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)


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