Hear My Prayer

~ Motet

Relationships

composer:Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (until 1844)
librettist:William Bartholomew
premiered at:Crosby Hall (Bishopsgate, London) in London (Greater London) (on 1845-01-08)
other databases:http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85119687 [info]
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb140369170 [info]
https://d-nb.info/gnd/300296142 [info]
download score for free:imslp: Hear My Prayer, WoO 15 (Mendelssohn, Felix) [info]
VIAF ID:181880450 [info]
Wikidata:Q5691565 [info]
translated version of:Hör mein Bitten (Hymne für Sopranstimme, Chor und Orgel)
parts:1. Hear my prayer: I. "Hear my prayer, O God, incline thine ear!" Andante
2. Hear My Prayer: II. “O For the Wings of a Dove!” Con un poco più di moto

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1927-04-05Hear My Prayer (O, for the wings of a dove)The Choir of Temple Church, Master Ernest Lough, Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball8:01
1928-03-30Hear My Prayer (O, for the wings of a dove)The Choir of Temple Church, Master Ernest Lough, Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball7:45
1958-10Hear My Prayer ("O for the wings of a dove"), hymn for soprano, chorus & organ or orchestra in G majorThe Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Alastair Roberts, Peter White, George Guest12:08
1989-02-24 – 1989-02-25Hear My Prayer - O for the Wings of a DoveliveKiri Te Kanawa with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Utah Symphony10:44
1990-07-05 – 1990-07-19Hear my prayerJeremy Budd, St Paul’s Cathedral Choir, Andrew Lucas, John Scott12:25
1991-03-25 – 1991-03-30Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer, O GodAmbrosian Singers, Cheryl Studer, London Symphony Orchestra, Ion Marin9:00
1992-01-11 – 1992-02-01Hear My PrayerThe Pupils and Chapel Choir of Uppingham School, Neil Page11:50
2002-01-28 – 2002-02-08Hear my prayerEmily Gray, Jeffrey Makinson11:14
2004-01-21 – 2004-01-25Hear My PrayerKarina Gauvin, Matthew Larkin, Choir of St John's, Elora, Noel Edison12:34
Hear my prayerAndrew Swait, Alexander Ffinch10:15
Hear my prayerThe Choir of Chelmsford Cathedral11:12
Hear my prayerSalisbury Cathedral Choir, Richard Seal11:09
Hear my prayerChoir of Holy Cross, Crediton12:04
Hear my PrayerCanto Villanella, Andrew Earis10:21
Hear My PrayerAled Jones11:54
Hear My PrayerThe Choir of Gentlemen and Boys of St. James' Cathedral, Toronto, Matthew Nettleton, Norman McBeth, Giles Bryant10:30
Hear My PrayerChoir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom11:01
Hear My PrayerLichfield Cathedral Choir10:58
Hear My PrayerEric Ericsons Kammarkör, Barbara Hendricks, Erik Lundkvist, Eric Ericson11:24
Hear My PrayerNicolai Kammarkör, Christian Ljunggren, Gunnel Sjöberg, Hans Christian Herlitz10:25
Hear My PrayerMatthew O’Malley, Peterborough Cathedral Choir, Mark Duthie, Christopher Gower11:30
Hear My PrayerSalisbury Cathedral Choir, Richard Seal, David Halls10:56
Hear My Prayer ... O for the wings of a DoveKirsten Flagstad, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult11:58
Hear My Prayer / O for the Wings of a DoveChrist Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Andrew Olleson, Harry Bicket, Francis Grier11:22
Hear My Prayer / O for the Wings of a DoveThe Choir of Temple Church, London, Master Ernest Lough, George Thalben-Ball8:01
Hear My Prayer, O LordAndrea Cockerton, Choir of Trinity College, Silas Standage, Richard Marlow10:18
Hear My Prayer... O for the Wings of a DoveThe Choir of Temple Church, George Thomas Thalben-Ball, Ernest Lough8:16