The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, directed by Graham Ross release their sixth recording in Ross's brilliantly conceived series based on the major festivals in the Anglican calendar. This Easter collection spans five centuries, including a world premiere by Matthew Martin, in a program exploring the rich tapestry of repertoire across Europe.
Aurora lucis rutilat / Orlande De Lassus (03:19) -- Dum transisset sabbatum / John Taverner (07:49) -- Resurrexi (01:33) -- Surrexit Christus hodie / Samuel Scheidt (01:14) -- Easter / Ralph Vaughan Williams (05:10) -- Haec dies (02:57) -- Haec dies / William Byrd (02:07) -- Haec dies / Matthew Martin (04:32) -- Victimae paschali laudes (02:01) -- Dic nobis Maria / Giovanni Bassano (02:48) -- Terra tremuit (01:18) -- Terra tremuit / Giovannie Pierluigi da Palestrina (02:03) -- Surrexit pastor bonus / Orlande De Lassus (02:26) -- Surrexit pastor bonus / Michael Haller (02:21) -- Pascha nostrum / William Byrd (02:12) -- Surrexit pastor bonus / Jean L'Héritier (05:03) -- Dnes' spaseniye / Sergei Rachmaninov (01:43) -- Blessed be the God and father / Samuel Sebastian Wesley (07:13) -- My beloved spake / Patrick Hadley (03:10) -- Ye choirs of new Jerusalem / Charles Villiers Stanford (04:49) -- Magnificat octavi toni super "Aurora lucis rutilat" / Orlande De Lassus (06:09).
Note
Easter music for mixed chorus with organ accompaniment (5th, 8th, 18th-20th works) and unaccompanied mixed chorus (remaining works).
The 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 11th works are plainchants.
Language (note)
Sung in Latin, English, and Church Slavonic.
Title
Haec dies : music for Easter.
Publisher
Burbank, California : Harmonia Mundi, [2016]
Copyright date
℗2016
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge ; Matthew Jorysz, organ ; Graham Ross, director.
Event
Recorded 2015 July 1-2 All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London.
Recorded 2015 July 6 Chapel of Tonbridge School, Kent.