Catalogue
HAVPCD345 – Catholic Collection II
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| Disk Title | Catholic Collection II |
| The Choirs of Leeds Cathedral | |
| Soloists | Benjamin Saunders (Director of Music) |
| Christopher McElroy (Assistant Director of Music) | |
| Choir | The Choir of Leeds Cathedral |
| Conductor | Christopher Johns |
| Location | Leeds Cathedral |
| Date Recorded | June 2008 |
| Audio Tracks | 20 |
I am delighted to support this wonderful recording of music by the Choirs of Leeds Cathedral, under the Director of Music, Benjamin Saunders. Below the altar in our Cathedral, we have the relics of two of the English Martyrs, who gave their lives for the Faith during the 16th Century. We are closely linked to the suffering Church through these two witnesses to the Truth, Blessed Peter Snow and Blessed Ralph Grimston, who were martyred in Yorkshire during penal times. Therefore it is a great joy that this recording will help the Catholic Charity, Aid to the Church in Need, in their work for those who are persecuted, oppressed or in pastoral need. For in so many parts of the world today people are in need of the consoling love of Christ and the Resurrection hope that He offers us. I pray that this recording – which is a celebration of God’s love – will inspire all listeners in faith, hope and charity. May Our Lady, St Anne and all the martyrs encourage and strengthen us all.
| Trk. | Duration | Track Title | Composer |
| 1 | 06:40 | Motets for the Church’s Year – Insanae et vanae curae | Joseph Haydn |
| 2 | 06:40 | Motets for the Church’s Year – Laudate Dominum | Lorenzo Perosi |
| 3 | 02:03 | Motets for the Church’s Year – Qui sedes Domaine | Josef Rheinberger |
| 4 | 02:08 | Motets for the Church’s Year – Osanna follio David | Pedro de Cristo |
| 5 | 03:43 | Hymns and Motets to Mary – Holy Virgin | Jean-Paul Lecot |
| 6 | 01:23 | Hymns and Motets to Mary – Ave Maria | Lorenzo Perosi |
| 7 | 08:41 | Hymns and Motets to Mary – Magnificat primi toni | Colin Mawby |
| 9 | 00:47 | Hymns and Motets to Mary – Ave regina caelorum | Gregorian Chant |
| 10 | 02:40 | Hymns and Motets to Mary – Regina caeli | Pedro de Cristo |
| 11 | 01:37 | Hymns and Motets to Mary – Salve regina | Gregorian Chant |
| 12 | 02:59 | Hymns and Motets to Mary – Immaculate Mary | Traditional |
| 13 | 02:05 | Music of the Eucharist – Tantum ergo | Hendrik Andriessen |
| 14 | 01:17 | Music of the Eucharist – Tantum ergo | Gregorian Chant |
| 15 | 01:54 | Music of the Eucharist – Panis angelicus | Marc-Antoine Charpentier |
| 16 | 03:12 | Songs of Faith and Forgiveness – God of mercy | Traditional, adapted from Giovanni Battista Pergolesi |
| 17 | 02:51 | Songs of Faith and Forgiveness – Sicut cervus | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina |
| 18 | 02:38 | Songs of Faith and Forgiveness – Lord, for tomorrow and its needs | Richard Runciman Terry |
| 19 | 01:25 | Songs of Faith and Forgiveness – Te lucis ante terminum | Gregorian Chant |
| 20 | 03:06 | Songs of Faith and Forgiveness – Faith of our fathers | Anonymous |
The story of St Anne’s Cathedral begins in 1786 when a Dominican priest, Fr Albert Underhill, moved the long established Roundhay Mission to premises in the centre of Leeds. In the autumn of that year, some rooms were obtained in a building off Briggate to house the mission, and so the own’s first Catholic place of worship since the Reformation came into existence.
This chapel, an upper room adjacent to the Pack Horse Hotel, served the small Catholic community in Leeds for eight years, until a purpose-built chapel, St Mary’s, opened in Lady Lane in October 1794. In 1833, the Dominicans handed over the responsibility for the Leeds Mission to the Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District, Bishop Thomas Penswick, who appointed Fr Henry Walmsley to St Mary’s. At this time the Catholic population of Leeds was growing rapidly as a result of the town’s economic development and the influx of settlers from Ireland.Thus, in 1831, St Patrick’s Chapel opened on York Road, and in 1836 Fr Walmsley obtained a site for a new church in the town centre to replace St Mary’s. This church, designed by a local architect, John Child, opened in October 1838. It was dedicated to St Anne in honour of Anne Humble, the late sister of Grace and Sarah Humble, the principal benefactors of the new church, which stood at the junction of Guildford Street (the present Headrow) and Cookridge Street.
