Parry: Songs of Farewell & Works by Stanford, Gray & Wood

Featuring

James O'Donnell
George Purves
Westminster Abbey Choir
Charles Villiers Stanford
Alan Gray
Charles Wood

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

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Notable Performances

The Songs of Farewell by Hubert Parry were not heard together as a full set until February 23, 1919, at Parry's Memorial Concert at Exeter College, Oxford.

Composer Biography

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, one of the composers on this album, maintained a close friendship with fellow composer Hubert Parry, which became fractious before Parry's death.

Composition History

Hubert Parry, a composer on this album, began conceiving his six motets, known as the Songs of Farewell, in 1913, with much of their composition occurring in 1914 and 1915.

Composition History

Alan Gray's a cappella Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in F minor, a work for double choir, was published in 1912 and is considered his most enduring work for the Anglican liturgy.

Composer Biography

Alan Gray, another composer featured, was Stanford's successor as organist of Trinity College, Cambridge, and a lawyer by training who chose to pursue music.

Composer Biography

Charles Wood, a composer on this album, was a pupil of Stanford and a colleague to both Stanford and Gray at Cambridge, directing chapel music at Gonville and Caius College.

Composition History

Stanford's Latin Magnificat for eight-part chorus in B flat, Op 164, was composed as a symbol of affection and remorse for Hubert Parry, who died before its publication.