This is the day - John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, Aurora Orchestra

'This is the day'
From the album ‘This is the day’

Composer John Rutter
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
Orchestra Aurora Orchestra

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LYRICS:
This is the day which the Lord hath made: we will rejoice and be glad in it.
O praise the Lord of heaven: praise him in the height.
Praise him, all ye angels of his: praise him, all his host.
Praise him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and light, let them praise the
Name of the Lord;

For he shall give his angels charge over thee: to keep thee in all thy ways.
The Lord himself is thy keeper: the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand;
So that the sun shall not burn thee by day: neither the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: yea, it is even thee that shall keep thy soul.
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in: from this time forth for
evermore.

He shall defend thee under his wings.
Be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the Lord.

Psalm118 (line 1), 148 (lines 2–4), 91 (lines 5 and 10), 121 (lines 6–9), and 27 (line 11).

'This is the day' was commissioned in 2011 by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey, as a wedding gift for Prince William and Kath Middleton. John Rutter writes: 'I wanted to write music which would be welcoming in spirit to the royal couple, their families, and to the many people witnessing this happy occasion all over the world.'

This is the day
The music on this album recollects, and celebrates, some of the choral music heard on royal occasions in England during the lifetime of HM Queen Elizabeth II.

John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.

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