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Ascension | Delphian DCD34017

Ascension

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Label: Delphian

Cat No: DCD34017

Barcode: 0801918340178

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 28th June 2019

Contents

Artists

The Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh
Matthew Owens (organ)

Conductor

Matthew Owens

Works

Allain, Richard

The Exon Service

Gowers, Patrick

Viri Galilaei

Leighton, Kenneth

Preces and Responses

MacMillan, James

Tremunt videntes angeli

Messiaen, Olivier

L'Ascension (organ)

Artists

The Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh
Matthew Owens (organ)

Conductor

Matthew Owens

About

For the turn of the millennium, the Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh commissioned a new window from the artist Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, challenging him to create ‘something visionary’.

Taking inspiration from Paolozzi’s impassioned contemplation of Christ’s Ascension and its meaning in our time, Matthew Owens and the Cathedral’s Choir crafted an Ascensiontide Evensong of contemporary music, much of it associated with St Mary’s.

Premiere recordings of pieces by Sir James MacMillan and Richard Allain lead up to another visionary masterpiece, Messiaen’s radiant and meditative organ work L’Ascension.

‘the choir sing with tremendous fervour, clarity and power’ - Gramophone Magazine

‘there is something for everyone with any interest at all in contemporary religious settings and inspirations. Superb.’ - MusicWeb International

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