The Canticle of the Sun

The Charles Wood Singers recorded their debut album at the 2021 Festival under the direction of David Hill, with organist Philip Scriven.

The track list is:

1 Magnificat in B flat (Evening Service) – Charles Villiers Stanford
2 Eternal Father – Stanford
3 Expectans expectavi – Charles Wood
4 It were my soul’s desire – Wood, arr Philip Moore*
5 O thou the central orb – Wood
6 Oculi omnium – Wood
7 Nunc dimittis in B flat (Latin, à 6, a cappella) – Wood
8 Let this mind be in you, Op 105 – Amy Beach
9 Bonum est confiteri, Op 76, No 1 – Beach*
10 Deus misereatur, Op 78, No 2 – Beach*
11 The Canticle of the Sun – Beach†

* first recording
† first recording of the version with organ accompaniment