The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross
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HMU907579
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The familiar hymn Veni Emmanuel is emblematic of the Advent season – a period of reflection upon the meaning of Christ’s coming. Framing this programme, the hymn paraphrases the great ‘O’ Antiphons (plainchant settings traditionally sung on the days leading up to Christmas), complemented here by later works echoing their rich imagery and symbolism.
ANONYMOUS · Veni, veni Emmanuel (0'52) WILLIAM BYRD [1543-1623] · Vigilate (4'04) ANONYMOUS · Antiphon I: O Sapientia (0'54) HERBERT HOWELLS · The fear of the Lord (5'34) ANONYMOUS · Antiphon II: O Adonaï (0'59) RODERICK WILLLIAMS · O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel (6'20) ANONYMOUS · Antiphon III: O Radix Jesse (0'55) MICHAEL PRAETORIUS [1571-1621] · Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (4'03) ANONYMOUS · Antiphon IV: O Clavis David (1'00) JOHN SHEPPARD [c.1515-1558] · Audivi vocem de caelo (3'49) ANONYMOUS · Antiphon V: O Oriens (0'50) JOHN RUTTER · Hymn to the Creator of Light (7'34) JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750] · Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 436 (1'33) FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY [1809-1847] · Christus Say, where is He born... / There shall a star from Jacob (6'34) ANONYMOUS · Antiphon VI: O Rex Gentium (0'52)
· Bethlehem Down (4'20) GRAHAM ROSS [1985-] · I sing of a maiden (3'55) ANONYMOUS · Antiphon VII: O Emmanuel (0'48) JOHN TAVENER · God is with us (5'09) ANONYMOUS · Antiphon VIII: O Virgo virginum (1'06) SERGEI RACHMANINOV [1873-1943] · All-Night Vigil, Op.37 VI: Bogoroditse Dyevo (2'42) HERBERT HOWELLS · Gloucester Service Magnificat (6'41) TRADITIONAL · O Come, O come, Emmanuel (5'07)
