Beati quorum via - C.V. Stanford, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
15. 'Beati quorum via'
From the album ‘Treasures of English Church Music’
Composer C. V. Stanford
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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Beati quorum via
This piece was written in 1905, and dedicated to 'Alan Gray [a friend and colleague] and the choir of Trinity College, Cambridge'. The music is gracious and fluent, making imaginative use of a six-voiced texture. The Latin psalm text is primarily a springboard for the music; the piece could be thought of as a miniature symphonic movement for choir.
LYRICS:
Beati quorum via integra est: qui ambulant in lege Domini.
(Psalm 119, v. 1)
Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way: and walk in the law of the Lord.
Treasures of English Church Music
46 tracks of English a cappella music, featuring John Rutter conducting the Cambridge Singers, and recorded in the inspiring setting of the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral.
"“A marvellous collection taken from all ages of Church Music – a mix of the popular and the slightly rarer. This is recorded in Ely Cathedral and it seems to have projected itself into some wonderfully lyric pieces – the opening track of Parsons Ave Maria sets the scene for the rest of the music. This is the Cambridge Singers at their best…” Cathedral Music
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
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