• Psalms,  Service music

    Quinquagesima

    PropersPsalms Propers         Introit Esto mihi. Psalm 31Be thou my God and defender, and a place of refuge that thou mayest save me: for thou art upholder, my refuge, and my Saviour: and for thy holy Name’s sake be thou my leader, and my sustainer. In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion: but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousness. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Be thou my God . . .…

  • Psalms

    Psalm 56.
    Miserere mei, Deus

    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 B 9. Anglican chant setting Below is a setting of Psalm 56 by Herbert Howells (1892-1983), sung by the Wells Cathedral Choir, directed by Anthony Crossland, with organist Christopher Brayne.

  • Psalms

    Psalm 37:25–41.
    Junior fui, etenim senui

    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 VII 9. Anglican chant setting of Psalm 37:1–41 The entire Psalm is sung here by the Choir of York Minster, directed by Philip Moore. The organist is John Scott Whiteley. Three different chant settings are employed, by Henry John Gauntlett (1805–1876), Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), and Sydney Watson (1903-1991).

  • Psalms

    Psalm 37:12–24.
    Observabit peccator justum

    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 5. Anglican chant setting of Psalm 37:1–41 The entire Psalm is sung here by the Choir of York Minster, directed by Philip Moore. The organist is John Scott Whiteley. Three different chant settings are employed, by Henry John Gauntlett (1805–1876), Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), and Sydney Watson (1903-1991).

  • Psalms

    Psalm 37
    Noli æmulari in malignantibus

    Plainchant settingsAnglican chant settings by Samuel Matthews (1796-1832) and G. W. Martin (1828-1881)Anglican chant settings by Henley, Wesley, Sievewright, and TamblingAnglican chant settings by Gauntlett, Stanford, and Watson Plainchant settings The recording below is based on the Sarum Psalm tones as presented in the St. Dunstan’s Plainsong Psalter. The first section is chanted to Tone I B 1. The second section uses Tone I A 5. The third section is sung to Peterborough Tone VII 9. When viewed directly on YouTube, this video also presents commentary on the text of this Psalm. Anglican chant settings by Samuel Matthews (1796-1832) and G. W. Martin (1828-1881) In a recording made at an…