Track name: I VOW TO THEE MY COUNTRY B
Trackcode: SCDV105504
Composer: Gustav Holst, John Gregory Knowles (Arr.)
アーティスト: English Chamber Orchestra, John Gregory Knowles, Timothy Murton Laight, James Rattigan, Ian Humphries (Conductor)
EAN/GTIN: 4020771217557
ISRC: DE-B63-21-75504
Album name: PATRIOTIC BRITAIN
Catalogue number: SCDV1055
Label: Sonoton Vanguard - SCDV
LC number: 07573
This famous hymn from the movement 'Jupiter' from 'The Planets' suite is often sung on Armistice Day and was a personal favourite of the late Princess Diana. Instrumental version with full orchestra. 64 bpm (Cmaj)
Arranged by John Gregory Knowles, Guy Protheroe, Timothy Murton Laight & James Rattigan. Produced by John Gregory Knowles. Recorded at EMPIRE STUDIO, Bethnal Green, London, UK; SKINNY FARM STUDIO, New Malden Surrey, UK and CODA STUDIO, Surbiton Surrey, UK. Sound engineer: Paul Golding.
Performed by Ian Humphries (violin), Rita Manning (violin), Adrian Varela (violin), Alison Kelly (violin), Ann Lovatt (violin), Judith Busbridge (viola), Frank Schaefer (cello), Deidre Cooper (cello), Chris Lawrence (double bass), Paul Morgan (double bass), John Anderson (oboe), Anna Noakes (flute), Nick Bucknall (clarinet), Crispian Steele Perkins (trumpet), James Rattigan (French horn, accordion), Tristan Fry (timpani), Sally Heath (piano, harpsichord), Helen Tunstall (harp), Chris Knowles (guitar), John Gregory Knowles (dulcimer, drums, percussion), Timothy Murton Laight (banjo).
Special thanks to Augusta Lees, Mark Glentworth and David Jones at Skinny Farm and Jacob Palmer at Coda.
Orchestral and choral management: Ann Manly, The English Chamber Choir Https://www.englishchamberchoir.co.uk/, conductor: Guy Protheroe. Orchestral leader and soloist: Ian Humphries. Copyist: Sara Loewenthal.
Mastered by Gerhart Frei at INTERSOUND Studios, Munich, Germany.
Cover art: Joe Miletzki
I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above
Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love
The love that asks no questions, the love that stands the test
That lays upon the altar, the dearest and the best
The love that never falters, the love that pays the price
The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice
And there's another country, I've heard of long ago
Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know
We may not count her armies, we may not see her King
Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering
And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase
And her ways are ways of gentleness and all her paths are peace