Utwory na płycie:

• Deo gracias, Anglia (excerpt)
• Songs of Farewell My soul, there is a country (excerpt)
• Never weather-beaten sail (excerpt)

Parry:
Songs of Farewell

Campion:
Author of light
Never weather-beaten
Tune thy music to thy heartsail

Cecilia McDowall:
An unexpected shore (from Good News from New England)

Deo gracias, Anglia
Saint Thomas honour we
Benedicite Deo
O blessed Lord

An Old Belief introduces Hubert Parry's emotional and heartfelt Songs of Farewell, which surely rank among some of the finest choral works ever written. Deeply affected by the First World War, Parry sought poetry that would reflect not only peace and unity and the search for a better world, but also an escape from the horrors of war. The poems Parry chose to set are sublime, be they metaphysical poetry by John Donne and Henry Vaughan or the aching beauty of Thomas Campion’s verse. Perfectly complimenting the rich sonority of Parry’s Songs are three short pieces by Campion, a selection of medieval carols and a new work by award-winning composer Cecilia McDowall.

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Recorded at All Hallows’ Gospel Oak, London, 9-11 November 2021.