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 I A 10. Anglican chant setting The recording below is a setting of Psalm 48 by organist and lay clerk John Holt (1939-2019). It is sung by the Wakefield Cathedral Choir.
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Psalm 48.
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Psalm 68:19–35.
Benedictus Dominus die quotidieThe recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone VII 4. The Lincoln Minster School Chamber Choir sings a compilation of chant settings to render this longer-than-average Psalm. The composers are· · Benjamin Cooke (1794-1838), John Jolly (1734-1793), and Robert Groome (1810-1889). The choir is conducted by Aric Prentice with Charles Harrison at the organ. (Another compilation of chant settings for all of Psalm 68 is on this page.)
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Psalm 68:1–18.
Exsurgat DeusThe recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone VIII 1. Since Psalm 68 is so long (35 verses), it is often chanted to multiple settings. In the recording below featuring the Norwich Cathedral Choir, director Michael Nicholas has selected settings by Henry Lawes (1596-1662), Edward Elgar (18757-1934), James Turle (1802-1882), Charles Hylton Stewart (1884-1932), and Henry Smart (1813-1879). The organist is Neil Taylor. (Another compilation of chant settings for all of Psalm 68 is on this page.)
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Psalms arranged
by psalm toneTone ITone IITone IIITone IVTone VTone VITone VIITone VIIITonus Peregrinus Psalms sung to Tone I Psalms sung to Tone II Psalms sung to Tone III Psalms sung to Tone IV Psalms sung to Tone V Psalms sung to Tone VI Psalms sung to Tone VII Psalms sung to Tone VIII Psalms sung to Tonus Peregrinus
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Psalm 133.
Ecce, quam bonum et quan jucundum!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 3.
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Psalm 81.
Exultate Deo adjutori nostroThe recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone III A 6. A chant setting of Psalm 81 by Heathcote Dicken Statham (1889–1973) is sung here by the Norwich Cathedral Choir. The choir is directed by Michael Nicholas, who also composed a descant for the chant which is used in several of the verses. Neil Taylor is the organist.
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Psalm 117.
Laudate Domino, omnes gentesThe recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tonus Peregrinus A.
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Psalm 115.
Non nobis, DominePlainchant setting The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tonus Peregrinus A.
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Psalm 72.
Deus, judicum tuum regi daThe recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. It is chanted to Tone VI C. Anglican chant setting Born in 1874, Edward Cuthbert Bairstow served as organist of York Minster from 1913 to his death in 1946. Below, Psalm 72 is sung to one of Bairstow’s many chant settings. The singers are the Choir of York Minster, conducted by Philip Moore. The organist is John Scott Whiteley.
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Psalm 66.
Jubilate Deo, omnis terraThe 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 3. Anglican chant setting In the recording below, the Choir of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor sings Psalm 66 (a setting by Ivor Algernon Atkins) and Psalm 67 (a setting by Edward Cuthbert Bairstow).