The most heavenly/unworldly Hymn or Anthem

[Eby]

<div>Which one do you think it is ?.</div><div>
</div><div>My favourites are,</div><div>
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Hymn of the Cherubim</span> - Rachmaninov - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w61vKYg86DM</div><div>
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Let all mortal flesh keep silence</span> - Edward Bairstow - http://www.saintthomaschurch.org/audio1.html?swa=MortalFlesh</div>

[Guest]

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Faire is the Heaven - W.H. Harris It has some beautiful passages and a wonderful ending
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Hear my Prayer, O Lord - Purcell I love the daring dissonant harmonies
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And I Saw a New Heaven - E. Bainton If I was a religious person, I would find this piece very spiritually comforting.</p>

Greater Love - John Ireland An anthem with passion and subtleness at the same time
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[soubasse32]

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I'm quite fond ofthese anthems (in no specific order):</P>
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<LI>I Sat Down Under His Shadow (Bairstow) audio clip is #5 in the list</LI>
<LI>Like As the Hart (Howells)</LI>
<LI>My Lovely One (Finzi)</LI>[/list]


That is just scratching the surface! I have some favorite renaissance works as well.</P>


This might fall outside the scope of an anthem, but this is the one choral work that completely overwhelms me - this movement in particular: Howells - Requiem Aeternam </P>


Theastonishing polychords appear at the text: et lux perpetua luceat eis(let perpetual light shine upon them) then the music rises to a light-filled climax, as if the heavens have opened- otherworldly indeed.</P>


It has more impact if you know the story behind its composition.</P>

[davidecasteel]

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Herewith, just a few of my all-time favorites:</P>


Salvation is Created--Tschesnokoff</P>


There Shall A Star From Jacob--Mendelssohn</P>


Verbum Caro Factum Est--Hassler</P>


Non Nobis, Domine--Doyle</P>


Cantique de Jean Racine--Faure</P>


Beati Quorum Via--Stanford (!!)</P>


O Magnum Mysterium (TTBB, TTBB)--Handl (Gallus)</P>


Ave Maria (TTBB)--Biebl</P>


Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord--Bass</P>


David</P>

[Guest]

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Ubi Caritas by Durufle:  YouTube - Ubi Caritas - Durufle</p>

Legend Of The Twelve Robbers:  YouTube - The Story of the Twelve Robbers</p>

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[crapmaster]

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Wow. Your list looks like it could have come from a dear friend of mine who died in 1996. During his illness, the choir he led surprised him with a visit at the hospital and we sang the Biebl and Stanford pieces you mentioned. It was one of the most moving experiences I've ever had.

[Guest]

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<LI>Like As the Hart (Howells)</LI>[/list]


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I'm with you on that one for sure. One of my favorites is "Springs in the Desert" by Jennings(?) I think. I have to double check my score [not here] to be sure.</P>