'Come, ye Blessed'
A meditation on the life to come
Compiled from the Oratorios and other sources by Joseph Lewis
The BBC Orchestra
(Section C)
Led by Laurance Turner
BBC Chorus
(Section B)
Chorus Master, Leslie Woodgate
Conducted by Joseph Lewis
Margaret Godley (soprano)
Bradbridge White (tenor)
Stanley Riley (bass)
Berkeley Mason (organ)
The music comprises items by Brahms, Gounod, Spohr, Walford Davies , Frederic d'Erlanger, and A. R. Gaul
This programme is a repetition of one given some months ago and belongs to the series devised by Joseph Lewis in the early days of broadcasting, when it was not practicable to broadcast complete long works, as a means to provide oratorio programmes with a central idea and a sense of continuity. Listeners may remember ' Comfortable Words', ' Our Father', and others in this series. The present programme comprises music which deals with the theme of the life beyond. The words of the separate pieces, when read together, make an interesting kind of libretto, and these are joined by modulation on the organ, composed by Berkeley Mason. Some of the works used in this programme include Gounod's Death and Life, d'Erlanger's Requiem, Gaul's Holy City, Brahms's Song of Destiny, Spohr's Last Judgment, and Parry's Blest Pair of Sirens.