Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (27 febbraio 1848 - 1918); Jerusalem, cantata (inno) per coro all’unisono e organo (1916) su testo di William Blake; versione per orchestra di sir Edward Elgar (1922). Coro della Cattedrale di Winchester e Waynflete Singers; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, dir. David Hill.
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England’s mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On England’s pleasant pastures seen!
>And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
Bring me my Bow of burning gold;
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!
I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In England’s green & pleasant Land.
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