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Howells had begun composition with his setting of the poem "Hymnus circa exsequies defuncti" of [[Prudentius]].<ref>{{cite journal | last=Jacques | first=Reginald | title=Howells's ''Hymnus Paradisi'' | journal=Music & Letters | volume=33 | issue=2 | pages=193–197 | month=July | year=1952 | accessdate=2008-02-22 | doi=10.1093/ml/XXXIII.3.193 | jstor=729231}}</ref> The piece consists of six movements:
Howells had begun composition with his setting of the poem "Hymnus circa exsequies defuncti" of [[Prudentius]].<ref>{{cite journal | last=Jacques | first=Reginald | title=Howells's ''Hymnus Paradisi'' | journal=Music & Letters | volume=33 | issue=2 | pages=193–197 | month=July | year=1952 | accessdate=2008-02-22 | doi=10.1093/ml/XXXIII.3.193 | jstor=729231}}</ref> The piece consists of six movements:
#'''Preludio''' (for orchestra)
#'''Preludio''' (for orchestra)
#'''Requiem aeternam'''
#'''Requiem aeternam''' (the first 30 bars are identical to the 3rd movement of the Requiem of 1936)
#'''The Lord is my shepherd''' (a setting of [[Psalm 23]])
#'''The Lord is my shepherd''' (a setting of [[Psalm 23]])
#'''Sanctus. I will lift up mine eyes''' (which juxtaposes the [[Sanctus]] from the Ordinary of the Mass with [[Psalm 121]])
#'''Sanctus. I will lift up mine eyes''' (which juxtaposes the [[Sanctus]] from the Ordinary of the Mass with [[Psalm 121]])
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* EMI CDM 7 63372-2 (CD reissue): [[Heather Harper]], [[Robert Tear]]; Bach Choir; King's College Choir; New [[Philharmonia]] Orchestra; Sir [[David Willcocks]], conductor<ref>Hugh Ottaway, "Record Reviews: ''Hymnus Paradisi''" (May 1971). ''The Musical Times'', '''112''' (1539): pp. 451-452.</ref>
* EMI CDM 7 63372-2 (CD reissue): [[Heather Harper]], [[Robert Tear]]; Bach Choir; King's College Choir; New [[Philharmonia]] Orchestra; Sir [[David Willcocks]], conductor<ref>Hugh Ottaway, "Record Reviews: ''Hymnus Paradisi''" (May 1971). ''The Musical Times'', '''112''' (1539): pp. 451-452.</ref>
* Hyperion CDA66569: Julie Kennard, John Mark Ainsley; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir; [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra]]; [[Vernon Handley]], conductor<ref>Guy Rickards, "Record Review" (December 1992). ''Tempo'' (New Ser.), '''183''': pp. 57-59.</ref>
* Hyperion CDA66569: Julie Kennard, John Mark Ainsley; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir; [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra]]; [[Vernon Handley]], conductor<ref>Guy Rickards, "Record Review" (December 1992). ''Tempo'' (New Ser.), '''183''': pp. 57-59.</ref>
* Chandos Chan 9744: Joan Rodgers, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Alan Opie; BBC Symphony Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox. 1999


==References==
==References==

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Hymnus Paradisi is a choral work by Herbert Howells for soprano and tenor soloists, mixed chorus, and orchestra. The work was inspired in part by the death of his son Michael in 1935. Howells wrote the work from 1936 to 1938, but then retained the music privately, without public performance. Ralph Vaughan Williams convinced Howells to allow the work to be performed publicly at the Three Choirs Festival. The work received its successful premiere at the Festival in 1950.[1][2] The score was published in 1951.[3]

Howells had begun composition with his setting of the poem "Hymnus circa exsequies defuncti" of Prudentius.[4] The piece consists of six movements:

  1. Preludio (for orchestra)
  2. Requiem aeternam (the first 30 bars are identical to the 3rd movement of the Requiem of 1936)
  3. The Lord is my shepherd (a setting of Psalm 23)
  4. Sanctus. I will lift up mine eyes (which juxtaposes the Sanctus from the Ordinary of the Mass with Psalm 121)
  5. I heard a voice from heaven (from the Burial Service)
  6. Holy is the true light (from the Salisbury Diurnal, translation by G.H. Palmer)

Hugh Ottaway and Christopher Palmer have commented on the stylistic affinity of Hymnus Paradisi with the music of Frederick Delius.[5][6]

Recordings

References

  1. ^ "Hymnus Paradisi". The Musical Times. 91 (1291). Musical Times Publications Ltd.: 352–353 1950. doi:10.2307/935574. JSTOR 935574. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Wilfrid Mellers, "CD Reviews: Herbert Howells" (July 1995). The Musical Times, 136 (1829): pp. 384-385.
  3. ^ "I.K." (full name not given) (1951). "Reviews of Music: Hymnus Paradisi". Music & Letters. 32 (3): 288–289. JSTOR 729898. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Jacques, Reginald (1952). "Howells's Hymnus Paradisi". Music & Letters. 33 (2): 193–197. doi:10.1093/ml/XXXIII.3.193. JSTOR 729231. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  5. ^ Ottaway, Hugh (1967). "Herbert Howells and the English Revival". The Musical Times. 108 (1496). Musical Times Publications Ltd.: 897–899. doi:10.2307/953063. JSTOR 953063. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  6. ^ Palmer, Christopher (1972). "Herbert Howells at 80: A Retrospect". The Musical Times. 113 (1556). Musical Times Publications Ltd.: 967–970. doi:10.2307/955239. JSTOR 955239. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  7. ^ Hugh Ottaway, "Record Reviews: Hymnus Paradisi" (May 1971). The Musical Times, 112 (1539): pp. 451-452.
  8. ^ Guy Rickards, "Record Review" (December 1992). Tempo (New Ser.), 183: pp. 57-59.
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