Ralph Vaughan Williams, the composer, adapted many folk tunes for The English Hymnal of 1906, believing that hymn tunes had absorbed folk melodies for a long time.
Performer Biography
The Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea is a professional church choir whose members regularly sing with leading consort groups like The Sixteen and Tallis Scholars.
Recording & Production
The recording was made at St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, on two separate occasions in October 2020 and June 2021.
Cultural Impact
Albion Records, the label for this recording, is devoted to works by Ralph Vaughan Williams and has had two recordings nominated for a Grammy award.
Album & Artwork
This album features two significant first recordings: the Communion Service in G minor, adapted for Anglican services in 1923, and a Nocturne setting Walt Whitman's poem 'By the Bivouac's Fitful Flame'.
Performer Biography
Rowan Williams, who reads the Ten Commandments on track 5, is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian, and poet who served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury.
Performer Biography
William Vann, the director, is the Director of Music at the Royal Hospital Chelsea and a Trustee of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society.
You might also enjoy...
Parry, H.: Choral Masterpieces - Songs of Farewell / I Was Glad / Jerusalem
Howells: A Sequence for Saint Michael
Elgar: Choral Works
Elgar: Ave Maria / Give Unto the Lord / Te Deum and Benedictus, Op. 34
