Best Anthems in the Anglican Choral Tradition
A quest to crowdsource a list of the best anthems ever.
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Like as the hart - Herbert Howells
It's awesome, jazzy and profound.
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Ave verum corpus - William Byrd
The whole thing is great, but man, that third chord . . .
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Ubi caritas - Maurice Duruflé
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And I saw a new heaven - Edgar Bainton
Added by Mark Ardrey-Graves on Jan 05, 2012
Profoundly moving setting of the text from Revelation
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Lord let me know mine end - Greene (1696 - 1755)
Added by Robert McLean on Jan 05, 2012
Maurice Greene was, in many ways, the most naturally gifted of Handel's English contemporaries - "the one English composer of the period" according to JA Fuller-Maitland, "who undoubtedly deserves the honour of being mentioned in the same breath with the great masters of the continent".
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Hear My Prayer - Henry Purcell
Added by Mark Ardrey-Graves on Jan 05, 2012
Two verses of scripture, eight voice-parts: among the most moving two minutes of music ever written.
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Orlando Gibbons: O clap your hands
Added by Richard Williams on Jan 05, 2012
Perhaps the greatest Anglican anthem of them all
