I really thought that Francis Jackson might be immortal, but sadly he wasn’t. I have sung a fair amount of his music and have been struck by his liking for fourths.
His Communion in G was a staple at my Cambridge College, but when I came to sing it with the Erleigh Cantors I think I was the only person who’d sung it before. His Evening Canticles in G were another Cambridge staple, rather more generally known. I’ve sung his Responses, and – just once each – his Benedicite and the Missa Matris Dei.
So this is the unusual thing – are there any anthems by him in the repertoire? It is rather odd that I’ve only done canticles, responses and Communion/Mass settings.
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