Set me as a seal upon thine heart - William Walton, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
12. 'Set me as a seal upon thine heart' - from the album ‘This is the day’
Composer William Walton
Conductor John Rutter
Soprano Grace Davidson
Tenor Benjamin Alden
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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LYRICS:
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death.
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.
Song of Solomon, 8, vv. 6, 7
'Set me as a seal upon thine heart' was written by William Walton in 1938, for the wedding of Ivor Guest and Lady Mabel Fox-Strangways. It was also included in the wedding service of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson in 1986
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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