• Psalms

    Psalm 125.
    Qui confidunt in Domino

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone VIII 2. The Ely Cathedral Choir sings a setting of Psalm 125 by Wilfred John Mothersole (1898-1992). The director is Paul Trepte.

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    Psalm 123.
    Ad te levavi oculos meos

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone II 1. The Westminster Abbey Choir sings a setting of Psalm 123 by Bernard Rose (1916-1996). Martin Neary directs and Andrew Lumsden is the organist.

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    Psalm 112.
    Beatus vir qui timet Dominum

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone VII 5. The Gloucester Cathedral Choir, directed by John Sanders, sings Psalm 112 as set by George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987). The organist is Mark Lee.

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    Psalm 94.
    Deus ultionum Dominus

    Plainchant setting The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone IV 4. Anglican chant setting by James Turle (1802-1882) The Hereford Cathedral Choir sings Psalm 94 with two chant settings by James Turle (1802-1882). The director is Roy Massey and the organist is Geraint Bowen.

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    Psalm 90.
    Domine, refugium factus es nobis

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone 1 A 2. Anglican chant settings Psalm 90 is chanted by the Norwich Cathedral Choir under the direction of Michael Nicholas, with organist Neil Taylor. The settings are by Walter Parratt (1841–1924), Edwin John Crow (1841-1907), and Heathcote Statham (1889-1973). In settings by Craig Sellar Lang (1891-1971) and John Goss (1800-1880), Psalm 90 is sung by the Westminster Abbey Choir. The director is Martin Neary and the organist is Andrew Lumsford.

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    Psalm 87.
    Fundamenta ejus in montibus sanctis

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone VII 2. The Norwich Cathedral Choir, directed by Michael Nicholas, sings a setting of Psalm 87 by Peter Hurford (1930–2019). The organist is Neil Taylor.

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    Psalm 85.
    Benedixisti, Domine, terram tuam

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone IV 5. Anglican chant settings The Salisbury Cathedral Choir chants Psalm 85 in a setting by George Clement Martin (1844-1916). The director is David Halls, with John Challenger at the organ. The Lincoln Cathedral Choir sings Psalm 85 as set by John Stainer (1840-1901). The choir is directed by Aric Prentice, with organist Charles Harrison.

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    Psalm 78:1–17.
    Attendite, popule meus, legem meam

    The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone I B 4. Anglican chant settings From a live BBC radio broadcast on 15 July 1992, the choir of Winchester Cathedral chants all 56 verses of Psalm 78, with 5 different chant settings The composers are Reginald Alwyn Surplice (1906-1977), Richard Clark (1780-1856), Ivor Algernon Atkins (1869-1953), John Soaper (1743-1794), and Thomas Attwood (1765-1838). The choir is directed by David Hill, with assistant organist David Dunnett. The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge employs 4 different chant settings to sing Psalm 78. The composers are Arthur Henry Mann…