Instrumentation
SATB choir
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Anthem for unaccompanied SATB choir.
Text from The Wisdom of Solomon: Ch.3, v.1-3
First performed on BBC Radio 4 on 2nd November 1984 in the ´Daily Service´ by the Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir conducted by John Bishop.
Regularly performed at the Chapel of Royal Holloway, University of London, by the Chapel Choir under the direction of Professor Lionel Pike.
Performed by the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, under the direction of Richard Marlow, in their Evensong Service on 20th May 1999; by the Kingfisher Chorale, directed by David Fisher, in the Frazer Noble Hall, Leicester, in October 2002 and November 2009; and in Birmingham Cathedral by the Cathedral Choir, directed by Marcus Huxley, in November 2009 and July 2010. Recorded in 1997 by the Academic Scholars for their CD entitled "Hereditary Voices" (PHAROS Records PHACDlO1). Recorded for CD entitled The Lord is my Shepherd (CDVP014CD) by the Chapel Choir of Royal Holloway, directed by Lionel Pike, on 6th & 7th January 2001 in Arundel Cathedral. Performed on June 21st 2005 in the Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham, by the Chamber Choir of Birmingham Conservatoire, conducted by Andrew King, in a concert of Music by Andrew Downes marking the composer´s retirement from Birmingham Conservatoire.
Performed at King´s Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts in August 2006 by the Millennium Scholars directed by Paula Downes, and by the Harvard Choral Fellows, directed by Edward Jones, at the Memorial Church, Harvard University, USA, in November 2007.
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