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Guildford Cathedral Choir, directed by Barry Rose:
Concert in Norwich Cathedral, 29 July 1970:
(Motet for unaccompanied double choir, published in 1911. Text: Isaiah 40:6. Note: this a better-quality version of a track uploaded to ArchivesofSound some time ago)

Vox dicentis: Clama: et dixi: Quid clamabo? Omnis caro foenum, et omnis gloria eius quasi flos agri. Vere foenum est populus. Exsiccatum est foenum, et cecidit flos: verbum autem Domini nostri manet in aeternum.

Super montem excelsum ascende tu, qui evangelizas Sion: exalta in fortitudine vocem tuam, qui evangelizas Jerusalem: exalta, noli timere. Dic civitatibus Judae: Ecce Deus vester.

Ecce Dominus Deus in fortitudine veniet, et brachium eius dominabitur: ecce merces eius cum eo, et opus illius coram illo. Sicut pastor gregem suum pascet, in brachio suo congregabit agnos, et in sinu suo levabit, foetas ipse portabit.

[ The voice said: Cry! And I said: What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its glory is as the flower of the field. Truly the people is grass. The grass withers, and the flower fades; but the word of our Lord stands forever.

Get you up to a high mountain, O herald of good tidings to Zion; lift up your voice with strength, O herald of good tidings to Jerusalem: lift it up, be not afraid. Say unto the cities of Judah: "Behold your God!"

Behold, the Lord God comes with might, and His arm rules for Him; behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him. He shall feed His flock like a shepherd, and shall gather the lambs in His arm, and gently lead those that are with young. ]

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