Music spot for Trinity Sunday: Stainer's "I Saw The Lord"


Today is Trinity Sunday, which gave a great choice of suitable music.  This morning at Selby Abbey, for instance, the choir performed the Tchaikovsky, Hymn to the Trinity which is a lovely piece of music.

Popular Trinity Sunday hymns include "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty by Richard Heber.

However, my all-time favourite Trinity hymn, - which qualifies because it ends with a prayer to the Trinity and Unity, although it starts with a reference to a vision of God by the Prophet Isaiah which was described in the 6th chapter of that book of the bible (Link: Isaiah 6 KJV) - is "I saw the Lord" by John Stainer.

It was once described in my hearing as a "Magnificent musical battle" as it requires a double choir, e.g. two complete groups of Soprano/Treble, Alto, Tenor and Bass voices who sometimes sing together and sometimes in unison.

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