A Choral Feast
Choir of Men & Boys, Washington National Cathedral
Douglas Major, Organist & Choirmaster
Erik Wm. Suter, Asst. Organist & Choirmaster
This recording showcase the Choir of Men and Boys at Washington National Cathedral, one of the only such choirs in the United States maintained by a cathedral with an attached choir shoool, in the great English tradition. Included here are Anglican favorites and new music in the Anglican tradition by Douglas Major and Craig Phillips.
Favorites from the Anglican Choral Repertoire
God Is Gone Up—Gerald Finzi
Kyrie from "Mass in G Minor"—Vaughan Williams
Like as The Hart—Herbert Howells
Magnificat from "St. Paul's Service"—Herbert Howells
Thou Wilt Keep Him—Samuel Wesley
Music of the Renaissance
Kyrie from "Mass for Four Voices"—William Byrd
I Call and Cry to Thee—Thomas Tallis
See, the Word is Incarnate—Orlando Gibbons
Magnificat from "2nd Evening Service"—Orlando Gibbons
The Organ
Organ solo: Master Tallis's Testament—Herbert Howells
Music for Washington National Cathedral
At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners—Lee Hoiby
Gloria from "Missa Brevis"—Craig Phillips
Sing to the Lord a New Song—Douglas Major
Steal Away—Spiritual, arr. Nicholas White