I heard a voice from heaven - C.V. Stanford, John Rutter, Karen Kerslake, The Cambridge Singers
4. 'I heard a voice from heaven'
From the album ‘Stanford and Howells Remembered’
Composer Charles Villiers Stanford
Conductor John Rutter
Soprano Karen Kerslake
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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LYRICS:
I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, from henceforth blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord: even so saith the Spirit; for they rest from their
labours, and their works follow them.
(Revelation 14, v.13)
I heard a voice from heaven
This simple, dignified anthem for unaccompanied choir dates from 1910, but is in fact an extended version of Stanford's earlier anthem 'Blessed are the dead', written for the funeral in King's College Chapel in 1886 of a Cambridge friend, Henry Bradshaw who, according to the composer, acquainted him with the medieval carol 'Angelus ad virginem', part of the melody of which appears in the anthem.
Stanford and Howells Remembered
This recording is a choral tribute to the sacred music of two visionary composers: Stanford and Howells, who, among their other achievements, made distinctive, lasting and much-cherished contributions to the musical repertory of the English Church.
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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