MATTHEW LOCKE
Anthems, Motets
The Oxford Ode

Recorded in New College Chapel
11-13 May 1989
Playing time : 66'59"   DDD

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" This is a recording of exceptional interest. Few choirs could have been better placed or equipped to make it than the Choir of New College, Oxford under Edward Higginbottom."

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MATTHEW LOCKE (c. 1621-1677)
Anthems, Motets and The Oxford Ode

1     Descende caelo cincta sororibus
       (The Oxford Ode)

Oliver Johnston treble ;
Paul Agnew tenor ; John Bernays bass

2     How doth the city sit solitary

Oliver Johnston, Christopher Neale trebles ;
William Missin alto ; Rogers Covey-Crump,
Toby Spence tenors ; Tim West bass

3     Super flumina Babylonis

Oliver Johnston treble ; Rogers Covey-Crump,
Philip Cave tenors ; John Bernays bass

4     O be joyful in the Lord

Thomas Carey treble ; William Missin alto ;
Philip Cave tenor ; John Bernays bass

5     Audi, Domine, clamantes ad te

Oliver Johnston, Christopher Neale trebles ;
William Missin alto ; Philip Cave tenor ;
Henry Wickham bass

6     Lord, let me know mine end

Oliver Johnston, Christopher Neale trebles ;
Rogers Covey-Crump, Philip Cave tenors ;
Robert Hollingworth bass

7     Jesu auctor clementie

Oliver Johnston treble ; Philip Cave tenor ;
Henry Wickham bass

8     Be thou exalted, Lord

Choir 1: Oliver Johnston treble ; William Missin alto ;
              Philip Cave tenor ; John Bernays bass
Choir 2: Thomas Carey treble ; Roger Barron alto
Choir 3: Howard Ferguson treble ;
              Geoffrey Cryer alto