Walter Hussey (1909-1985)

Patron of Art

St Matthew’s, Northampton

Interior of St Matthew’s

First Vicar of St Matthew’s

Second Vicar of St Matthew’s

Walter Hussey by Graham Sutherland

1937-1955

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

in 1943

Michael Tippett (1905-1998)

in 1943

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

in 1943

George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987)

Henry Moore (1898-1986) in 1946

Madonna and Child (1944)

BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult in the Corn Exchange, Bedford

in the 1940s

Graham Sutherland (1903-1980)

Crucifixion (1946)

W H Auden (1907–1973)

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

1943 – Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb

1943 – Michael Tippett: Fanfare No.1 for 10 brass instruments

1944 – Edmund Rubba: Motet: The Revival

1945 – Lennox Berkeley: Festival Anthem

1946 – Gerald Finzi: Lo, the full, final sacrifice

1946 – Benjamin Britten: Prelude and Fugue on a theme of Vittoria

1948 – Christopher Headington: Festival Anthem: Supreme Bliss

1950 – Malcolm Arnold: Laudate Dominum (Psalm 150)

1954 – James Butt: Bless the Lord

St Matthew’s by John Piper

(1955)

The chapel of St Mary Magdalene, Chichester Cathedral

Noli me tangere (1961)

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Chichester Psalms (1965)

I Psalm 108, v.2 “Awake, psaltery and harp...!” Psalm 100 (complete) “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord all ye lands...” II Psalm 23 (complete) “The Lord is my shepherd...” Psalm 2, vv.1-4 “Why do the nations rage?...” III Psalm 131 (complete) “Lord, my heart is not haughty...” Psalm 133, v.1 “Behold how good, and how pleasant it is...”

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

John Piper (1903-1992)

Chichester reredos (1966)

Marc Chagall (1887-1985)

The Arts to the Glory of God

(1978)

Verbum ars quaedam omnipotentis atque sapientis Dei

The Word is, in the manner of speaking, the art of the Almighty and Wise God

Walter Hussey (1909-1985)

Patron of Art