Gustav Holst: Turn back, O man | The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford

The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
Robert Pecksmith (organ)
David Crown (conductor)
United Reformed Church, Clitheroe
30 June 2012
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Conductor's Website: www.david-crown.com
Recorded and edited by ‪@stefan.schwarz‬

[@ccarterglass]

Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways.
Old now is earth, and none may count her days.
Yet thou, her child, whose head is crowned with flame,
Still wilt not hear thine inner God proclaim,
“Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways.”
Earth might be fair, and all men glad and wise.
Age after age their tragic empires rise,
Built while they dream, and in that dreaming weep:
Would man but wake from out his haunted sleep,
Earth might be fair and all men glad and wise.

[@edwardhart5466]

Brilliant sound,well balanced Robert excellent as usual ,lovely to hear your choir David on tube thank you all so much

[@oldridernh]

Earth shall be fair, and all God's people one.
Nor till that hour shall God's whole will be done.
Now, even now, once more from Earth to sky,
Peals forth in joy man's old undaunted cry:
Earth shall be fair, and all God's folk be one!

[@parkviewmo]

Beautiful. My heart was soaring!

[@beerstudd76]

Perfection

[@oldridernh]

Bravo!

[@kathythureen9341]

I AGREE PERFECTION

[@GalootWrangler]

Quite lovely.

[@frankmoffatt9359]

1 Turn back O Man, forswear thy foolish ways.
Old now is Earth, and none may count her days,
Yet thou, her child, whose head is crowned with flame,
Still wilt not hear thine inner God proclaim,
"Turn back, O Man, forswear thy foolish ways."
2 Earth might be fair and all men glad and wise.
Age after age their tragic empires rise,
Built while they dream, and in that dreaming weep:
Would man but wake from out his haunted sleep,
Earth might be fair and all men glad and wise.
3 Earth shall be fair, and all her people one:
Nor till that hour shall God's whole will be done.
Now, even now, once more from earth to sky,
Peals forth in joy man's old undaunted cry:
"Earth shall be fair and all her folk be one!"

[@JRaymondT]

Really good singing. Small choir and (probably) youthful basses, and it sounds great.

[@thedoeguy]

It's a shame that they don't seem to understand what they're singing. "Peels forth in joy," for instance, should ring out with intensity.