Presents an overview of Edmund Hooper , a significant yet overlooked 17th-century composer, organist and master of the choristers of Westminster Abbey.
The programme features Hooper’s three diverse Services, alongside his popular anthem Behold, it is Christ. By including music from contemporaries like Orlando Gibbons and Martin Peerson, the recording illustrates the expressive power and structural innovation of English church music during the early 1600s.
Track Listings:
Blow Out The Trumpet - Martin Peerson
O, Had I Wings Like To A Dove - John Milton
Alas That I Offended - Edmund Hooper
O, Clap Your Hands Together - Orlando Gibbons
The Blessed Lamb - Edmund Hooper
A Song Of Joy - Orlando Gibbons
Magnificat - The Short Service - Edmund Hooper
Nune Dimittis - The Short Service - Edmund Hooper
Wellspring Of Bounty - Edmund Hooper
Magnificat - The Great Service - Edmund Hooper
Nunc Dimittis - The Great Service - Edmund Hooper
When One Among The Twelve There Was - Edmund Hooper
Magnificat - The Verse Service - Edmund Hooper
Nunc Dimittis - The Verse Service - Edmund Hooper
Behold, It Is Christ - Edmund Hooper
Now Shall The Praises Of The Lord Be Sung - Orlando Gibbons