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In Pastures Green: A Meditation in Psalms, Poems and Music
In Pastures Green A Meditation in Psalms Poems and Music Author:Thomas Hardy, R Vaughan Williams In pastures green. A meditation in music and words. A treasury of favourite psalms, cherished music and poetry, from the immortal 23rd psalm to Thomas Hardy's poignant evocations of English rural churches. The poetry is complemented by well-known favourites such as 'Crimond' and Vaughan Williams' magnificent 'Tallis Fantasia'. Read by Margaret H... more »oward and Bernard Palmer 1 The Lord's my shepherd - Psalm 23 'Crimond' (JS Irvine) 1836-1887 2 Afternoon Service Thomas Hardy 1840-1928 3 Jesu, Joy of man's desiring Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 4 The Psalm Robert Bridges 1844-1930 5 Sing Joyfully - Psalm 33 William Byrd 1543-1623 6 Out of the depths Psalm 130 7 Sanctus John Taverner c.1490-1545 8 Death, be not proud John Donne 1572-1631 9 Fantasia in G minor - BWV 542i Johann Sebastian Bach 10 Barthelemon & Awake my soul Thomas Hardy & F H Barthelemon 11 Sunrise John Clare 1793-1864 12 Adagio - BWV 564ii Johann Sebastian Bach 13 The Choirmaster's burial Thomas Hardy 14 Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958 15 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills Psalm 121 16 The spacious firmament on high Richard Addison 1672-1719 17 The spacious firmament on high Bernard Rose 1916-1996 18 O praise God Psalm 150 19 O praise God - Psalm 150 Bernard Rose, The Victoria Singers directed by Sarah Tenant-Flowers (track 1) English Renaissance, directed by Michael Stoddart (tracks 5 & 7) The choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, directed by Bernard Rose (tracks 17 & 19) The choir of Norwich Cathedral, directed by David Dunnet (track 10, courtesy of Rainbow Productions Ltd) BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult (track 14) Organ and piano solos played by Martin Souter« less