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Evensong For St Etheldreda

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Catalogue Number: HAVPCD193
Category: Choral music.
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Etheldreda, a Saxon princess, was born c.630 at Exning near Newmarket. She was married twice: in 652 to Tonbert, a local prince, who gave her the Isle of Ely as a dowry, and in 665 to Egfrid, Prince (and later King) of Northumbria; despite these marriages Etheldreda retained her virginity.

In 672 she left her husband to become a nun in the Monastery at Coldingham, near Berwick. On hearing that Egfrid was coming to take her back, Etheldreda fled to the Isle of Ely, where she took refuge. In 673 she founded there a double monastery (for both men and women) and was installed as first Abbess by Wilfrid, Archbishop of York.

Sebastian Forbes’ specially-commissioned work was the starting point for this recording. The special flavor of a festival evensong at Ely, the need for contrast to offset the challenge of Forbes’ music, the opportunity to concentrate on musicians associated with Ely, and a desire to capture the essential quality of worship (albeit omitting the spoken word) were the other ingredients.

Track Duration Title Composer
1 04:23 Organ: Evocation (Salve Regina) Michael Howard
2 07:01 Introit: Hymn to St Etheldreda (Part 1) Sebastian Forbes
3 01:23 Responses Richard Lloyd
4 03:51 Psalm 84 Edward Bairstow
5 02:40 Psalm 122 Gerald Knight
6 01:53 Psalm 150 George Talbot
7 03:04 Ely Sequence Trad. Ely Use
8 04:57 Magnificat in A flat Basil Harwood
9 02:21 Nunc dimittis in A flat Basil Harwood
10 05:56 Preces Richard Lloyd
11 14:15 Anthem: Hymn to St Etheldreda (Part 2) Sebastian Forbes
12 03:10 Hymn: On this day (Tune: Etheldreda) Arthur Wills
13 05:57 Te Deum in A flat Basil Harwood
14 06:23 Organ: Tongues of Fire Arthur Wills

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Location

Ely Cathedral

Soloist

David Price (Organ)

Recorded

1996

Tracks

14

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