Judith Weir: I Love All Beauteous Things

Celebrate HM The Queen's 90th Birthday with your choir Sing Judith Weir闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ユ偘 special new choral piece I Love All Beauteous Things Master of the Queen闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ユ偘 Music, Judith Weir , has been commissioned by St Paul闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ユ偘 Cathedral in London to write a piece for SATB choir and organ in celebration of HM The Queen闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ユ偘 90th birthday in 2016. The piece is now available from Chester Music, so that choirs all over the world can join in with the festivities. Churches and other local organisations are planning events on Sunday 12th June and many may want to include this approachable setting of Robert Bridges闂 poem. Directed by Andrew Carwood, the St Paul闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ユ偘 Cathedral Choir will perform I love all beauteous things as part of the National Service of Thanksgiving which will take place on at 11am on 10 June in the presence of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. At the service the Archbishop of Canterbury will give the address and the Prime Minister will read a lesson. The event will be televised live on BBC1. Judith Weir comments: "It is a particular honour to contribute new music for this great occasion, and a pleasure to write a choral version of Robert Bridges闂 beautiful verse." Preview the score here Download the digital sheet music here COMPOSER闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ュ煘 NOTE At the suggestion of Michael Hampel, Precentor of St Paul闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ユ偘 Cathedral, I have set words by Robert Bridges, who was Poet Laureate from 1913闂1930. Bridges was an outstanding humanitarian and writer, whose poetry has inspired me before in The Voice of Desire, a song-cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano. This short, fast-tempo setting aims to emulate the swift, fleet-footed rhyme and metre of the two-verse poem, with its unobtrusive but telling reference to 闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鑼剁亙an in his hasty days闂. J.W. Commissioned by the Chapter of St Paul闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ユ偘 Cathedral to mark the 90th birthday of HM The Queen, generously supported by the Boltini Trust.Performed at the National Service of Thanksgiving for HM The Queen闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ユ偘 birthday at St Paul闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ユ偘 Cathedral, London, on Friday 10th June 2016in the presence of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Music by Judith Weir, Master of the Queen闂備胶鍋ㄩ崕鏌ユ偘 Music, words by Robert Bridges, Poet Laureate in the year HM The Queen was born. Duration c. 3闂 minutes I LOVE ALL BEAUTEOUS THINGS words by Robert Bridges OM (1844闂1930) Poet Laureate 1913闂30 I love all beauteous things, I seek and adore them; God hath no better praise, And man in his hasty days Is honoured for them. I too will something make And joy in the making; Altho闂 to-morrow it seem Like the empty words of a dream Remembered on waking. (I love all beauteous things, etc闂)