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was an unwritten language. It has no alphabet or symbols and is purely reflective of their way of life. Although the language is complex for outsiders to understand the imagery can be simple and fresh as Rothenberg’s translation shows. Dove’s response is equally simple and uses a chant-like phrase which the basses sing at the start as an endlessly repeated figure which seems to reflect both primitivism and a kind of religious fervour. A second section marked ‘more alert’ and to be sung in a ‘bird-like’ manner has the upper voices pecking at the words ‘Beautifully joyful’. The tenors and basses join and longernote phrases bring back a feel of the chant which is properly reintroduced in the final section. This builds to a big climax and a quiet ending. Of Seek him that maketh the seven stars (1995) Dove has written that ‘the theme of light, and starlight in particular, is an endless source of inspiration for composers’. The anthem was commissioned by the Friends of the Royal Academy of Arts for their annual service in St James’s Church, Piccadilly in London, and Dove thought that these images would also have a special meaning for visual 6 artists. The organ part creates a musical image of the night sky with its twinkling stars which he says ‘sets the choir wondering who made them. The refrain “Seek him” starts in devotional longing but is eventually released into a joyful dance, finally coming to rest in serenity.’ Into thy hands was commissioned by Salisbury Cathedral to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the canonization of St Edmund of Abingdon (1175–1240), who was Canon Treasurer of Salisbury before becoming Archbishop of Canterbury. Dove was asked for an anthem which set words of St Edmund (he actually set two prayers) which would be sung in Pontigny Abbey in France where St Edmund is buried. Of the work Dove has written: ‘Knowing that it was a very resonant building, I imagined that the echo would be part of the piece, and set the first prayer spaciously, allowing for the sound of each phrase to reverberate. The second prayer talks of pilgrimage and eternity, and the music reflects this in a calm processional which does not reach an ending, but simply, in trust, surrenders itself.’ PAUL SPICER © 2010 If you have enjoyed this recording perhaps you would like a catalogue listing the many others available on the Hyperion and Helios labels. If so, please write to Hyperion Records Ltd, PO Box 25, London SE9 1AX, England, or email us at info@hyperion-records.co.uk, and we will be pleased to send you one free of charge. The Hyperion catalogue can also be accessed on the Internet at www.hyperion-records.co.uk All Hyperion and Helios compact discs may be purchased over the internet at www.hyperion-records.co.uk where you can also listen to extracts of all recordings and browse an up-to-date catalogue
Bless the Lord, O my soul 1 Ah, Bless the Lord, O my soul, who coverest thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain, who layest the beams of his chambers in the waters, who maketh the clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind, who maketh his angels spirits, his ministers a flaming fire! PSALM 104: 1–4 Missa brevis 2 Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. 3 Gloria in excelsis Deo. Glory to God in the highest. Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. And on earth peace to men of good will. Laudamus te. Benedicimus te. We praise thee. We bless thee. Adoramus te. Glorificamus te. We adore thee. We glorify thee. Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam. We give thee thanks for thy great glory. Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens. O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father almighty. Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe. O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris. O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father. Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Qui tollis peccata mundi, Who takest away the sins of the world, suscipe deprecationem nostram. receive our prayer. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis. Who sittest at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus. Tu solus Dominus. For thou only art Holy. Thou only art Lord. Tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe. Thou only art most high, Jesus Christ. Cum Sancto Spiritu, in gloria Dei Patris. Amen. With the Holy Ghost, in the glory of God the Father. Amen. 4 Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Hosanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest. 5 Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, miserere nobis. have mercy on us. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, miserere nobis. have mercy on us. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, dona nobis pacem. grant us peace. 7
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