Thou knowest, Lord - Henry Purcell, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
13. 'Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts'
From the album ‘Treasures of English Church Music’
Composer Henry Purcell
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts
This brief but eloquent anthem, written for the funeral of Queen Mary in 1695, shows Purcell's style at its simplest ad most moving. The music: almost all note-against-note without contrapuntal elaboration, unfolds with dignity and pathos.
LYRICS:
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts: shut not thy merciful ears unto our
prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and most merciful
Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains
of death, to fall from thee. Amen. (from the Burial Service, Book of Common Prayer, 1662)
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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