The Gibbons Hymnal contains the 17 hymn tunes composed by Orlando Gibbons for George Wither’s The Hymnes and Songs of the Church (1623), many of which are still popular today. This is the first modern edition which incorporates Wither’s hymn texts beyond the first verses.
Gibbons composed treble and bass lines for the hymns; editor David Skinner has constructed the inner voices to create a collection of pieces that can be performed either as hymns or as simple anthems.
Also in this volume are Gibbons’s ten surviving full anthems, including popular works such as Almighty And Everlasting God and his masterpiece, O Clap Your Hands, alongside lesser-known compositions such as the beautiful miniature, O Lord, I Lift My Heart To Thee, and, presented here in a new reconstruction, I Am The Resurrection And The Life.
Almighty And Everlasting God (anthem)
Deliver Us O Lord (anthem)
Hosanna To The Son Of David (anthem)
I Am The Resurrection (anthem)
Lift Up Your Heads (anthem)
O Clap Your Hands (anthem)
O Lord, How Do My Woes Increase (anthem)
O Lord, I Lift My Heart To Thee (anthem)
O Lord, In Thee Is All My Trust (anthem)
O Lord, In Thy Wrath Rebuke Me Not (anthem)
Song 1: The Song Of Moses
Song 13: The Fifth Canticle
Song 14: The Sixth Canticle
Song 18: The Tenth Canticle
Song 2: The Song Of Deborah
Song 20: The Second Song Of Isaiah
Song 22: The Song Of Hezekiah
Song 24: Lamentation I
Song 31: The River Of Habakuk
Song 34: The Song Of Angels
Song 4: The Song Of Hannah
Song 41: The Song Of The Three Children
Song 44: Veni Creator
Song 46: Christmas Day
Song 5: The Lamentation Of David Over Saul And Jonathan
Song 67: St Matthias
Song 9: The First Canticle
