Edward Bairstow
Edward Bairstow (1874–1946) was an English organist and composer in the Anglican church music tradition. He served as Organist of York Minster from 1913 until his death.
His compositions are mainly for the church: nearly thirty anthems, from large-scale works for choir and organ to brief communion settings, together with service music still widely sung.
Among the best known are Let all mortal flesh keep silence, I sat down under his shadow, and Blessed city, heavenly Salem. He was knighted in 1932 and held the Professorship of Music at Durham while remaining based in York, where he had earlier held posts at Wigan and Leeds.
Compositions by Edward Bairstow appear on
The Choir of Ormond College Live
A live retrospective for the Choir of Ormond College’s twenty-first year, gathering concert recordings from 1985 to 2000 under Douglas Lawrence, from Britten’s Festival Te Deum and Fauré’s Requiem to Bach, Palestrina, Poulenc and lively encores.
The Spirit of the Lord
The Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne, directed from the organ by June Nixon, presents sacred choral works by Edward Elgar and Edward Bairstow.
When David heard that Absalom was slain
The Choir of Ormond College specialised in liturgical music of the 16th and 20th centuries. This recording also includes psalm settings, among them Allegri’s Miserere, a setting of the penitential Psalm 51 once reserved for the Sistine Chapel in Holy Week.
The Choir of Ormond College Melbourne
Directed by Douglas Lawrence, who led chapel music at Ormond College, Melbourne, for more than twenty years, this recording presents the college choir in English church music of the sixteenth and twentieth centuries.