BEST-LOVED HYMNS

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Amazing Grace • The Lord’s My Shepherd • Be Thou My Vision • Holy, Holy, Holy • Come Down, O Love Divine • All Things Bright and Beautiful • Love Divine, All Loves Excelling • O God, Our Helpin Ages Past • Morning Has Broken • When I Survey the Wondrous Cross • and many more2CD

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1 Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven 2’49Tune: Praise My SoulMusic by John Goss 1800-1880.Words by Henry Francis Lyte 1793-1847 alt.

Jonathan Bradley organ

2 The Lord’s My Shepherd 3’09Tune: Crimond / Brother James’ AirMusic by Jessie Seymour Irvine 1836-1887 and David Grant 1833-1893, arranged by Michael Leighton Jones b. 1947. Verse 5 descant by William Baird Ross 1871-1950.Words: Psalm 23, Scottish Psalter, 1650.Jonathan Bradley organ

3 Holy Father, God of Might 2’01Tune: CatherineMusic by Richard Connolly, harmonised by Charles Louis Fouvy b. 1928. Verse 4 arranged by Philip Nicholls b. 1976.Words by Richard Connolly b. 1927 alt.

Jonathan Bradley organ

4 All Creatures of Our God and King 3’55Tune: Lasst Uns ErfreuenMelody from Ausserlesene catholische geistliche Kirchengesäng, Cologne, 1623, arranged by Michael Leighton Jones, based on the harmonisation by Ralph Vaughan Williams.Words by St Francis of Assisi 1182-1226, translated by William Henry Draper 1855-1933 alt.

Australian Chamber Brass Ensemble, Jonathan Bradley organ

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5 God That Madest Earth and Heaven 1’52Tune: Ar Hyd y NosMusic: Welsh traditional melody, harmonised by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Words by Reginald Heber 1783-1826 (verse 1) and Richard Whately 1787-1863 (verse 2).

6 Jesus, Lover of My Soul 3’44Tune: AberystwythMusic by Joseph Parry 1841-1903, arranged by Michael Leighton Jones.Words by Charles Wesley 1707-1788.

7 Be Thou My Vision 2’15Tune: SlaneMusic: Traditional Irish melody, harmonised by David Evans 1874-1948, arranged by Christopher Willcock SJ b. 1947.Words: 8th-century Irish, translated by Mary Elizabeth Byrne 1880-1931;

versified by Eleanor Henrietta Hull 1860-1935 alt.

Australian Chamber Brass Ensemble, Jonathan Bradley organ

8 Abide With Me 2’54Tune: EventideMusic by William Henry Monk 1823-1889, arranged by Julian Lee b. 1923.Words by Henry Francis Lyte.Yvonne Kenny soprano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor

9 Amazing Grace 2’40Tune: New BritainMusic: American folk hymn melody; arrangement from Edwin Othello Excell 1851-1921.

Words by John Newton 1725-1807.

David Drury organ

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0 Holy, Holy, Holy 3’00Tune: NicaeaMusic by John Bacchus Dykes 1823-1876. Words by Reginald Heber.David Drury organ

! Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer 2’32Tune: Cwm RhonddaMusic by John Hughes 1873-1932, arranged by Michael Leighton Jones.Words by William Williams 1717-1791, translated by Peter Williams 1727-1796 and others.

@ Love Divine, All Loves Excelling 3’57Tune: HyfrydolMelody by Rowland Huw Pritchard 1811-1887, harmonised by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Verse 3 arranged by Michael Leighton Jones.Words by Charles Wesley 1707-1788 alt.

Australian Chamber Brass Ensemble, Jonathan Bradley organ

£ All My Hope on God is Founded 2’54Tune: MichaelMusic by Herbert Howells 1892-1983, arranged by Michael Leighton Jones. Descant by John Rutter b. 1945. Words by Joachim Neander 1650-1680, translated by Robert Seymour Bridges 1844-1930 alt.

