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Paul McCartney - Ecce Cor Meum (Behold my Heart) | EMI 3704242

Paul McCartney - Ecce Cor Meum (Behold my Heart)

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Label: EMI

Cat No: 3704242

Barcode: 0094637042427

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 25th September 2006

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Contents

Artists

Kate Royal (soprano)
The Boys of King’s College Choir, Cambridge
The Boys of Magdalen College Choir
London Voices
Colm Carey (organ)
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields

Conductor

Gavin Greenaway

Works

McCartney, Paul

Ecce Cor Meum (Behold my Heart)

Artists

Kate Royal (soprano)
The Boys of King’s College Choir, Cambridge
The Boys of Magdalen College Choir
London Voices
Colm Carey (organ)
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields

Conductor

Gavin Greenaway

About

“Here in my music I show you my heart” Paul McCartney (Ecce Cor Meum – 4th Movement Lyrics)
 
Originally commissioned by Magdalen College Oxford to commemorate the 550th anniversary of the foundation of the college in 1998, Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart) is an Oratorio written for Magdalen College Choir, Oxford by Sir Paul McCartney.
 
It is scored for choir and orchestra and there are four movements, each of which begins with unaccompanied voices and the text combines both English and Latin. The music is full of colour and drama and, of course, a wealth of glorious McCartney melody.
 
The work’s centrepiece, Interlude (Lament), is a deeply moving instrumental tribute to McCartney’s late wife Linda. Paul recounts, ‘the interlude, which I find the saddest moment… was very much to do with her passing.  …there's something very sad about those chords in the interval with Oboe playing over them.  …I find that quite mysterious… how an instrumental passage can reduce you to tears.’
 
This album has been a labour of love with more than 8 years in the making. It features Boys of King’s College Choir, Boys of Magdalen College Choir, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and EMI Debut artist Kate Royal.
 
The first performance Ecce, as a work in progress took place at the Sheldonian Theatre in 2001.
 
Track Listing:
Ecce Cor Meum (Behold my Heart)
  i. Spiritus
  ii. Gratia
  - Interlude (Lament)
  iii. Musica
  iv. Ecce

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