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 102(ii):13-18 Duke Street

Psalm 106:1-5 Warwick

Psalm 119:57-60 Belmont

Psalm 31:21-24 St Lawrence

Psalm 23 Crimond

Psalm 100 Old 100th

Psalm 33:1-5 Irish

Psalm 9:7-11 Stroudwater

Psalm 40:8-10 Ayrshire

Psalm 45(ii):6-9 Carlisle

Psalm 89:15-18 Newington

Psalm 98:1-4 Pembroke

Psalm 107:1-9 Huddersfield

Psalm 68:32-35 Sheffield

Psalm 68:7-10 Richmond

Psalm 103:13-18 Kilmarnock

Psalm 139:1-10 St Andrew

Psalm 19:1-6 Crediton

Psalm 95:1-6 Gainsborough

Taken from the Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCGA) website (http://www.christcovenantrpc.org/audio/psalm-singing/).

The Comprehensive Psalter

Psalm 39 v1-6 (Tune: Orton)

Psalm 77 v1-9 (Tune: Auld Lang Syne)

Psalm 79 v1-8 (Tune: Jabez)

Credits to Cornerstone Presbyterian Church (https://cornerstone-presbyterian.com/) for this recording, which is taken from their YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdp8Nm6UguZeBF4xYbN4-ug).

Psalm 83 v9-18 (Tune: Cheshire)

Courtesy of Arann Reformed Baptist Church (http://arann-reformed.com/) in Dublin, Ireland for this recording.

Psalm 1 (Tune: Spancil Hill)

Audio taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN_QXqVErpg.

Credits to David Murray (https://www.youtube.com/user/Moireach91).

13 I’ll of salvation take the cup,
on God’s name will I call:
14 I’ll pay my vows now to the Lord
before his people all.

15 Dear in God’s sight is his saints’ death.
16 Thy servant, Lord, am I;
Thy servant sure, thine handmaid’s son:
my bands thou didst untie.

17 Thank off’rings I to thee will give,
and on God’s name will call.
18 I’ll pay my vows now to the Lord
before his people all;

19 Within the courts of God’s own house,
within the midst of thee,
O city of Jerusalem.
Praise to the Lord give ye.
- Psalm 116:13-19, 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter

Psalm 116 v13-19 (Tune: Cunningham)

Psalm 91 v9-16 (Tune: Manchester)

13 I verily have done in vain
my heart to purify;
To no effect in innocence
washed my hands have I.

14 For daily, and all day throughout,
great plagues I suffered have;
Yea, ev’ry morning I of new
did chastisement receive.

15 If in this manner foolishly
to speak I would intend,
Thy children’s generation,
behold, I should offend.

16 When I this thought to know, it was
too hard a thing for me;
17 Till to God’s sanctuary I went,
then I their end did see.

18 Assuredly thou didst them set
a slipp’ry place upon;
Them suddenly thou castedst down
into destruction.

19 How in a moment suddenly
to ruin brought are they!
With fearful terrors utterly
they are consumed away.

20 Ev’n like unto a dream, when one
from sleeping doth arise;
So thou, O Lord, when thou awak’st,
their image shalt despise.

21 Thus grieved was my heart in me,
and me my reins oppressed:
22 So rude was I, and ignorant,
and in thy sight a beast.

23 Nevertheless continually,
O Lord, I am with thee:
Thou dost me hold by my right hand,
and still upholdest me.
- Psalm 73:13-23, 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter

Psalm 73 v13-23 (Tune: St Neot)

Credits to Emmanuel Church Salisbury (https://www.salisburyemmanuel.org.uk/) for this recording, which is taken from one of their services in their YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/SalisburyEmmanuel).

Psalm 119 v129-136 (Tune: Ayrshire)

Taken from the Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCGA) website (www.christcovenantrpc.org/audio/psalm-singing/).

Psalm 41 v1-6 (Tune: Resolution)

Courtesy of the Dowanvale Free Church YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3oknJagOLA).

Psalm 107 v25-31 (Tune: Torwood)

Congregational singing at Pilgrim Covenant Church, Singapore, during the Sabbath evening worship service on 13 August 2023.

14 O God, of my salvation God,
me from blood-guiltiness
Set free; then shall my tongue aloud
sing of thy righteousness.

15 My closed lips, O Lord, by thee
let them be opened;
Then shall thy praises by my mouth
abroad be published.

16 For thou desir’st not sacrifice,
else would I give it thee;
Nor wilt thou with burnt-offering
at all delighted be.

17 A broken spirit is to God
a pleasing sacrifice:
A broken and a contrite heart,
Lord, thou wilt not despise.

18 Show kindness, and do good, O Lord,
to Zion, thine own hill:
The walls of thy Jerusalem
build up of thy good will.

19 Then righteous off’rings shall thee please,
and off’rings burnt, which they
With whole burnt-off’rings, and with calves,
shall on thine altar lay.
- Psalm 51:14-19, 1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter

The Psalms of David in Metre (1650 Scottish Metrical Psalter)

Psalm 51 v14-19 (Tune: St Kilda)

Congregational singing at Pilgrim Covenant Church, Singapore, during the Sabbath morning worship service on 17 September 2023.

Audio taken from the precentor's microphone.

Psalm 51 v1-7 (Tune: St Kilda)

Credits to Cornerstone Presbyterian Church (cornerstone-presbyterian.com/) for this recording, which is taken from their YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/channel/UCdp8Nm6UguZeBF4xYbN4-ug).

Psalm 51 v7-13 (Tune: St Kilda)

Credits to Greenville Presbyterian Church (https://www.greenvillepresbyterian.com/) for this recording, which is taken from their YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@GreenvillePresbyterianChurch).

Psalm 146 v7-10 (Tune: Eatington)

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