Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) was an English composer, and keyboard player, born in Oxford, although he spent much of his early life in Cambridge. He is considered one of the last masters of the English Madrigal School and English Virginalist School. In the 1610s he was probably the leading composer and organist in England. He is often seen as a transitional figure from the Renaissance to the Baroque periods.

Gibbons was born into a musical family, his father and brothers, Edward, Ellis and Ferdinand, were musicians and Orlando was expected to follow the tradition. Edward, was a composer and master of the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.

At the age of 19 he was appointed an unsalaried member of the Chapel Royal in May 1603 and a full-fledged gentleman of the Chapel Royal as junior organist in 1605. In 1606 he had graduated from King’s College, Cambridge with a Bachelor of Music degree.

By the 1610s Gibbons had become a composer of high repute and the most outstanding organist in England

There Is A Lamp Whose Steady Light (Angel’s Hymn, Organ, 5 Verses)

There Is A Lamp Whose Steady Light: Recording Tune: Angel’s Hymn, composed by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625). Public domain. Performance ℗

19th March 2022 Organ Piece / Applegarth / Dreams of Heaven and Earth / Funeral / General / Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) / Richard Irwin Original / Richard M S Irwin (b. 1955)

Applegarth Chorale Prelude #1 in G For Organ

Recording Inspired by the music of Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) and written as the recessional for the funeral of a departed

14th July 2018 Hymn / 1 Thessalonians 5 / 10 10 10 D / Ash Wednesday / Easter Vigil / Evensong / General / John White Chadwick (1840 - 1904) / Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) / Renaissance / Song 1 / Year A Advent 1 / Year A Christmas 2 / Year A Feast of Christ The King / Year A Proper 18, Ordinary 23, Trinity 13 / Year A Proper 19, Ordinary 24, Trinity 14 / Year A Proper 20, Ordinary 25, Trinity 16 / Year A Proper 21, Ordinary 26, Trinity 16 / Year A Proper 22, Ordinary 27, Trinity 17 / Year A Proper 28, Ordinary 33, Second Sunday Before Advent / Year A Second Sunday Before Advent / Year B Christmas 2 / Year B Easter 2 / Year B Easter 3 / Year B Easter 6 / Year B Easter 7 / Year B Holy Name Of Jesus Or Naming And Circumcision Of Jesus / Year B Lent 1 / Year B Lent 3 / Year B Proper 10, Ordinary 15, Trinity 6 / Year B Proper 13, Ordinary 18, Trinity 9 / Year B Proper 16, Ordinary 21, Trinity 12 / Year B Proper 19, Ordinary 24, Trinity 15 / Year C Christmas 2 / Year C Epiphany 1, Baptism of The Lord / Year C Feast Of Christ The King / Year C Proper 10, Ordinary 15, Trinity 4 / Year C Proper 13, Ordinary 18, Trinity 7

Eternal Ruler Of The Ceaseless Round (Gibbons Song 1, Organ, 4 Verses)

Eternal Ruler Of The Ceaseless Round : Recording Tune: Song 1, composed by Orlando Gibbons (1583 – 1625). Public Domain.

5th July 2018 10 10 10 D / Communion/Eucharist / Corpus Christi / General / Hymn / O Thou who at Thy Eucharist didst pray / Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) / Renaissance / Richard M S Irwin (b. 1955) / Song 1 / TBR / William Harry Turton (1856-1938) / Year B Easter 4 / Year B Easter 7 / Year C All Saints' Day / Year C Epiphany 3 - Third Sunday of Epiphany / Year C Proper 19, Ordinary 24, Trinity 23

O Thou Who At Thy Eucharist Didst Pray (Song 1, String Quartet & Flute, 4 Verses)

Alternative settings of O Thou Who At Thy Eucharist Didst Pray O Thou Who At Thy Eucharist Didst Pray : Recording

5th July 2018 10 10 10 D / Communion/Eucharist / Corpus Christi / General / Hymn / O Thou who at Thy Eucharist didst pray / Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) / Renaissance / Song 1 / TBR / William Harry Turton (1856-1938) / Year B Easter 4 / Year C All Saints' Day / Year C Epiphany 3 - Third Sunday of Epiphany / Year C Proper 19, Ordinary 24, Trinity 23

