O God of every shining constellation

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Gwyn
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O God of every shining constellation

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The hymn "O God of every shining constellation" has had a few airings on Songs of Praise of late. The Tune "Lucy" is a cracker.
What do we know of it? I've not seen it in any hymnals.
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Found this
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/o- ... ic/5160183

The tune is OK up to the rising chromatic - thats a wee bit too 1920's for me.
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It's somewhere between Geoffrey Beaumont and John Rutter. Paul's a fine musician and a very nice guy – he's served Songs of Praise well over the years. In this version there's a brief glimpse of him conducting: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00k5y7t
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Nick Baty wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:07 pm It's somewhere between Geoffrey Beaumont and John Rutter. Paul's a fine musician and a very nice guy – he's served Songs of Praise well over the years. In this version there's a brief glimpse of him conducting: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00k5y7t
.... but I think some of his special harmonisations are a bit "Broadway."
Less is more, old chap.
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Thanks folks. Some lovely snippets there and some interesting observations.
Gwyn.
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