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Bob Chilcott The Song of Harvest

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for SATB and organ. A work of thanksgiving, The Song of Harvest is an artfully crafted celebration of the earth and its riches. The piece is structured around five well-known hymns of praise, for which Chilcott has composed striking original melodies that may be easily learnt by an audience or congregation, who are invited to join in with the choir. In keeping with tradition, the hymns feature soprano descants for the final verses, and the organ is used to great effect throughout the work in providing characterful introductions and interludes, as well as supporting the choir. The choral movements explore words from the psalms and poems by writers such as Henry van Dyke and Christina Rossetti, whose famous poem 'Consider' provides a moment of solemn reflection before the rousing closing hymn 'Now thank we all our God'.

Commissioned for the

Commissioned for the Royal School of Church Music with the generous support of an anonymous donor and dedicated to all those who work so hard to sustain church music now and into the future The Song of Harvest 1. Hymn: Come, ye thankful people, come Henry Alford (1810 –71) BOB CHILCOTT SOPRANO ALTO ° Vbb Joyful q = c.100 3 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ‘MORRIS’ 8 ° ¢ V : ‹ ; { 15 ° ¢ V : ‹ ; { TENOR BASS bb Vbb Bbb bb Vbb Bbb ORGAN Bbb 3 ¢ 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Joyful q = c.100 3 ‰ 4‰‰ œœ œ ‰‰‰ ‰ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ { Vbb Bbb 3 4 ALL VOICES unis. f ∑ f Œ œ Man. œ ‰ œ œ ‰ Œ Œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ 1. Come, ye thank - ful peo - ple, come, Raise the song of - vest - home! All be safe - ly ga - thered in, Ere the œ ‰ Ped. œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ‰ œ œ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œœ ‰ œ œ œ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ har œ œ‰ œ‰ for online perusal only œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ œ ‰ œ ‰ ‰ œ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œœ œ œ œ © Oxford University Press 2021 Printed in Great Britain OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, MUSIC DEPARTMENT, GREAT CLARENDON STREET, OXFORD OX2 6DP The Moral Rights of the Composer have been asserted. Photocopying this copyright material is ILLEGAL.

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