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Henry Purcell: An Evening Hymn
Andreas Scholl, Countertenor; Accademia Bizantina; Conducted by Stefano Montanari

Now, now that the sun hath veil’d his light
And bid the world goodnight;
To the soft bed my body I dispose,
But where shall my soul repose?
Dear, dear God, even in Thy arms,
And can there be any so sweet security!
Then to thy rest, O my soul!
And singing, praise the mercy
That prolongs thy days.
Hallelujah!

Thomas Tallis: Le Lucis ante terminum
Cappella Nicolai

To thee before the close of day,
Creator of the world, we pray
That, with thy wonted favour, thou
Wouldst be our guard and keeper now.

From all ill dreams defend our sight,
From fears and terrors of the night;
Withhold from us our ghostly foe,
That spot of sin we may not know.

O Father, that we ask be done,
Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,
Doth live and reign eternally.

Amen.

Claudio Monteverdi: Agnus Dei
de Angelis Vocal Ensemble; Matthew Gray: Conductor

Susan LaBarr: Grace Before Sleep
USC Chamber Singers; Dr. Jo-Michael Scheibe, Conductor

Grace Before Sleep

How can our minds and bodies be
Grateful enough that we have spent,
Here in this generous room…
This evening of content?

Each one of us has walked through storm
And fled the wolves along the road;
But here the hearth is wide and warm,
And for this shelter and this light
Accept, O Lord, our thanks to-night.

SARA TEASDALE (1884-1933)

Look what they doin’ to Jesus
Philippine Madrigal Singers

Peter Lutkin: The Lord Bless You And Keep You
Octarium

John Rutter: What Sweeter Music
VocalEssence

Gaudete
Anunua

Beautiful Savior
John Brown University: Cathedral Choir and Bentonville Children’s Choir

Arvo Pärt: Magnificat
Utah Chamber Artists; Barlow Bradford, Conductor

Adoramus Te

From the info on the YouTube page:
CORFU CHOIR
From the honor concert, given in Corfu Municipal Theatre on Jan. 6, 2009 for the retirement of our Maestro Lefteris Spinoulas and Pianist Lina Katopodi-Spinoula.

Mokranjac Stevan: Tebe Poem
Rijssens Mannenkoor

We sing to you,
we praise you,
we thank you, O Lord,
and we pray to you, our God.

Stephen Paulus: Pilgrims’ Hymn from “The Three Hermits”
Kantorei

Down to the River to Pray

In the info section:
Recording from our
Benefiz-Gospel-Concert in
MG-Rheydt (Germany, NRW)

Song: Down in the river to pray (Gospel)
Music from Alison Krauss (from the soundtrack of the movie “Down in the river”)
Choir-Arr. by Karolina Cederqvist, Joybells
Arr. 4th voice by S. Bechstein, O-towns

Purcell: Funeral Sentences (only one part)
Clare College Cambridge

Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.