Baritone Vocals
– Intimations Of Immortality (Ode For Tenor Solo, Chorus And Orchestra)
1. Prelude
2. Stanza I: There Was A Time When Meadow, Grove, And Stream
3. Stanza II: The Rainbow Comes And Goes
4. Stanza III: Now, While The Birds Thus Sing A Joyous Song
5. Stanza IV: Ye Blessèd Creatures, I Have Heard The Call
6. - Oh Evil Day!
7. - But There’s A Tree, Of Many, One
8. Stanza V: Our Birth Is But A Sleep And A Forgetting
9. Stanza VI: Earth Fills Her Lap With Pleasures Of Her Own
10. Stanza IX: O Joy! That In Our Embers ...
11. - But For Those First Affections
12. Stanza X: Then Sing, Ye Birds Sing, Sing A Joyous Song !
13. Stanza XI: And O, Ye Fountains, Meadows, Hills, And Groves
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credits

Artwork – - John Mallord William Turner *
Choir – - Guildford Philharmonic Choir (tracks: 1 to 4)Composed By – - Gerald Finzi (tracks: 5 to 17), - Patrick Hadley (tracks: 1 to 4)Conductor – - Vernon Handley
Engineer – - Colin Moorfoot (tracks: 1 to 4), - John Dunkerley (tracks: 1 to 4), - Kenneth Wilkinson (tracks: 5 to 17)Leader [Orchestra] – - Carl Pini (tracks: 1 to 4)Liner Notes – - Diana McVeagh , - William Mann
Lyrics By – - William Wordsworth (tracks: 5 to 17)Orchestra – - Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra (tracks: 5 to 17), - New Philharmonia Orchestra (tracks: 1 to 4)Producer – - James Walker (3) (tracks: 1 to 4), - Michael Woolcock (tracks: 5 to 17)Remastered By – - Simon Gibson
Tenor Vocals – - Ian Partridge (tracks: 5 to 17)

companies

Recorded At Guildford Cathedral
Recorded At Kingsway Hall