Perorations began as an exercise in writing down some of my favorite hymn reharmonizations. I’ve been playing many of these settings (Beach Spring, Hyfrydol, and Ellacombe especially) for years. After reading through Noel Rawsthorne’s 200 Last Verses I knew I wanted to create my own collection. The problem was that the list of hymns I wanted to reharmonize kept growing. I thought I may reach the end until, inevitably, another hymn tune came up in the lectionary that I wanted to include in my list. Instead of waiting until the entire collection is complete (which may never happen), you’ll find a list of completed reharmonizations below. 

Peroration (n) the concluding part of a speech, typically intended to inspire enthusiasm in the audience.

ABERYSTWYTH

ADESTE FIDELES

ANTIOCH

AURELIA

BEACH SPRING

BLAENWERN

BOURBON

BUNESSAN

CRUCIFER

CWM RHONDDA

DARWALL’S 148TH

DIADEMATA

DIX

DOVE OF PEACE

DUKE STREET

EIN FESTE BURG

ELLACOMBE

EVENTIDE

FOUNDATION

GLORIA

GROSSER GOTT

HOLY MANNA

HYFRYDOL

ITALIAN HYMN

JUDAS MACCABAEUS

KELVINGROVE

KINGSFOLD

LAND OF REST

LLANGLOFFAN

LOBE DEN HERREN 

LYONS

NETTLETON

NICAEA

PRAISE MY SOUL

REGENT SQUARE

SALZBURG

SCHMÜCKE DICH

SLANE

SONNE DER GERECHTIGKEIT

ST. COLUMBA

STILLE NACHT

THE ASH GROVE

TRURO

WAS GOTT TUT

WONDROUS LOVE