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Recordings
Hark the glad sound
MW CD 01
"Hark the Glad Sound" was recorded in May 2008 in St.John the Baptist, Wateringbury and Holy Trinity, East Peckham at two informal concerts given on our annual church tour.

Track listing:
1) Psalm 103 NV: tune Refuge by John Moreton, Birmingham
2) Psalm 33 OV set by Thomas Clark, Canterbury, Kent
3) "Give to the Wind thy fears" - tune: Wigan by Thomas Firth, Leeds
4) Psalm 25 OV - tune: Barton by Abraham Adams, Shoreham, Kent
5) Psalm 100 OV - tune: Cookfield, anon.
6) "O praise the Lord enthroned" - Hymn from Psalm 150 from Kent/Sussex ms books
7) Psalm 121 Merrick - set by Henry Tolhurst, Langley, Kent
8) Psalm 66 NV - set by William Knapp, Poole, Dorset
9) "O for a thousand tongues to sing" - tune: Nativity/Lyngham by Thomas Jarman, Clipstone, Northants

Cost: £3 (plus £1 p&p) - to order, make cheques payable to "Marsh Warblers" and send to Tony Singleton, 8 Mount Pleasant, Talbot Road, HAWKHURST, Kent, TN184ND.


Raise your triumphant song
MW CD 02
"Raise your triumphant song" was recorded in October 2009 in St.Peter's Methodist Church, Canterbury, part of a concert to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Thomas Clark's death (1775-1859).

Track listing:
1) "Raise your Triumphant Song" - tune: 'Cornhill' by Thomas Clark, Canterbury
2) Psalm 8OV - tune: Otford attrib. Michael Beasley, Oxfordshire
3) Patriotic Song: "Heart of Oak" by William Boyce
4) Psalm 149OV - tune: 'Sturry' by John Barwick, Canterbury, 1783
5) Anthem from Psalm 102 - "Hear my prayer, O Lord, incline thine ear" set by Joseph Stephenson, Poole, Dorset
6) Glee: "The Fight is o'er, The Battle's Won" set by John Davy, Exeter & London
7) "Blow ye the trumpet, blow" - tune: 'Dunstable' by Thomas Clark, Canterbury
8) "Glorious things of thee are spoken" - tune: 'Ebley' by Thomas Clark, Canterbury
9) Hymn for Thanksgiving after Victory set by John Hill, Lydd
10) Psalm 57OV "Awake my joy, awake I say" set by Thomas Clark, Canterbury
11) "Thou whom my soul admires above" - tune: 'Pasture' by James Shoubridge, Canterbury & London
12) "Rejoice the Lord is King" - tune: 'Carmarthen New' from Union Tune Book, ed. Clark
13) "Grace 'tis a charming sound" - tune: Cranbrook by Thomas Clark, Canterbury

Cost: £5 (plus £1 p&p) - see above for ordering details


Going the Rounds
MW CD 03
"Going the Rounds" was recorded in January 2010 in St.John the Baptist, Wateringbury

Track listing:
1) "While Shepherds Watched" - tune: 'Otford' attrib.Michael Beesley, Oxon
2) Bright Angels - Hampshire ms book
3) A Virgin Unspotted - attrib. William Knapp, Poole, Dorset
4) Hymn for Christmas Day - Leicestershire ms book
5) Hark, hark what news - from Sussex oral tradition
6) Arise and hail - Dorset ms book
7) Wrapt in the Silence - Hampshire ms book
8) Realms of Glory - Bethersden, Kent ms book
9) The Holly and the Ivy - traditional arr.Francis Roads
10) Shepherds Arise - West country ms and Sussex oral tradition
11) "While Shepherds Watched" - tune: Cranbrook by Thomas Clark, Canterbury

Cost: £5 (plus £1 p&p) - see above for ordering details


You can also listen to recordings made on the "Kent Galleries Tour" in May 2008 and May 2009

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