| op9 c1904 Full score lost 1920, reconstructed 1944-45
tenor solo, SATB chorus
2 flutes (1 also picc), 2 oboes (1 also cor anglais), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4
horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, glockenspiel, cymbals, bass drum, side
drum, harp, organ, strings
(16´)
Text: Book of Common Prayer,
translated Miles Coverdale (1535)
Musica Viva published a facsimile vocal score in 1970s,
now out of print
United Music Publishers Limited
Articles
Review
of Litchfield performance - David J Brown
Preparing
Psalm 23 for performance - Marlene Becker and Elizabeth Hanmore
Recording Brian in Liverpool - Lewis
Foreman (about the Classico recording)
Elgar and the English choral tradition (Classico
recording)
Psalm 23 on CD
Performances
10 March 1973 [first performance] .
All Saint's Church, Hove
12 April 1973 (BBC Radio Brighton
broadcast) / 15 April 1973 (second broadcast)
Stuart Holland (ten), Brighton Festival Chorus, Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra,
conductor Laszlo Heltay
30 August 1974 / broadcast
live by BBC Radio 3
Paul Taylor (ten), Brighton Festival Chorus, Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra,
conductor Laszlo Heltay
9 June 1975 . St Thomas' Church,
Stoke-onTrent, UK (Penhull Festival)
[version by ? for 2 tpts, org]
John Wilbraham (tpt), Michael Laird (tpt), Leslie Pearson (org), Stoke-on-Trent Bedford
Singers, conductor May Walley
6 March 1976 . Clare
College Chapel, Cambridge, UK
Clare College Music Society
Also broadcast in Brisbane and Sydney area (performance
unknown) 5 Oct 75, 26 Dec 76, 11 Sep 77
9 May 1987 [performance without orchestra]
Davis (ten), choirs, conductor Philip Litchfield
Review
- David J Brown
15 May 1988 [first
professional performance] . Assembly
Hall, Worthing, Sussex
David Maxwell Anderson (ten), Worthing Philharmonic Choir, Worthing Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Jan Cervenka
Preparing
Psalm 23 for performance - Marlene Becker and Elizabeth Hanmore
27 August 1992 . Three Choirs Festival,
Gloucester
Maldwyn Davies (ten), Three Choirs Festival Chorus [Hereford and Worcester sections],
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Roy Massey
Commercial recordings
April 1974 / CBS
Paul Taylor (ten), Brighton Festival Chorus, Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra,
conductor Laszlo Heltay
14 July 2002 / Classico
Kevin Matthews (ten), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Chorus, Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Douglas Bostock
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