Music of the
Gladdening Light

Melrose Parish Church, 20 June March 2026

with

Jessica Leary — Soprano
Catherine Backhouse — Alto
David Lee — Tenor
Jack Harris — Baritone

and

Borders Chamber Orchestra
Calum Landon — Organ

Programme

Hail, gladdening Light — Charles Wood (1866–1926)

Rejoice in the Lord alway — Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

Three Elizabethan Songs — Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

i. Sweet Day
ii. The Willow Song
iii. O Mistress Mine

From Seven Poems of Robert Bridges — Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)

i. My sprit sang all day
ii. Haste on my joys
iii. I praise the tender flower

God is gone up — Gerald Finzi

Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen! (‘Ascension Oratorio’) — J. S. Bach (1685–1750)