Mark Milhofer - tenor. Andrew Lumsden - organ. Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel; 7–8 March 1996. (2) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) A.M.D.G. (Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam), seven settings of Gerard Manley Hopkins for unaccompanied SATB (1939) Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel; 23–24 October 1995. (1) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Advance Democracy, for Unaccompanied Choir (1938) Download Sheet Music Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Recording venue St Augustine’s Church, Kilburn 28–29 April 1997. (2) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Antiphon, for choir (SATB with optional solos) and organ (1956), op. 56b For choir SATB with optional solos and organ op. 56b Text George Herbert 15931633 - english poet orator and Anglican priest. Dedication `For the centenary of St Michael`s College Tenbury` Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Olive Simpson - soprano, Rachel Wheatley - soprano, Rachel Elliot - soprano. Andrew Lumsden - organ. Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel; 7–8 March 1996. (1) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Choral Dances (from `Gloriana`), for chorus a cappella (1967) Text William Plomer 1903-1973 Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel; 23–24 October 1995. (1) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Festival Te Deum for chorus and organ, 1945, op. 32 Download Sheet Music Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Lindsay Wagstaff - soprano. Andrew Lumsden - organ. Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel; 7–8 March 1996. (2) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Hymn to St Peter, op. 56a Paul Spicer (conductor), Julie Cooper (soprano) The Finzi Singers. Andrew Lumsden - organ. Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel; 23–24 October 1995. (2) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Hymn to St. Cecilia, op. 27 Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Carys Lane - soprano, Belinda Yates - soprano, Kathryn Cook - alto, Andrew Carwood - tenor, Matthew Brook - bass. Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel 23–24 October 1995. (4) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Jubilate Deo in C for chorus and organ (1961) Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Andrew Lumsden - organ. Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel; 7–8 March 1996. (1) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Missa Brevis in D, for boys` voices and organ (1959), op. 63 Download Sheet Music First performance 22 Jul 1959 >> Text From the Ordinary of the Roman Rite set in Latin Duration 11.0` Dedication `For George Malcolm and the boys of Westminster Cathedral Choir` The plainchant intonation of the `Gloria` from which much of the work is derived is from Mass XV - the Ordinary for Commemorations and Ferias of the Christmas season - in the `Liber usualis`. Movements 1 Kyrie 2 Gloria 3 Sanctus-Benedictus 4 Agnus Dei Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Robert Burt - gloria intonation, Rachel Wheatley - soprano, Carys Lane - soprano, Lindsay Wagstaff - soprano. Andrew Lumsden - organ. Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel 7–8 March 1996. (1) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Rejoice in the Lamb for 4 soloists, choir, and organ; text by Christopher Smart (1943), op. 30 Paul Spicer (conductor), James Gilchrist (tenor), The Finzi Singers Carys Lane - soprano, Richard Wyn-Roberts - alto, James Gilchrist - tenor, Simon Preece - bass. Andrew Lumsden - organ. Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel; 23–24 October 1995. (2) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Song Cycle `Five Flower Songs` for Chorus a capella (1950), op. 47 For chorus SATB unaccompanied op. 47 Composition date April 1950 First performance 23 Jul 1950 Dartington Hall Student choir conductor Imogen Holst Duration 10.0` Dedication `To Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst on the occasion of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary - 3rd April 1950` Movements 1 To Daffodils Robert Herrick 1591-1674 2 The Succession of the Four Sweet Months Robert Herrick 3 Marsh Flowers George Crabbe 1754-1832 4 The Evening Primrose John Clare 1793-1864 5 Ballad of Green Broom anon. Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Recording venue St Augustine’s Church, Kilburn 28–29 April 1997. (3) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sung (1931) Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Susanna Spicer - alto. Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel; 7–8 March 1996. (1) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Te Deum in C for treble solo, chorus, trumpet, and organ (1934) Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Carys Lane - soprano solo. Andrew Lumsden - organ. Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel 7–8 March 1996. (2) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) `A ceremony of carols` for treble voices and harp (1942), op. 28 Download Sheet Music `For Ursula Nettleship`1886-1968 /singer and teacher/ 1. Procession This movement and `Recession` are variants of the `Magnificat` antiphon for the second vespers of the nativity of Our Lord. 2. Wolcum yole! anon. XIVc. 3. There is no rose anon. XIVc. 4a. That yongë child anon. XIVc. 4b. Balulalow James John and Robert Wedderburn 1600s 5. As dew in Aprille anon. XIVc. 6. This little babe Robert Southwell c1561-1595 7. Interlude for harp 8. In freezing winter night Robert Southwell c1561-1595 9. Spring carol William Cornish c1465-c1523 10. Deo gracias anon. XVc. 11. Recession Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Rachel Wheatley - soprano, Rachel Elliot - soprano, Olive Simpson - soprano, Carys Lane - soprano, Kathryn Cook - alto. Susan Drake - harp. Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel; 7–8 March 1996. (2) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) `A Hymn to the Virgin`, for mixed voices a cappella (1930) Anthem for mixed voices SATB double chorus unaccompanied Revised 29 Apr 1934 Text Anon ca. 1300 First performance 5 Jan 1931 St. John`s Church Lowestoft The Lowestoft Musical Society conductor - C.J.R.Coleman Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Julie Cooper - soprano, Stephen Carter - alto, Mark Milhofer - tenor, Matthew Brook - bass. Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel; 23–24 October 1995. (2) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) `Jubilate Deo` in E flat for chorus and organ (1934) Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Andrew Lumsden - organ. Recording venue Rosslyn Hill Chapel; 7–8 March 1996. (2) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) `Sacred and Profane`, for mixed chorus a cappella (1974-75), op. 91 Download Sheet Music Eight medieval lyrics for unaccompanied voices SSATB op. 91 Text Anon. early English Period of composition Dec 1974 - Jan 1975 First performance 14 Sep 1975 Snape Maltings Concert Hall Wilbye Consort conductor - Peter Pears Duration 15.0` Dedication `For P.P. and the Wilbye Consort` Movements 1 St Godrick`s hymn mid 12th century 2 I mon waxe wod later 13th century 3 Lenten is come later 13th/earlier 14th century 4 The long night earlier 13th century 5 Yif ic of luve can earlier 14th century 6 Carol earlier 14th century 7 Ye that pasen by mid 14th century 8 A death 13th century Paul Spicer (conductor), The Finzi Singers Recording venue St Augustine’s Church, Kilburn 28–29 April 1997. (1)