"Ascendit Deus". Music for Ascensiontide & Pentecost
The Choir of Clare College
1h17
1 CD
HMU907623
Apple Music
Five centuries of musical settings
Ascension and Pentecost are among the chief feasts of the Christian year. The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and The Dmitri Ensemble, both led by Graham Ross, explore the rich imagery of musical settings which span five centuries, including five world première recordings.
PETER PHILIPS [1560-1628]
· Ascendit Deus (2'12)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS [1872-1958]
· O clap your hands (3'11)
PATRICK GOWERS
· Viri Galilaei (6'53)
BRETT DEAN
· Was it a voice? (Music for Ascension Day) (7'48)
NICO MUHLY
· Let all the world in every corner sing (4'37)
GERALD FINZI [1901-1956]
· God is gone up (4'40)
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
· Coelos ascendit hodie (1'50)
FRANK MARTIN [1890-1974]
· Credo from Messe (6'03)
GRAHAM ROSS [1985-]
· Ascendo ad Patrem meum (8'59)
JUDITH WEIR
· Ascending into heaven (7'39)
JONATHAN HARVEY [1939-]
· Come, Holy Ghost (6'43)
EDWARD GRIEG [1843-1907]
· Pinsesalme (1'22)
SIR EDWARD ELGAR [1857-1934]
· The Spirit of the Lord is upon me (7'39)
GILES SWAYNE
· God is gone up (A Song for the Ascension) (7'15)
