Hail, bright Cecilia!
Soul of the world
Thou tun'st this world below, the spheres above
English Chamber Orchestra · Sir Charles Mackerras · Simon Woolf · The Ambrosian Singers · Tiffin Boys' Choir
With that sublime celestial lay
Roland Tatnell · Paul Esswood · Michael Rippon · Sir Charles Mackerras · English Chamber Orchestra
in vain the am'rous flute and soft guitar
The fife, and all the harmony of war
Let these amongst themselves contest
Hail, bright Cecilia!
With rapture of delight
Roland Tatnell · Alexander Young · Paul Esswood · Sir Charles Mackerras · Michael Rippon · English Chamber Orchestra
Hail, bright Cecilia!