Please turn to number 68 (Second Tune) and join with the clarinets in “Christian, Dost Thou See Them”.
Number: 68 (Second Tune)
First Line: Christian, Dost Thou See them
Name: ST. ANDREW OF CRETE.
Meter: 6 5, 6 5. D.
Tempo: Thoughtfully
Music: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-76
Text: Andrew of Crete, cir. 660-732
Tr. John Mason Neale, 1818-66
Clarinet Arrangement: 068b.ChristianDostThouSeeThem
I love a good minor dirge, and the first part of this tune is really pretty great. Unfortunately, half way through, the hymn switches keys, and from minor to major, at the same time as the text starts expressing sentiments of smiting, girding, battle, sorrow, and triumph.
Someone was very literal minded in their music arrangement.
So, I, uh, took some liberties with the arrangement.
The first section gets played twice at regular (slow) time, and the second in (appropriately) military double time. I also finish by returning the final chord to minor, as a sort of protest.
