Byrd: I have longed for thy saving health



I have longed for thy saving health, O Lord : and in thy law is my delight. O let my soul live, and it shall praise thee : and thy judgements shall help me. (Psalm 119:174-175)


Not an original Byrd choral work, this is an arrangement of Byrd's original keyboard music Pavane The Earle of Salisbury included in a collection of keyboard works called Parthenia.

The words were added by Alfred Whitehead, and it was renamed I Have Longed for Thy Saving Health.

Performance of Pavane The Earl of Salisbury on the piano by Jim Patterson [YouTube]