For three weeks our tiny a cappella choir struggled to learn the parts to the Ralph Vaughan Williams (King's Weston) version of At the Name of Jesus. (You can hear it here, if you click on the MIDI link. I tried to find a YouTube version, but none features the hymnal harmony.) It's a great harmony, if difficult, and would have been even better (and perhaps easier) if Porter had been there to provide the tenor.
I was looking forward to singing it at church sometime, but yesterday when I checked out the Episcopal Hymnal (1982) I discovered that it has only the melody! Tragedy! Travesty!
Maybe someday we'll sing the real version as an anthem, or in an ensemble ... or whenever we next manage to get the whole family together again. I want to sing it with all four parts!
