Treasury of English Church Music

Introduction Speech by Herbert Howells

Sancte Dei pretiose

Perspice Christicola

Salve sancta parens

Sanctus and Benedictus

Alleluia psallat

Ave miles caelestis curiae

Conditor alme siderum

Gloria

Sanctus - Benedictus

Beata Dei genetrix Maria, a 3 (No. 53 from "The Old Hall Manuscript")

Veni Sancte Spiritus, a 4

Salve virgo Mater pia

Ave Maria, Mater Dei, a 4 (No. 65 from "Eton Choirbook")

Nunc dimittis (from "The Booke of Common Prayer Noted", 1549)

Wherewithal shall a young man, a 5 (from "The First Booke of Selected Church Music, J. Barnard, 1641")

Nolo mortem peccatoris in D Minor, a 4 (from "Tristitiae remedium, cantiones selectissimae")

Gradualia ac cantiones sacrae I: No. 37, Ave verum corpus, a 4

The First Service, Pt. 2: Evensong, 2. Nunc dimittis, a 8

Gloria in excelsis Deo, a 6: "Gloria in excelsis Deo! … Sing, my soul, to God"

Factum est silentium (from "Cantica sacra, 1618")

O God, wherefore art thou absent from us?

Cantiones Sacrae I, 1612: No. 20, Ascendit Deus (In festo Ascensionis Domini)

Out of the deep, a 5

Musica Deo Sacra, Pt. 4: Fourth Service, 3. Nunc dimittis, R. V/6, "Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place"

Ah, helpless wretch

Short Service in F Major: VI. Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, (b) Nunc dimittis, "Lord, lettest thou thy servant depart in peace"

Hide Not Thou Thy Face, a 4

Sing Joyfully unto God, a 6, "Blow the Trumpet"

Christe qui lux es et dies IV, a 5

O Clap Your Hands, a 8

This Is the Record of John, a 5

Out of the deep, a 5

All People Clap Your Hands (A Full Anthem for Ascension), a 5

O How Amiable Are Thy Dwellings, a 5

Lord to Thee I Make My Moan, a 5

Alleluia, I Heard a Voice, a 5

Gradualia ac cantiones sacrae II: No. 22, Victimae paschali, a 5

My beloved spake unto me, R. 28

Funeral Sentences: Thou Know'st, Lord, Z. 58C (feat. Guildford Cathedral Choir)

O Lord, My God in F Minor

I Will Give Thanks Unto Thee, O Lord, Z. 20 (feat. Guildford Cathedral Choir)

O Clap Your Hands

Ascribe unto the Lord, a 4

The Heavens Declare the Glory of God, a 4

Salvator Mundi in G Minor, a 5

God is our Hope and Strength, a 8

Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences, Z. 50 (feat. Westminster Abbey Choir)

O Lord, God of Hosts, Z. 37 (feat. Simon Preston & Westminster Abbey Choir)

Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z. 15 (feat. Boys of All Saints' & New English Singers)