Te Deum in C - Charles Villiers Stanford, John Rutter, Wayne Marshall, The Cambridge Singers

'Te Deum in C'
From the album ‘Stanford and Howells Remembered’
Composer Charles Villiers Stanford
Conductor John Rutter
Organ Wayne Marshall
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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LYRICS:
We praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth
worship thee: the Father everlasting. To thee all Angels cry aloud: the heav’ns, and
all the Powers therein. To thee Cherubin, and Seraphin continually do cry, Holy,
Holy, Holy: Lord God of Sabaoth; Heav’n and earth are full of the Majesty of thy
glory. The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee. The goodly fellowship of
the Prophets praise thee. The noble army of Martyrs praise thee. The holy Church
throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee; the Father of an infinite Majesty;
Thine honourable, true and only Son; Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.
Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst not abhor the Virgin’s
womb. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the
Kingdom of Heav’n to all believers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the
Glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. We there-
fore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious
blood. Make them to be numbered with thy Saints in glory everlasting.
O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage. Govern them, and lift them up
for ever. Day by day we magnify thee; and we worship thy Name ever world
without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have
mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, as our trust is in thee. O
Lord, in thee have I trusted: let me never be confounded.
(4th-century hymn)
Te Deum in C
The Te Deum text, although optionally used as a canticle at Mattins and also traditionally on great national occasions, is technically a hymn (which is why it is not concluded with a Gloria). Stanford’s C major setting, part of his C major Service of 1909, is concise, fast-moving and effective, appropriately grand without being grandiose. As with all his work, it shows a convincing sense of structure: Howells remarked that Stanford ‘made . . . a noble unity of its trinity of poems’
Stanford and Howells Remembered
This recording is a choral tribute to the sacred music of two visionary composers: Stanford and Howells, who, among their other achievements, made distinctive, lasting and much-cherished contributions to the musical repertory of the English Church.
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
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