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ANTHEM FOR EASTER DAY with QUESTIONS: A LULLABY CAROL OXCD-148
The Choir of King's College Cambridge conducted by Stephen Cleobury, Eton College Chapel Choir conducted by Tim Johnson
Music by David Goode, Words by Francis Warner.
Score and CD available from Colin Smythe Publishers.
1. Questions: A Lullaby Carol (Eton College Chapel Choir)
2. Anthem for Easter Day (The Choir of King's College, Cambridge), Henry Websdale (organ)
[audio sample below]
In 2019, Sir Stephen Cleobury retired after half a century of greatly distinguished service to church music.A little part of that, happily, involved conducting and recording the collection of anthems by Francis and myself - and so it seemed fitting to write one more piece for him before his retirement. This piece is the Anthem for Easter Day. As it happens, Easter remained unmarked in the collection, unless one counts the Anthem for Christ the King. Francis' text focused on a more personal, less overtly triumphant, quality to the Resurrection story, seen from the view of Mary Magdalen, and my setting tried to reflect that, from the somewhat sombre F minor opening of the first eight lines evoking shades of black and white to the anthem's gentle conclusion in colour and scents of that new sprint dawn.
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