Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge - Pious Anthems and Voluntaries (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Pious Anthems & Voluntaries features a new nine-part cycle, inspired by the architecture of the College and its Chapel, and composed by Michael Finnissy, St John's Composer in Residence 2016-19.

Michael Finnissy's first work for the Choir, John the Baptist, was commissioned for the 2014 Advent Carol Service, and went on to win the British Composer Award for Liturgical Music (now known as the Ivors Awards). The piece was later recorded for the album Christmas with St John's.

When Andrew Nethsingha approached Finnissy to be the College's Composer in Residence 2016, the initial proposition was to create a new set of works based on motets from the early sixteenth century. What followed was an evolution of the project into something much more far-reaching, taking inspiration from works spanning from John Taverner to Michael Tippett. All of the source works have a special significance for the Choir, and the selection of pieces that span the centuries mirrors the architectural layering present in the development of St John's College.

TRACKLIST

01. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge & Andrew Nethsingha - Dum transisset Sabbatum
02. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge & Andrew Nethsingha - Dum transisset Sabbatum – double
03. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge & Andrew Nethsingha - Videte miraculum
04. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge & Andrew Nethsingha - Videte miraculum – double
05. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge & Andrew Nethsingha - Commentary on ‘Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern’
06. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge & Andrew Nethsingha - Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn: I. ‘Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn’
07. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge & Andrew Nethsingha - Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn: II. ‘Ach führe mich, o Gott’
08. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge & Andrew Nethsingha - Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn: III. ‘Ach, ziehe die Seele’
09. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge & Andrew Nethsingha - Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn: IV. ‘O Wunderkraft der Liebe’
10. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge & Andrew Nethsingha - Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn: V. ‘Bald zur Rechten’
11. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge & Andrew Nethsingha - Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn: VI. ‘Für uns ein Mensch geboren’
12. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge & Andrew Nethsingha - Commentary on BWV 562
13. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge & Andrew Nethsingha - Plebs angelica
14. Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge & Andrew Nethsingha - Plebs angelica – alternativo



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