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And the sun darkened: Music for Passiontide | BIS BIS2277

And the sun darkened: Music for Passiontide

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BIS2277

Barcode: 7318599922775

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 2nd April 2021

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Resonating across more than five centuries, expressions of personal piety and prayer fill these works by a quartet of Franco-Flemish composers, all born in the 15th century, and their modern-day colleagues, Estonian Cyrillus Kreek (1889–1962) and British-Norwegian Andrew Smith (b. 1970).

For those familiar with the vocal ensemble New York Polyphony and its previous, acclaimed releases on BIS, this exploration of the intersection of ancient and modern music is far from surprising: the group is known for its innovative programming. On And the sun darkened the four members follow Josquin’s celebrated motet Tu pauperum refugium with Andrew Smith’s setting of Psalm 55 – composed for NYP, it is a lament which nevertheless closes with an expression of confidence in God’s justice. Sung in Estonian another biblical psalm is heard in Kreek’s Taaveti laul 22 (‘David’s 22nd Song’), the text ‘My God, why have you forsaken me’ preparing the listener for the work that has given the disc its title. Officium de Cruce by Loyset Compère is a setting of a 14th-century hymn which follows the episodes of the Passion in a continuously flowing musical narrative: from the betrayal of Christ to his death – when the sun darkened – and entombment.

New York Polyphony:
- Geoffrey Williams (countertenor)
- Steven Caldicott Wilson (tenor)
- Christopher Dylan Herbert (baritone)
- Craig Phillips (bass)

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