Australian Chamber Brass Ensemble, Jonathan Bradley organ

$ Be Still, My Soul 2’57Tune: FinlandiaMusic by Jean Sibelius 1865-1957.

Words by Katharina von Schlegel 1697-1768, translated by Jane Borthwick 1813-1897 alt.

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% How Can I Keep from Singing? 3’33Music by Robert Lowry 1826-1899, arranged by Bradley Ellingboe b. 1958.Words: Anonymous. The Birralee Blokes, Ashreya Ward oboe, Justine Favell piano, Paul Holley conductor

^ An Upper Room 2’52Tune: O Waly WalyTraditional English melody, arranged by Peter Campbell b. 1964.Words by Frederick Pratt Green 1903-2000.Timothy Newton baritone solo

& Come Down, O Love Divine 4’01Tune: Down AmpneyMusic by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Verses 2, 3 and 4 arranged by Michael Leighton Jones.Words by Bianco da Siena d. 1434, translated by Richard Frederick Littledale 1833-1890 alt.Jonathan Bradley organ

* When I Survey the Wondrous Cross 3’24Tune: RockinghamMelody adapted by Edward Miller 1731/35-1807; harmony from Samuel Webbe 1740-1816. Words by Isaac Watts 1674-1748.

David Drury organ

( Glory be to Jesus 2’09Tune: CaswallMusic by Friedrich Filitz 1804-1876, arranged by Michael Leighton Jones.Words: Late 18th-century Italian, translated by Edward Caswall 1814-1878 alt.

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) I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say 2’43Tune: KingsfoldMusic adapted from an English folk song by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Arrangement and descant by Michael Leighton Jones.Words by Horatius Bonar 1808-1889.

Jonathan Bradley organ

¡ Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? 3’12Tune: Were You There?Music: African-American spiritual, arranged by Bob Chilcott b. 1955.

Words: Anonymous.

™ O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded 2’41Tune: Passion ChoraleMelody by Hans Leo Hassler 1564-1612, harmonised by Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750.Original Latin words attributed to St Bernard of Clairvaux 1091-1153; German words by Paul Gerhardt 1607-1676, translated by James Waddell Alexander 1804-1859, revised by Henry Williams Baker 1821-1877 alt.

Jonathan Bradley organ

# Lord of Earth and All Creation 3’04Tune: Westminster AbbeyMusic by Henry Purcell 1659-1695, adapted by Ernest Hawkins 1802-1868. Verse 2 arranged by Michael Leighton Jones. Verse 3 descant by Christopher Gower b. 1939, edited by Michael Leighton Jones.Words by Michael Rayner Thwaites 1915-2005 and Honor Mary Thwaites 1914-1993. Jonathan Bradley organ

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¢ I Bind Unto Myself Today 5’30Tune: St Patrick’s BreastplateMusic: Traditional Irish melody, arranged by Charles Villiers Stanford 1852-1924.

Words attributed to St Patrick c. 387-c. 461: 11th-century Irish manuscript, translated by Whitley Stokes 1830-1909, versified by Cecil Frances Alexander 1818-1895.Jonathan Bradley organ

∞ For All the Saints 3’34Tune: Sine NomineMusic by Ralph Vaughan Williams, arranged by Christopher Willcock.Words by William Walsham How 1823-1897.

Australian Chamber Brass Ensemble, Jonathan Bradley organ

Total Playing Time 79’23

Choir of Trinity College, University of MelbourneMichael Leighton Jones director

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CantillationDavid Russell conductor 9, 0, *

Antony Walker conductor ¡

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1 Battle Hymn of the Republic (Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory of the Coming of the Lord) 2’40Tune: Battle HymnMusic: Traditional, arranged by Jessica Wells b. 1974.Words by Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910.David Hobson tenor, Teddy Tahu Rhodes bass-baritone, Sinfonia Australis, Guy Noble conductor

2 I Vow to Thee, My Country 3’03Tune: ThaxtedMusic by Gustav Holst 1874-1934. Verse 2 arranged by Michael Leighton Jones b. 1947.

