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BTC950 REJOICE IN THE LAMB

Festival cantata for chorus (SATB) with treble, alto, tenor and bass solos, and organ, op. 30
Period of composition: May - 17 Jul 1943
First performance: 21 Sep 1943 >>
Type of performance: Church performance
Location: St Matthew's Church, Northampton
Performance details:

Choir of St Matthew's Church, Northampton, Charles Barker org, Benjamin Britten cond

Genre: Choral
Text: Christopher Smart (1722-1771)
Duration: 16'
Commissioned:

By St Matthew's Church, Northampton.

Dedication: 'For the Rev. Walter Hussey and the choir of St Matthew's Church, Northampton, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the consecration of their church, 21 September 1943'

The Very Reverend John Walter Atherton Hussey (1909-1985), Vicar of St Matthew's Northampton, 1937-55. Encouraged church patronage of the arts for over forty years.

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