How lovely is thy dwelling place - Johannes Brahms, John Rutter, Cambridge Singers, Aurora Orchestra
4. 'How lovely is thy dwelling place' - from the album ‘This is the day’
Composer Johannes Brahms
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
Orchestra Aurora Orchestra
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LYRICS:
How lovely is thy dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
My soul ever longeth and fainteth for the blest courts of the Lord; my heart and
flesh rejoice in God, yea in the living God.
Blest are they who dwell within thy house, they praise thy Name evermore.
Psalm 84, vv. 1, 2
This is the fourth of the seven movements of Brahms's 'Ein deutsches Requiem' of 1868. Its fluently melodious, gracious style, reminiscent of the composer's 'Liebeslieder' waltzes, established it as a favourite in its own right. 'How lovely is thy dwelling place' was sung at the funeral of HM The Queen Mother in 2002.
This is the day
The music on this album recollects, and celebrates, some of the choral music heard on royal occasions in England during the lifetime of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
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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