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Track(s) taken from SIGCD394

Christus est stella matutina

composer
commissioned by Alan Oyston and The Durham Singers with the assistance of Durham City Arts in 2000
author of text

Tenebrae, Nigel Short (conductor), James Sherlock (organ)
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Recording details: March 2014
St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Nicholas Parker
Engineered by Mike Hatch
Release date: October 2014
Total duration: 3 minutes 31 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse (conductor)

Reviews

'This CD—subtitled 'Music for Peace and Reflection'—is the second of Todd's music to have hailed from Tenebrae on the Signum Classics label. Todd writes in an accessible style that has gained him a wide following. There's nothing wrong with that, and each person hearing this disc will have his or her personal favourites. This listener particularly admired the setting of Exult Us in Your Love and 'Tidings'. Throughout, the excellent Tenebrae under Nigel Short's sensitive direction deliver the sequence of 14 short pieces with commitment and great beauty of tone' (Choir & Organ)

'These are beautifully melodic and touching pieces for calm, reflective moments, all sensitively performed by Tenebrae with the English Chamber Orchestra, directed by Nigel Short' (Classic FM)
Written to a commission from The Durham Singers in 2000, with financial assistance from Durham City Arts. This choir have been very supportive of my music over the years, travelling long distances to appear in my performances all over the country with other choirs. The words are a prayer of The Venerable Bede who is buried in Durham Cathedral, one of my favourite religious buildings. The text appears above the tomb in the Galillee Chapel with the Latin interwoven with English translation. I also set this text in English for my sister’s wedding in 1992.

from notes by Will Todd © 2006

Other albums featuring this work

Todd: Mass in Blue & other choral works
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