Charles Simeon, Priest, 1836
Loving God, whose unerring wisdom and unbounded love doth order all things: Grant us in all things to see thy hand; that, following the example and teaching of thy servant Charles Simeon, we may walk with Christ in all simplicity and serve thee with a quiet and contented mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
7:30 p.m.
Following three moving choral works by Sheppard, Tallis and Byrd, the program pairs two organ solos: Tallis's Veni Redemptor and Master Tallis's Testament by Howells, leading up to the stirring Requiem which Howells completed in 1936 in memory of his only son who died tragically at the age of nine; the work was not released...
7:30 p.m.
Following three moving choral works by Sheppard, Tallis and Byrd, the program pairs two organ solos: Tallis’s Veni Redemptor and Master Tallis’s Testament by Howells, leading up to the stirring Requiem which Howells completed in 1936 in memory of his only son who died tragically at the age of nine; the work was not released...
