Photo above – Baptism of the Lord in the Palatine Chapel in Palermo.
The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune
arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams. Featuring the Abendmusik Chorus, Plymouth Brass and organist Stephen Krahn conducted by Sir David Willcocks.
[[] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9jwyL4K88A ]
There is a green hill
Mrs Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) was only twenty years old when she composed the beautiful words of the hymn There is a green hill, a work of exquisite purity and tenderness of youth. Her inspiration is said to have come from hills visible from the waled city of Londonderry which put her in mind of the hill in the Holy Land, beyond Jerusalem’s gates, ‘where our dear Lord was crucified’. During her lifetime, Mrs Alexander wrote over four hundred hymns including Once in Royal David’s City and All things bright and beautiful, two hymns which have remained extremely popular with adults and children alike.
The scenery shown here is from the Lake District.
The tune ‘Horsley’ was named after its composer, William Horsley (1774-1858), a London-born organist and composer who was one of the founders of the Philharmonic Society in London (1813). The flowing melody and simple harmonies of his hymn tune complement perfectly the fresh simplicity of Mrs Alexander’s poetry.
[[] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epZe1NXyhUo ]
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