17 May 2014: A Celebration of English Choral Music
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Lord, let me know mine end Maurice Greene (1696-<strong>17</strong>55)<br />
Lord, let me know mine end and the number <strong>of</strong> my days,<br />
That I may be certified how long I have to live.<br />
Behold, Thou hast made my days as it were a span long;<br />
And mine age is as nothing in respect <strong>of</strong> Thee,<br />
And verily, ev’ry man living is altogether vanity.<br />
For man walketh in a vain shadow<br />
And disquieteth himself in vain;<br />
He heapeth up riches and cannot tell who shall gather them.<br />
And now, Lord, what is my hope?<br />
Truly my hope is ev’n in Thee.<br />
Hear my prayer, O Lord<br />
And with Thine ears consider my calling,<br />
Hold not Thy peace at my tears.<br />
O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength<br />
Before I go hence and be no more seen.<br />
Thou knowest Lord Henry Purcell (1659-1695)<br />
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets <strong>of</strong> our hearts.<br />
Shut not thy merciful ears unto our prayers;<br />
But spare us, Lord most holy.<br />
O God most mighty<br />
O holy and most merciful Father<br />
Thou most worthy Judge eternal<br />
Suffer us not at our last hour<br />
For any pains <strong>of</strong> death to fall from Thee. Amen.<br />
Hear my prayer<br />
Hear my prayer, Lord, and let my crying come unto Thee.<br />
Henry Purcell<br />
O clap your hands Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)<br />
O clap your hands together, all ye people,<br />
O sing unto God with the voice <strong>of</strong> melody,<br />
For the Lord is high and to be feared.<br />
He is the great King upon all the earth, <strong>of</strong> all the earth.<br />
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.<br />
He shall choose out an heritage for us,<br />
even the worship <strong>of</strong> Jacob, whom he loved.<br />
God is gone up with a merry noise<br />
and the Lord with the sound <strong>of</strong> the trumpet.<br />
O sing praises unto our God,<br />
O sing praises unto the Lord our King.