Jubilate Deo in B flat Charles Villiers Stanford
Taken from the Novello Copy
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford has a perverse relationship with posterity. Remembered today largely for his choral miniatures, this restless symphonist was the unwilling Janus of British music. A significant presence on the European scene in his own lifetime, he was an outspoken critic of Wagner, Strauss and modernism in general. Nevertheless, as a formalist with flair and skill, his influence catalysed much of the great English music of the 20th century. As fellow composer George Dyson said: "In a certain sense the very rebellion he fought was the most obvious fruit of his methods."
The Jubilate in B flat displays the composers trademark mastery of thematic structures.
The Jubilate in B flat displays the composers trademark mastery of thematic structures.
The Angel Gabriel from heaven came. Sabine Baring-Gould Basque traditional arr. Edgar Pettman.
This is a Basque Christmas folk carol based on the annunciation of the Virgin Mary by Archangel Gabriel. It was collected by Charles Bordes (1863 -1909) a french music teacher and composer and paraphrased into English by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) an Anglican priest and collector of folk songs. It is commonly sung to an arrangement by Edgar Pettman (1866-1943) English organist, choral conductor and music editor.
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