Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Sunday, April 23, 2017

"Darwall's 148th"


I'd intended to do something related to St. George since to-day is St. George's day, but I already recorded "St. George's, Windsor" back in February.

In lieu of that, I pickt a short and simple one: "Darwall's 148th."  I did some research on this tune a year or two ago, and apparently it was written for the 148th Psalm, which - according to my lectionary - is the Psalm for this week, so there's a topicality to this anyway.

The tune is used for a couple hymns, but I lookt at "Christ Is Our Cornerstone" (LW 290, LSB 912).

I've recorded this one before, but that was last September, before this project's current incarnation.