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Track(s) taken from SIGCD446

Creator of the stars of night

composer
Gabriel Jackson (b1962)
first performed on 3/12/2000
author of text
Anonymous - Medieval
Conditor alme siderum
translator of text
John Mason Neale (1818-1866)

Hannah Woodhouse (soprano), Jesus College Choir Cambridge, Mark Williams (conductor), Benjamin Morris (organ)
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Recording details: July 2015
Chapel of Jesus College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Produced by Nicholas Parker
Engineered by Mike Hatch
Release date: February 2016
Total duration: 3 minutes 52 seconds
 

Reviews

'An hour of exquisite singing … kick your shoes off, sit back and enjoy' (The Observer)» More
Gabriel Jackson (born in Bermuda in 1962) is best known for his substantial output of choral music, although more recently he has become equally preoccupied with instrumental works. He composed Creator of the stars of night in 2000. A setting of an anonymous 7th-century text, the work begins in contemplative mood. The middle section (with organ) is more dramatic and incisive, before a return to the opening mood. Commissioned by Matthew Owens for the Choir of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral Edinburgh, the piece was premiered in December 2000.

from notes by Phillip Borg-Wheeler © 2016

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