Jubilate Deo

anthem for double mixed chorus and organ

General Information – Performing Forces – Manuscript – Publication – Arrangements – Recordings – Text

General Information:

Composition:
1971–2

First Performance:
22 April 1972. Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston conductor, Stephen Darlington organ. Opening concert of the English Bach Festival.

Duration:
About 3 minutes

Text:
Psalm 100, from the Book of Common Prayer
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Tempo:
Allegro comodo  [141 m.]

Craggs Catalogue Number:
C87

Performing Forces:

Double mixed chorus (SATB/SATB)
Incidental solos for one or three sopranos, and solo trio consisting of alto, tenor and bass.

Organ

Note: A note in the printed score specifies: "The alto parts are intended for male altos."

Manuscript:

Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 614. Autograph score in pencil. 10 pages.

Publication:

Oxford University Press. Vocal score, 1973, 019 351642X, Oxford Church Services # S601 (discontinued).

Oxford University Press. Edited by Timothy Brown. William Walton Edition, Volume 6, "Shorter Choral Works without Orchestra", 1999, 019 3594323. Vocal score, 019 3594463.
            [Purchase online from SheetMusicPlus.com: Vocal score]
            [Purchase online from SheetMusicPlus.com: William Walton Edition, Volume 6]

Arrangements:

Arranged for choir, organ and brass, by Christopher Palmer, 1990.
Instrumentation: 4 horns, 4 trumpets 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, percussion – harp – organ
Publication: Oxford University Press. Score and parts are available on hire.

Recordings:

Chorus Conductor Organist Year Compact Disc Timing
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Stephen Darlington Simon Lawford 1987 Nimbus NI 7021 3'35"
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge Richard Marlow Richard Jackson or
Graham Pearce		 1988 Conifer CDCF 164 3'46"
The Bach Choir, The Philharmonia  [arr. Palmer] Sir David Willcocks John Scott 1991 Chandos CHAN 8998 3'13"
Choir of Winchester Cathedral David Hill Timothy Byram-Wigfield 1991 Decca 467 613-2 3'13"
The Finzi Singers Paul Spicer Andrew Lumsden 1992 Chandos CHAN 9222 3'20"
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Stephen Darlington Stephen Farr 1992 Nimbus NI 5364 3'41"
Choir of Norwich Cathedral Michael Nicholas   1993 Priory PRCD 351 3'48"
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge Christopher Robinson Christopher Whitton 2001 Naxos 8.555793 3'41"
Polyphony Stephen Layton James Vivian 2002 Hyperion CDA67330 3'25"

 

Text:

O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song.
Be ye sure that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and speak good of his name.
For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting: and his truth endureth from generation to generation.

                        — Psalm 100

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.

                        — Book of Common Prayer

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