And Can It Be

And Can It Be is an iconic Methodist hymn - dare we consider singing it to anything other than Sagina? Today on “Songs we sing and how we’ve sung them”, we dare. Hear excerpts sung to Lansdown and Abingdon - and of course, Sagina.

Acknowledgements:

• Sagina - Matt Beckingham (Permission requested)
• Organ accompaniments to Lansdown - Clyde McLennan
• Midi accompaniment to Abingdon - Singing the faith midi

Links:

• https://www.methodist.org.uk/our-faith/worship/singing-the-faith-plus/posts/and-can-it-be-tops-wesley-anniversary-poll/
• Clarke, Martin V. (2016) ““And can it be”: Analysing the Words, Music, and Contexts of an Iconic Methodist Hymn,” Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Vol. 2: No. 1, Article 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17132/2377-231X.1023
• https://www.methodist.org.uk/our-faith/worship/singing-the-faith-plus/hymns/great-god-your-love-has-called-us-here-stf-499/

Other sources:

• Companion to Hymns and Psalms