Forty days and forty nights (hymn)

Forty days and forty nights • Performed by The Gesualdo Six, directed by Owain Park

Tune: Aus der tiefe • Melody possibly by M. Herbst • Words by G.H. Smyttan and Francis Pott • NEH 67

LENT SESSIONS
The Gesualdo Six present a series of short recitals for the season of Lent, featuring motets, hymns and plainchant recorded at St Bartholomew the Great in London.

#LentSessions

[andrewryan]

This shall be a strong 💪🏿 reminder to each and every single one of us that we cannot and MUST NOT give into the enemy no matter how much he may truly try to get into our heads and up in our faces here now, Amen! 🙏✝️❤️‍🔥💯🥰🥰

[janesmith]

As a teenager I played the hymns just about every morning at school on the piano. I didn't realise at that time how they etched into my soul, words and harmonies that all these decades forward I know them all and of course have always enjoyed singing 40 days and 40 nights as i t is such as wonderful hymn. Wonderful performance here. You cannot beat counter tenors (and I write that myself as a pretty good church soprano in the UK and chamber choir singer).

[letsworshipthealmightygod]

i love these men so angelic their voices are. hmmm

[sharondavid]

It's amazing ....also sung in urdu language in the same tune....God bless you all abundantly

[fatherglyn]

such a wonderful hymn - dignified, and stately. Great words and a deceptively simple tune yet with awesome harmony. Thank you for posting.

[brandtnightingale]

The German Lutheran hymn tune tradition is so expressive. Harmonic complexity could be indulged because of the ubiquitous familiarity with congregational singing; singing was such a formative part of Lutheran culture. Bach's chorale harmonisations are of course the paragons. But I think my favourite example may be Cruger's majestically lively Easter tune for Jesus, Meine Zuversicht.

[guwbijp]

One of my favorite hymns. It is sung in the Tamil language to the same tune. God bless.

[markjolley]

Most beautiful lentern hymn....what lent is all about..

[olayinkasanni]

Magnicently sung! A wondetful lenten hymn.
May we appear at the etenal eastertide in Jesus Christ name Amen.
Thanks.

[jamesgibson]

What a wonderfully appointed church chancel ! Perfect !

[donaldveitch]

So beautiful and appropriate in Lent 2021. Many thanks.

[martinbonsey]

got to love the "growling beasts about thy way" at 0.39

[kathyhester]

The simplicity of the words is meaningful. I have sung this w/my church choir. Your harmonizing is beautiful. The acoustics are perfect for all of your pieces. Thank you.

[victorandovercomer]

1 Forty days and forty nights
you wast fasting in the wild;
Forty days and forty nights
Tempted, and yet undefiled.

2 Sunbeams scorching all the day,
chilly dewdrops nightly shed;
prowling beasts about your way;
stones your pillow, earth your bed.

3 Then if Satan on us press,
Flesh or spirit to assail,
Victor in the wilderness,
Grant we may not faint nor fail!

4 So shall we have peace divine;
Holier gladness ours shall be;
Round us, too, shall angels shine,
Such as served You faithfully.

5 Keep, O keep us, Savior dear,
Ever constant by your side,
That with you we may appear
At th'eternal Eastertide.

[pisces]

It’s Easter’s answer to “O Come O Emmanuel”. It sings like a prophecy from ancient times

[davelow]

Superb as ever. If my recollections are correct, we used to go into the major key on the last verse and sing it to the tune of the lovely bynn "Loving shepherd of thy sheep".

[micahdugas]

I love this harmonization, is it in the public domain?