Anthem - "Lead Me, Lord", Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Anthem - "Lead Me, Lord",
Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)
anthem camcorded live 26 April 2009 (3rd Sunday of Easter)

"Lead me Lord in thy righteousness, make thy way plain before my face. For it is thou Lord only that makest me dwell in safety.

Lead me Lord in true holiness, teach me to love and trust in thee. Thou are our God, the God of our salvation, all nations shall praise thy holy name."

Text: Psalm 5:8

Anthem soloists:
Frank Lampert-Hopkins, Bass
Theresa (Terry) Perkins, Contralto
The parish choir of the Church of the Redeemer
Wayne Burcham-Gulotta,
Music Director/Organist

J. W. Steere & Son Organ Co., Opus 701, 1918, 3/49

Ernest M. Skinner bought out Steere in 1920 and Skinner ran Steere as a separate company for about a year. Then they brought it into the fold as a separate Skinner factory. For a time organs being built there had the Skinner name but were essentially Steere organs. Much of the great Skinner at Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA is Steere (1915 major enlargement of 1902 Hutchings). Final expansion to the Skinner instrument at Yale we know today was the 1928-1929 rebuild.

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Church of the Redeemer, Episcopal
Morristown, NJ, USA

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[Chesterbarnes1]

Wayne, the melody lines and the voices from the choir made this piece so lovely, I listened to this hymn several times. Thank you dear brother

[joenwayne]

@Chesterbarnes1

Thank you for viewing and for your kind words.

Cheers,

Wayne

[bieterke]

nice ! Very well done

[joenwayne]

Thank you for your kind comments and for viewing.

Greetings to you in Belgium from New Jersey, USA.

[corgigreta]

Superb! Exquisite organ playing. Nice soloists.

[joenwayne]

Thank you for viewing and your kind comments.

[organEd]

Absolutely beautiful, Wayne. The choir, and your soloists sound fantastic. Love the pace of your accompaniment, too. A lot of people don't realize how much talent it takes to direct from the organ bench - it is multi-tasking in its most difficult, and finest in your case. Very inspiring!

[choralanthem]

Agree with "organEd" - very nice. Thanks for posting.

[MusicPredominates]

@lionhearte1 : Now we have started chatting, oh lion-hearted one, this work was one of my late father´s favourites. There may be a record of him singing this as the soloist counter-tenor ! (a) ´Television´ killed this ; (b) general disobedience to the Lord´s Day killed this ; (c) WWII becoming a distant memory killed this ; (d) multiculturalism killed this ; and, finally the general profligacy of the Lord´s Day killed this. The memories remain ! You should start a Lord´s Day Observance Society

[lionhearte1]

@MusicPredominates Wow, that sounds fantastic! We've never had anything quite like that!

[MusicPredominates]

@MusicPredominates : ked, ¨Did you listen to ´Organists of Australia´.¨ After evensong a most sumptious (and healthy) supper would be served.

[MusicPredominates]

@lionhearte1 : No. I remember the glorious days in Australia when we went to Mattins in the morning with a choir followed by at least two clergymen in procession and the most perfect of English and European music was performed with the Holy Bible read in the most perfect of English. We would go home to a roast dinner partially interrupted by listening to a radio program called ´Organists of Australia´. Then one would return to church for Choral Evensong before which the question would be as

[lionhearte1]

@3NUNS There's a few of us still around!! :D

[bieterke]

@joenwayne we have also a choir here in Belgium : Canta Fideles . One one view : Belle qui tient ma vie

Greetings to you in New Jersey !

[notyobs]

Excellent, very well done.