This is the day - March 2018
A recital inspired by the music and writings of the hymn writer Isaac Watts, performed in Abney Park Cemetery in March 2018.
This is the day the Lord hath made - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Haec dies - William Byrd (1538-1623)
If ye be risen again with Christ - O. Gibbons (1583-1625)
When I survey the wondrous cross - Isaac Watts
Drop, drop slow tears - Kenneth Leighton (1929-88)
My shepherd will supply my need - Isaac Watts
The heavens’ flock - Eriks Esenvalds (b.1977)
Out of the deeps of long distress - Isaac Watts
Aus der Tiefe - Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672)
The Reproaches - John Sanders (1933-2003)
Hosanna to King David’s Son - Isaac Watts
Hosanna to the Son of David - Orlando Gibbons
My soul, how lovely is the place - Isaac Watts
Bless this house, O Lord we pray - H. Howells (1892-1983)
