Written as part of Stanford's 1879 set of Morning, Communion and Evening Services in B Flat, this set of canticles, the first of Stanford's to be published, is his most enduring. He had the equally enduring service in D minor by Thomas Walmisley - his predecessor at Trinity College, Cambridge - to work from as a model for the significant role of the organ, but Stanford's B flat set is a clear benchmark in terms of its cyclic unity and use of symphonic forms. - New engraving (2011)