Catalogue
HAVPCD241 – O be joyful in the Lord
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| Disk Title | O be joyful in the Lord |
| 175 years of English church music | |
| Soloists | Benjamin Frost (Organ) |
| Choir | The Choir of St Luke’s Church, Chelsea |
| Conductor | Ann Elise Smoot |
| Location | St Luke’s Church, Chelsea |
| Date Recorded | September 1999 |
| Audio Tracks | 16 |
‘In quires and places where they sing, here followeth the anthem.’ This much-loved and oft-quoted phrase is found in the Book of Common Prayer amidst the rubric of the Offices for Morning and Evening Prayer, more often known as Matins and Evensong. It makes an apposite introduction to this disc of English church music, recorded to celebrate the 175th anniversary of St Luke’s Church, Chelsea.
| Trk. | Duration | Track Title | Composer |
| 1 | 06:00 | Te lucis ante terminum | Balfour Gardiner |
| 2 | 04:15 | There is an old belief | C. H. H. Parry |
| 3 | 04:03 | I waited for the Lord | Felix Mendelssohn |
| 4 | 07:49 | The Wilderness | John Goss |
| 5 | 02:46 | Give us the wings of faith | Ernest Bullock |
| 6 | 03:17 | Let all mortal flesh keep silence | Edward Bairstow |
| 7 | 05:47 | Greater love hath no man | John Ireland |
| 8 | 03:22 | Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace | S. S. Wesley |
| 9 | 02:59 | Go down, Moses | Michael Tippett |
| 10 | 03:14 | Deep river | Michael Tippett |
| 11 | 03:57 | Set me as a seal | John Gardner |
| 12 | 03:30 | Jubilate Deo | William Walton |
| 13 | 03:24 | A Hymn to the Virgin | Benjamin Britten |
| 14 | 02:15 | A Hymn to the Mother of God | John Tavener |
| 15 | 05:44 | Christus vincit | James MacMillan |
| 16 | 03:15 | Let all the world | Kenneth Leighton |
The Choir of St Luke’s Church, Chelsea is made up entirely of dedicated amateur singers, who devote a significant amount of their week to enhancing the church’s worship, with a repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to the present day. In addition the choir undertakes at least two cathedral visits a year to sing choral services (most recently to Worcester, Winchester, Derby and Westminster Abbey), and gives regular concerts.
