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Beyond All Mortal Praise
Church Music from St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich
sung by

THE CHURCH CHOIR OF GENTLEMEN AND BOYS
and
THE TOWER SINGERS
Director - Michael Nicholas
William Saunders, organ

Click here to download a sample of O Thou, the central orb
Click here to download a sample of I waited for the Lord

Programme
+
Hymn : Hark, a herald voice is calling - Tune "Merton", W H Monk
Adam lay ybounden - Peter Warlock
O Thou, the central orb - Charles Wood
Infant Holy - trad. Polish, arr Michael Nicholas
From the rising of the sun - Frederick Ouseley
When to the temple Mary went - Johannes Eccard
Christus factus est - Felice Anerio
+ Hymn : Love's redeeming work is done - Tune "Savannah", c. 1740
Blessed be the God and Father - Samuel Sebastian Wesley
* Sanctus and Benedictus (from Michael's Mass) - Diana Burrell
* The Lord is my Shepherd - Maurice Greene
If ye love me - Philip Wilby
Magnificat in B minor - Thomas Tertius Noble
I waited for the Lord (from "Lobgesang") - Felix Mendelssohn
O sing joyfully - Adrian Batten
As the apple tree - Robert Walker
Creed (from Communion Service in F) - Harold Darke
Christe, adoramus Te - Claudio Monteverdi
Ubi caritas et amor - Maurice Duruflé
Nunc Dimittis in G (for men's voices) - Herbert Sumsion
Te Deum Laudamus in F - John Ireland
+ Beyond all mortal praise - Tue "Marlborough Gate", Wayne Marshall

* Sung by Tower Singers. All other items by the Choir of Gentlemen and Boys. In the three hymns the two choirs combine.
+ Descants by Michael Nicholas, for this recording

A Stewart Orr Sound Services Digital Recording
Recorded by Stewart Orr
Recorded in St Mary-le-Tower Civic Church during the evenings of 14, 15, 16 and 17 February 2005

If you would like to order a copy of this CD please email the Assistant Director of Music, William Saunders, for more information - wr.saunders@hotmail.co.uk 

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