Hymns From Merton
The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Owen Chan, Merton Brass, François Cloete, Benjamin Nicholas
An eclectic mix performed with aplomb by Merton’s Girl Choristers and gentlemen in stunning sound...The contribution by Merton Brass really gives this album a huge uplift. One cannot imagine...
Hymns From Merton
The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Owen Chan, Merton Brass, François Cloete, Benjamin Nicholas
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An eclectic mix performed with aplomb by Merton’s Girl Choristers and gentlemen in stunning sound...The contribution by Merton Brass really gives this album a huge uplift. One cannot imagine...
About
From their beginnings in 2016 Merton College's Girl Choristers have gone from strength to strength. For their second recording they bring together a collection of much-loved hymns, celebrating a tradition that has enriched Christian worship for hundreds of years.
Contents and tracklist
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford, Owen Chan
- Benjamin Nicholas
Howells:
All my Hope on God is Founded (Michael) [Arr. for Choir, Organ, Brass and Percussion by Christopher Palmer and Andrew Senn]
Work length5:11
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford, Owen Chan, Merton Brass
- Benjamin Nicholas
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, Owen Chan
- Benjamin Nicholas
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford, François Cloete
- Benjamin Nicholas
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford
- Benjamin Nicholas
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford, François Cloete
- Benjamin Nicholas
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford, Owen Chan
- Benjamin Nicholas
MS Rheinhardt:
O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness (Was Lebet) [Descant. John Scott]
Work length3:20
- The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford, François Cloete
- Benjamin Nicholas
Purcell:
Christ is Made the Sure Foundation (Westminster Abbey) [Verse 5 Arr. James O’Donnell]
Work length4:38
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford, Owen Chan, Merton Brass
- Benjamin Nicholas
Sir Charles Hubert Parry, Charles Parry:
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton) [Descant. John Scott]
Work length3:33
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford, François Cloete
- Benjamin Nicholas
Clement Cotterill Schofield:
The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, is Ended (St. Clement) [Descant. John Scott]
Work length3:24
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford, François Cloete
- Benjamin Nicholas
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford, François Cloete
- Benjamin Nicholas
trad.:
Be Thou My Vision, O Lord of My Heart (Slane) [Arr. for Choir and Organ by Erik Routley] [Descant. John Scott]
Work length3:32
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford, François Cloete
- Benjamin Nicholas
Sir Charles Hubert Parry, Charles Parry:
And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time (Jerusalem)
Work length2:34
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford, François Cloete
- Benjamin Nicholas
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford, François Cloete
- Benjamin Nicholas
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, Owen Chan
- Benjamin Nicholas
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford, Owen Chan
- Benjamin Nicholas
anon.:
All People That on Earth Do Dwell (Old Hundredth) [Arr. for Choir, Brass and Organ by Roy Douglas] [Fauxbourdon in verse 4 by John Dowland]
Work length4:38
- The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, The Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford, François Cloete, Merton Brass
- Benjamin Nicholas
Awards and reviews
September 2024
An eclectic mix performed with aplomb by Merton’s Girl Choristers and gentlemen in stunning sound...The contribution by Merton Brass really gives this album a huge uplift. One cannot imagine Vaughan Williams’s 1953 coronation version of The Old Hundredth without such burnished refinement.
