'Lay a garland'
From the album ‘A Double Celebration’

Composer R. L. Pearsall
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers

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Lay a garland
Of Pearsall's twenty or so published madrigals, 'Lay a garland' is perhaps the best-known. Despite similarities to Mendelssohn and S.S. Wesley, it is a work of striking individuality and beauty. Pearsall wrote uncommonly well for voices: his choral music has that indefinable 'ring', instantly recognizable in the work of an authentic choral composer.

LYRICS:
Lay a garland on her hearse
Of dismal yew;
Maidens willow branches wear;
Say she died true,
Her love was false, but she was firm.
Upon her buried body lie lightly,
Thou gentle earth.
(Beaumont and Fletcher)

A Double Celebration
A 55 track celebration to mark 30 years of the Cambridge Singers and the 70th birthday of John Rutter.

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 1981) 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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