O Thou Who At Thy Eucharist Didst Pray (Song 1, Organ, 4 Verses) Download for Free

Alternative settings of O Thou Who At Thy Eucharist Didst Pray O Thou Who At Thy Eucharist Didst Pray : Recording

20th April 2017 Hymn / Angels' Song / Charles Wesley (1707-1788) / Descant / Holy Week Wednesday / LM (88 88) / Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) / Renaissance / Richard M S Irwin (b. 1955) / Year A Advent 1 / Year A Easter 2 / Year A Proper 12 Ordinary 17 Trinity 7 / Year A Proper 16, Ordinary 21, Trinity 11, Pentecost 13 / Year A Proper 20, Ordinary 25, Trinity 16 / Year A Proper 22, Ordinary 27, Trinity 17 / Year A Proper 25, Ordinary 30, Trinity 20 / Year A Proper 28, Ordinary 33, Second Sunday Before Advent / Year A Proper 9, Ordinary 14, Trinity 5, 6th Sunday after Penecost / Year A Second Sunday Before Advent / Year B Advent 2 / Year B Epiphany 3 / Year B Proper 17, Ordinary 22, Trinity 13 / Year C Advent 1 / Year C Proper 14, Ordinary 19, Trinity 8 / Year C Proper 18, Ordinary 23, Trinity 12

Forth In Thy Name, O Lord, I Go (Angels’ Song, Organ, 5 Verses)

Forth In Thy Name : Recording Tune: Angels’ Song composed by Orlando Gibbons (1583 – 1625) Melody Public Domain. Meter:

19th April 2017 Hymn / 10 10 / Classic Hymns for Lent and Passiontide / Funeral / Good Friday / Holy Week Monday / Lent / Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) / Passiontide / Phineas Fletcher (1582 - 1650) / Song 46 / Video / Year B Proper 13, Ordinary 18, Trinity 9 / Year C Proper 6 Ordinary 11

Drop Drop Slow Tears (Song 46, Organ, 3 Verses)

Drop Drop Slow Tears : Lyrics 1. Drop, drop, slow tears, And bathe those beauteous feet, Which brought from heav’n

And Now O Father (Song 1, Organ, 4 Verses)

19th March 2017 And Now O Father Mindful Of The Love / 10 10 10 D / Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple / Corpus Christi / Holy Week Tuesday / Hymn / Lent / Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) / Song 1 / William Bright (1824 - 1901) / Year A Lent 2 / Year A Palm Sunday - Liturgy of The Palms and Liturgy of The Passion / Year A Proper 21, Ordinary 26, Trinity 16 / Year A Proper 22, Ordinary 27, Trinity 17 / Year A Proper 8, Ordinary 13, Trinity 4, 5th Sunday after Penecost / Year B Easter 2 / Year B Easter 7 / Year B Lent 2 / Year B Lent 4 / Year B Proper 10, Ordinary 15, Trinity 6 / Year B Proper 16, Ordinary 21, Trinity 12 / Year B Proper 20, Ordinary 25, Trinity 16 / Year B Proper 24, Ordinary 29, Trinity 20 / Year B Proper 25, Ordinary 30, Trinity 21, Last After Trinity / Year B Proper 27, Ordinary 32, Third Sunday Before Advent / Year C Feast Of Christ The King / Year C Lent 4 / Year C Lent 5 - Passion Sunday / Year C Proper 12, Ordinary 17, Trinity 6 / Year C Proper 14, Ordinary 19, Trinity 8 / Year C Proper 24, Ordinary 29, Trinity 18 / Year C Proper 26, 4th Sunday Before Advent / Year C Proper 8, Ordinary 13, Trinity 2

And Now O Father Mindful Of The Love (Gibbons Song 1, Organ, 4 Verses)

And Now O Father : Recording Alternative settings of And Now O Father Mindful Of The Love Tune: Song 1, composed