Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Sacred Choral Music The Choir of The National Musicians' Church & Toby Ward

• Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810 - 1876): Blessed be the God and Father:
• 1Blessed be the God and Father07:49
• O Give Thanks unto the Lord:
• 2O Give Thanks unto the Lord08:44
• O Thou who Camest from Above (‘Hereford’):
• 3O Thou who Camest from Above (‘Hereford’)02:38
• Let us Lift up our Heart:
• 4Let us Lift up our Heart: I. Let us Lift up our Heart04:46
• 5Let us Lift up our Heart: II. Be not very Sore, O Lord04:00
• 6Let us Lift up our Heart: III. Thou, O Lord God04:28
• 7Let us Lift up our Heart: IV. Thou Judge of Quick and Dead01:37
• 8Let us Lift up our Heart: V. O may we thus Ensure02:25
• Wash me Throughly:
• 9Wash me Throughly05:03
• The Wilderness:
• 10The Wilderness: I. The Wilderness03:06
• 11The Wilderness: II. Say to Them of Fearful Heart02:46
• 12The Wilderness: III. Then Shall the Lame Man Leap00:14
• 13The Wilderness: IV. For in the Wilderness02:00
• 14The Wilderness: V. And a Highway Shall be There01:08
• 15The Wilderness: VI. And the Ransomed of the Lord02:24
• 16The Wilderness: VII. And Sorrow and Sighing02:29
• Psalm 142:
• 17Psalm 14203:18
• Communion Service in E Major, Credo:
• 18Communion Service in E Major, Credo: I. I Believe in one God00:57
• 19Communion Service in E Major, Credo: II. Who for us Men01:12
• 20Communion Service in E Major, Credo: III. And the Third Day00:44
• 21Communion Service in E Major, Credo: IV. And I Believe in the Holy Ghost02:25
• O God, Whose Nature and Property:
• 22O God, Whose Nature and Property03:55
• All People That on Earth do Dwell (‘The Hundredth Psalm’):
• 23All People That on Earth do Dwell (‘The Hundredth Psalm’)05:57
• Total Runtime01:14:05

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In an age when church attendance in England was flourishing, Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876) was one of the foremost composers and organists of his day. Taking advantage of new developments in instrument building, Wesley was able to push the boundaries of English church music in a new direction, encompassing a more ambitious, even operatic style.

In this recording – the first to have been made using an organ similar in design to his own – Wesley’s music is brought to vibrant life by the young professional singers of Holy Sepulchre under conductor Toby Ward.

The Choir of The National Musicians' Church
Toby Ward, direction

Toby Ward
was born in Wharfedale in 1993. His formative training came as one of the last choristers of Leeds Parish Church (now Minster) in singing and organ with Dr Simon Lindley and David Houlder, before leaving for Gloucester Cathedral under Adrian Partington as a tenor choral scholar. He is currently mentored in conducting and performance practice by Paul Brough as part of his involvement in the musical tradition at St Mary’s, Bourne St., London.

He read music at King’s College, Cambridge with particular focus on early music and continuo alongside a choral scholarship in King’s College Choir under Sir Stephen Cleobury, with whom he toured internationally and performed on BBC radio and television with major solos on the annual Carols from King’s programme. Postgraduate studies in singing with Alison Wells followed at the Royal College of Music prior to the pandemic.

Current posts include organist of the National Musicians Church in the City of London, Praefectus Cantorum of the Grand Priory of England and Tenor Associate Artist of Tenebrae Choir.

He has conducted live on Radio 3 with Ensemble Pro Victoria and at major festivals including the London International Early Music Festival, Cambridge Early Music Festival, and is in demand as a guest conductor, repetiteur and continuo player across the capital.

Known also for inspiring and developing choristers and young singers, Toby has taught the boy choristers of Durham Cathedral, Newcastle cathedral and Westminster Abbey alongside work as a workshop leader for the Tenebrae schools programme, occasional work with London Youth Choir and a happy spell as acting director of the York Chapter House Youth Choir.

Upcoming projects including directing a CD of works by the Victorian great, S.S. Wesley with the Choir of the National Musicians’ Church, also on Delphian Records.

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