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Tavener - English Choral Music
Director of Music:
Christopher Robinson
Organ Scholar:
Robert Houssart
Ensemble:
Tim Hugh (Cello)
Record Label:
Naxos
Catalogue Number:
8.555256
Release Date:
Jan 2001
John Tavener is one of contemporary music's most dictinctive voices, writing deeply-felt compositions of instant magnetism and lyrical intensity inspired by a strong Greek Orthodox faith. This rarely-heard masterpiece sees Tavener deploy an unusual combination of musical forces to powerful and moving effect, with contemporary classics works such as The Lamb and the elegiac Song for Athene.
Notes:
Jonathan Bungard (Tenor)
Reviews:
"it's a winner from beginning to end, and I have no hesitation in recommending it to devotees and newcomers alike. The recording, made in St John's College Chapel, is resplendently atmospheric." Gramophone 2001
Track Listing:
God Is With Us: Christmas Proclamation, Tavener
Song for Athenae, Tavener
The Lamb, Tavener
The Tiger, Tavener
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Tavener
Funeral Ikos, Tavener
Two Hymns to the mother of God, Tavener
Love Bade me Welcome, Tavener
As one who has slept, Tavener
The Lord's Prayer, Tavener
Svyati - O Holy One, Tavener
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Solemn Sung Eucharist, 10.30am
Introit: Boyle Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
Britten: Missa Brevis
Gradual: Psalm 8
Hymns (NEH) 433 (omit vv. 4, 5), 146
Voluntary: Muffat Toccata Settima
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Sung Eucharist with Strings – 12 May
This week’s webcast, Sung Eucharist with Strings, was recorded on Sunday 12 May. The string quartet that performed with the Choir in this service consisted of students currently studying at undergraduate level, within the University of Cambridge.
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