Anthem - Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies, arr. Healey Willan

Anthem - "Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies"
arr. Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Camcorded live Sunday, 14 September 2008

"Christ whose glory fills the skies, thou, the true the endless light. Sun of righteousness, arise, triumph o'er the shades of night. Dayspring from on high be near, daystar, in my heart appear.

"Dark and cheerless in the morn unaccompanied by thee; joyless is the day's return till thy mercy's beams I see, till they inward light impart, glad my eyes, and warm my heart.

"Visit then this soul of mine, pierce the gloom of sin and grief; fill me, radiancy divine, scatter all my unbelief. More and more thyself display, shining to the perfect day."

Text: Charles Wesley (1709-1788)

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[kapariz44]

It's still Ratisbon :)

[joenwayne]

@kapariz44

Thanks for your comment and for viewing.

Greetings from The Colonies!

[organmusicfan]

I think the rendition is quite lovely. Psalms state that "I was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the Lord." I am glad to hear such lovely music, aware of the practice that produced such music of worship. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

[joenwayne]

@organmusicfan

Thanks for viewing and your kind comments.

Greetings from NJ.

Cheers,

Wayne

[georgebur]

Piano is rather twangy at that, bearing in mind that Healey Willan is rather romantic as composer. Women sound strong in unison, but the men tend to overshadow TOO MUCH when they join in, even allowing they are on melody line - when you have unaccompanied singing you need better support from the accompanying parts.. Nice if we could hear more alto, less baritone.

[joenwayne]

@georgebur

Perhaps you should have all the facts before you take upon yourself the mantle of a critic.

[mkl62]

I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (November 14), we sang this as our closing hymn. It is #553 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship.

[joenwayne]

@georgebur

If you're expecting King's College, Cambridge, you've come to the wrong channel on YouTube. This is not a professional recording. Between the built-in mic on the camcorder and YouTube's notoriously lousy sound quality and dynamic range, the piano in person does not sound "twangy" at all. As to men overshadowing when they have the melody line, if you consult the score you'll see that at this verse H. Willan calls for forte for the melody and mp for everyone else.

[joenwayne]

Many factors can go into my decision whether to accompany on piano or organ.  This was 11 months ago so I don't really recall.

Thanks for your comments and for viewing.

[LadyIslay]

I'm curious as to why this was accompanied on piano rather than organ when a lovely organ is sitting right there :(

Thanks so very much for uploading this piece, though. It is part of our choir library, and I had no idea how it 'sounded' until I saw this recording.