Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks - Herbert Howells, John Rutter, Cambridge Singers

'Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks'
From the album ‘Stanford and Howells Remembered’
Composer Herbert Howells
Conductor John Rutter
Organ Wayne Marshall
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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LYRICS:
Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks, so longeth my soul after thee, O God.
My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for the living God: when shall I come to ap-
pear before the presence of God? My tears have been my meat day and night:
while they daily say unto me, Where is now thy God? My tears have been my meat
day and night. Like as the hart, &c. (Psalm 42, vv.1-3)
Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks
Howells wrote this piece - perhaps Howells's best-loved anthem - in a single day in 1941 when he and his wife were 'mewed up by snow in a cottage in Gloucestershire'; it is No. 3 of a set of four anthems dedicated to (later Sir) Thomas Armstrong, then organist of Christ Church, Oxford.
Stanford and Howells Remembered
This recording is a choral tribute to the sacred music of two visionary composers: Stanford and Howells, who, among their other achievements, made distinctive, lasting and much-cherished contributions to the musical repertory of the English Church.
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
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[@judithmalan1502]

THANK YOU SO MUCH...
PERFECT TIMING

p2 When shall I come to appear before God? 1:04
p2 My tears have been my meat 1:38
p4 Where, where is now thy God? 1:56
p4 My tears have been my meat day and night 2:16
p5 TENOR My -- Tears --- day and night 2:30
p6 Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks 3:09
p7 When shall I come to appear 4:05

[@carmelitequotes]

This is the text of the Tract of the eucharistic liturgy for All Souls Day

[@tomblower2317]

I have a feeling they do their recordings in the Ely Lady chapel.

[@johnnyfx82]

This is correct.
Concerning the organ registrations, have a look at p. 20 of this document:
cdn.elycathedral.org/uploads/pdfs/The-organs-andorganists-of-ely-cathedral.pdf?v=1631529055

[@tomblower2317]

Sympathetic organ registrations. Where?

[@timselman1123]

I might be wrong but it sounds like an electronic!

[@jv04jm]

​@timselman1123 that seems hard to believe that Rutter and Marshall would do something like that.