David Sinden
A quest to crowdsource a list of the best anthems ever.
Source: http://blog.sinden.org/2012/01/anthems-best-list-of.html
It's awesome, jazzy and profound.
The whole thing is great, but man, that third chord . . .
Profoundly moving setting of the text from Revelation
Two verses of scripture, eight voice-parts: among the most moving two minutes of music ever written.
If ye love me, keep my commandments - Tallis
Perhaps the greatest Anglican anthem of them all
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".
Written for the coronation of Elizabeth II
It's joyful singing.
Countertenor solo AND viol consort. Money.
Lots of "Lord of the Rings" chord progressions.
Isn't this where we get the "Westminster Abbey" tune? How could it not be on the list?!
"Here is the Little Door" by Herbert Howells, performed by the Roosevelt Academy Chamber Choir on the 6th of February 2010. Text: Here is the little door, lift up the latch, oh lift! We need not wander more but enter with our gift Our gift of finest gold.
We sang the Weelkes setting at Palm Sunday matins and the Gibbons setting the same day at Evensong. Quite a combination