Words by Cecil Arthur Spring Rice 1859-1918.

Jonathan Bradley organ

3 Thine be the Glory 2’58Tune: MaccabaeusMusic by George Frideric Handel 1685-1759.

Words by Edmond Budry 1854-1932, translated by Richard Hoyle 1875-1939.

David Drury organ

4 All People That on Earth Do Dwell 5’40Tune: Old HundredthMusic: Genevan Psalter, 1551, fourth line fitted to English versions 1561-63, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958. Verse 4 harmonised by John Dowland 1563-1626.Words by William Kethe d. 1594 alt.

Australian Chamber Brass Ensemble, Jonathan Bradley organ

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5 King of Glory, King of Peace 2’23Tune: GwalchmaiMusic by John David Jones 1827-1870.Words by George Herbert 1593-1632.John O’Donnell organ

6 Christ Be My Leader by Night and by Day 2’22Tune: Bonnie George CampbellMusic: Traditional Scottish melody, arranged by Peter Campbell b. 1964.Words by Timothy Dudley-Smith b. 1926.

John O’Donnell piano

7 The Day You Gave Us, Lord, is Ended 2’56Tune: St ClementsMusic by Clement Cotterill Scholefield 1839-1904. Verse 4 descant by Michael Leighton Jones.Words by John Ellerton 1826-1893 alt.

Jonathan Bradley organ

8 All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night 2’22Tune: Tallis’ CanonMusic by Thomas Tallis c. 1505-1585, arranged by Michael Leighton Jones.Words by Thomas Ken 1637-1711 alt.

9 Lead, Kindly Light 2’31Tune: SandonMusic by Charles Henry Purday 1799-1885.

Words by John Henry Newman 1801-1890.

David Drury organ

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0 Morning Has Broken 2’09Tune: BunessanMusic: Old Gaelic melody, arranged by Michael Leighton Jones.Words by Eleanor Farjeon 1881-1965.

Siobhán Stagg soprano solo, Jonathan Bradley piano

! All Things Bright and Beautiful 2’53Tune: All Things Bright and BeautifulMusic by William Henry Monk 1823-1889. Words by Cecil Frances Alexander 1818-1895.

David Drury organ

@ O Praise Ye the Lord 3’36Tune: Laudate DominumMusic from the anthem Hear My Words by C. Hubert H. Parry 1848-1918, arranged by Michael Leighton Jones.Words by Henry W. Baker 1821-1877.

Australian Chamber Brass Ensemble

£ Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ 1’37Tune: Linstead MarketMusic: Jamaican folk song, refrain adapted by Doreen Potter 1925-1980, arranged by Alistair Spence b. 1955.

Words by Fred Kaan b. 1929.

John O’Donnell piano

$ Inspired by Love and Anger 4’07Tune: Sally GardensMusic: Traditional Irish melody, arranged by Lawrence Bartlett 1933-2002.

Words by John L. Bell b. 1949 and Graham Maule b. 1958.John O’Donnell piano

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% Eternal Father, Strong to Save 3’08Tune: MelitaMusic by John Bacchus Dykes 1823-1876. Verse 4 arranged by Michael Leighton Jones.Words by William Whiting 1825-1878 alt.

Jonathan Bradley organ

^ O God, Our Help in Ages Past 2’18Tune: St AnneMelody and bass from A Supplement to the New Version, 1708, probably supplied by William Croft 1678-1727.

Words by Isaac Watts 1674-1748.

David Drury organ

& Thy Hand, O God, Has Guided 5’23Tune: ThornburyMusic by Basil Harwood 1859-1949, arranged by Michael Leighton Jones.Words by Edward Plumptre 1821-1891.John O’Donnell organ, Australian Chamber Brass Ensemble

* It Came Upon the Midnight Clear 2’50Tune: NoelMusic: Traditional English melody adapted by Arthur Sullivan 1842-1900.Words by Edmund Sears 1810-1876.

