Te lucis ante terminum (Henry Balfour Gardiner) - Guildford Cathedral Choir (Barry Rose)

Guildford Cathedral Choir, directed by Barry Rose:
Concert in Arundel Roman Catholic Cathedral, 24 July 1973:
(Also known by its English title “Evening Hymn”, this Latin setting of a Compline hymn was published in 1908. Balfour Gardiner’s works consisted of compositions in a variety of genres, including two symphonies, but very little of his output survives, possibly because he destroyed it himself. He gave up composing in 1925 and devoted the rest of his life to a pioneering afforestation programme on his Dorset pig farm)
Te lucis ante terminum,
Rerum Creator, poscimus
Ut pro tua clementia
Sis praesul et custodia.
Procul recedant somnia
Et noctium phantasmata;
Hostemque nostrum comprime,
Ne polluantur corpora.
Praesta, Pater piissime,
Patrique compar Unice,
Cum Spiritu Paraclito
Regnans per omne saeculum.
Amen.
[ To Thee, before the close of day,
Creator of the world, we pray,
That with Thy wonted favor Thou
Wouldst be our Guard and Keeper now.
From all ill dreams defend our eyes,
From nightly fears and fantasies:
Tread under foot our ghostly foe,
That no pollution we may know.
O Father, that we ask be done
Through Jesus Christ Thine only Son,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee,
Shall live and reign eternally.
Amen. ]
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[@ArchivesofSound]

A score of the music can be seen via www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Evening_Hymn_(Henry_Balfour_Gardiner)

[@aliandhelen]

one of my favourites. The alto line in this choir at this time was truly sublime.

[@ArchivesofSound]

One of our favourites, too!

[@douglasporter3865]

Did this at Gloucester Cathedral with a visiting choir in the summer of 2003. Surely everyone agrees that in the choral opening the *bass* has the melody? :D

[@benjamin-hughmackay2094]

Wanton self-indulgence of mellifluous slime :) I love it dearly. It will be sung in my funeral at the Oxford Oratory with old ladies producing lace handkerchiefs :)

[@ArchivesofSound]

Absolutely. Especially the lace.

[@benjamin-hughmackay2094]

Bless you for mentioning :)

[@debbiebrett6689]

I first sang this anthem (alto) in 1981. I just could not BELIEVE the incredible harmonies! A must at my funeral.

[@totuccio8786]

Una toccante variante corale del finale della terza sinfonia di Mahler

[@ears61]

hey, Michelle