Performed in Heaven is a compact disc of metrical psalms recorded at the Psalmody Recitals, held each winter since 1971 (except 1977) at St Vincent Street Free Church in Glasgow, where sizeable congregations gathered from a variety of churches and denominations. The psalms on the compact disc are all sung by the entire congregation and, as such, reflect the unaffectedness of congregational praise. The recordings are an authentic reflection of the type of singing that has been heard in the Reformed churches of Scotland since the Reformation. In order to produce this unique compilation of congregational psalm-singing, it was necessary to re-master recordings made with the technology of an earlier era. Thus, the recordings themselves span a period of twenty-five years, with the majority being from the seventies or eighties.

Performed in Heaven: Congregational Psalm Singing from Scotland

Psalm 146:1-6 Hamilton

Psalm 95:1-6 Gainsborough

Psalm 51 v 8-12 - Notting Hill

Psalm 40 v 5-7 (St Neot)

Psalm 145: 1-7 (Tune: Herongate)

Fraught with error, but a worthwhile endeavour.


Ps 80 v 14-19 Morven

Ps 73 v 23-28 Wetherby

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Copyright: Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland). 
Recorded at Dowanvale Free Church.

10 Be still, and know that I am God,
on earth exalted high;
And all the nations of the world
my name will glorify.

11 The LORD Almighty is with us
to strengthen and sustain;
For Jacob’s God our strong defence
and fortress will remain.

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Psalm 46 v10-11 (Tune: St Paul) 'Be Still and Know'

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PSALM 100 from Sing Psalms 2003 (Produced by the Free Church of Scotland) Meter: SM

1 Shout to the LORD with joy,
all who to earth belong.
2 Adore the LORD with joyful hearts
and come to him in song.

3 Know that the LORD is God;
he made us as his own.
We are the sheep for whom he cares—
his people, his alone.

4 Enter his gates with praise,
his courts with thankfulness.
Your praises gladly sing to him;
his name for ever bless.

5 For God the LORD is good;
his love is ever sure.
His constant truth and faithfulness
through every age endure

Psalm 100 (Tune: Golden Hill)

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169  O let my earnest pray'r and cry
        come near before thee, Lord:
     Give understanding unto me,
        according to thy word.

170  Let my request before thee come:
        after thy word me free.
171  My lips shall utter praise, when thou
        hast taught thy laws to me.

175  O let my soul live, and it shall
        give praises unto thee;
     And let thy judgments gracious
        be helpful unto me.

176  I, like a lost sheep, went astray;
        thy servant seek, and find:
     For thy commands I suffered not
        to slip out of my mind.

From the Scottish Psalter of 1650. Used with permission of the RP Northern Presbytery Choir.
Part Tau (CM)

Psalm 119 Part 22 (Tune: Beatitudo)

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3 LORD, in your presence who can stand,
if you our sins record?
4 But yet forgiveness is with you,
that we may fear you, LORD.

5 I wait—my soul waits—for the LORD;
my hope is in his word.
6 More than the watchman waits for dawn
my soul waits for the Lord.

7 O Isr’el, put your hope in God,
for mercy is with him
8 And full redemption. From their sins
his people he’ll redeem.

Psalm 130 Sung acapella from Sing Psalms (2003) copyright Free Church of Scotland. Recorded at Dowanvale Free Church. Meter: CM

Psalm 130 (Tune: Martyrdom)

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