( Go, Tell It on the Mountain 2’50Music: African-American spiritual, arranged by Bob Spencer, Sally Whitwell, David Hobson and Teddy Tahu Rhodes.Words by John Wesley Work 1872-1925.David Hobson tenor, Teddy Tahu Rhodes bass-baritone, Sinfonia Australis, Guy Noble conductor

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) Now Thank We All Our God 2’29Tune: Nun DanketMelody from J. Crüger’s Praxis Pietatis Melica c. 1647; harmony chiefly by Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847, from Lobgesang. Words by Martin Rinkart 1586-1649 translated by Catherine Winkworth 1827-1878.

David Drury organ

¡ Of the Father’s Heart Begotten 3’30Tune: Divinum MysteriumMusic: Traditional 11th century, arranged by David Willcocks b. 1919.Words by Marcus Aurelius Clemens Prudentius 348-405, translated by R.F. Davis 1866-1937.Jonathan Bradley organ, Australian Chamber Brass Ensemble

™ Simple Gifts 1’54Tune: Simple GiftsMusic: Traditional, arranged by Aaron Copland 1900-1990.Words by Joseph Brackett Jr 1797-1882.Yvonne Kenny soprano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor

# O Worship the King 4’31Tune: HanoverMelody and bass by William Croft 1678-1727, arranged by Michael Leighton Jones. Descant by Alan Gray 1855-1935.Words by Robert Grant 1779-1838.John O’Donnell organ

¢ Sing to the Lord 2’38Tune: JerusalemMusic by C. Hubert H. Parry.Words by Arthur Grimshaw b. 1933.

Jonathan Bradley organ

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∞ Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation 3’15Tune: Lobe den HerrenMelody from Erneuertes Gesangbuch, Stralsund, 1665, harmonised by William Sterndale Bennett 1816-1875, arranged by Christopher Willcock.Words by Joachim Neander 1650-1680, translated by Catherine Winkworth and others. Australian Chamber Brass Ensemble, Jonathan Bradley organ

Total Playing Time 78’05

Choir of Trinity College, University of MelbourneMichael Leighton Jones director

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CantillationDavid Russell conductor 3, 9, !, ^, )

Brett Weymark conductor *

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Australian Chamber Brass EnsembleTrumpets: Mark Fitzpatrick, Bruno Siketa, Tristan RebienTrombones: Jessica Buzbee, Chris FarrandsBass Trombone: Robert CollinsTimpani: Guy du Blêt

ABC ClassicsExecutive Producers Robert Patterson, Laura BellMastering Tom Grubb, Mano MusicaPublications Editor Natalie SheaBooklet Design Imagecorp Pty LtdCover Photo Maria Dryfhout / Veer

Previously unreleased tracks:CD1 6, !, ^, ), CD2 0, ¢ Recorded December 2009 in the Chapel of Trinity College, University ofMelbourne. Recording Producer: Stephen Snelleman. Recording Engineer: Alex Stinson. Editing: Alex Stinsonand Michael Leighton Jones.CD1 5, CD2 5, 6, @-$, &, # Recorded December 2011 in the Chapel of Trinity College, University ofMelbourne. Recording Producer: Haig Burnell. Recording Engineer: Richard Girvan. Editing: Richard Girvan and Michael Leighton Jones.CD1 9, 0, CD2 3, 9, !, ^, ) Recorded 2 and 4 April 2012 in the Eugene Goossens Hall of the AustralianBroadcasting Corporation’s Ultimo Centre, Sydney. Recording Producer and Engineer: Virginia Read. Editing: Tom Grubb, Mano Musica.

ABC Classics thanks Andrew Delaney, Dux Newton and Jonathan Villanueva.

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