Swayne/Ross - Stabat Mater / the Silent Land / Magnificat I [CD]
Stabat Mater / the Silent Land / Magnificat I
Swayne/Ross
CD Rel Date: 2010-11-16
The four pieces on this disc span three decades of Giles Swayne's choral music output, their striking echoes of Latin plainchant, Tudor polyphony and traditional African music providing contrasting and complementary strands characteristic of this much-travelled composer. Magnificat I draws on the music of the Senegalese Jola people and the Ba-Benezele of the Congo. His moving threnody, This Silent Land, scored for 40-part choir and solo cello, combines words from Requiem Mass and Christina Rossetti's poetry, while Stabat Mater is dedicated to the grieving mothers of Israel and Palestine.
Tracklist:
- O Lulum (Senegalese Song)
- Magnificat I, Op. 33
- The Silent Land, Op. 70
- Ave Verum Corpus, Op. 94
- Stabat Mater, Op. 95: Stanza I - Chant I - Muslim Praise Of God
- Stanza II - Chant II
- Jewish Praise Of God
- Stabat Mater, Op. 95: Stanza III-IV - Chant III - Muslim Blessing Of The Dead
- Stabat Mater, Op. 95: Stanza V-VII
- Stabat Mater, Op. 95: Motet I - Death Of The Son
- Stabat Mater, Op. 95: Chant IV
- Stabat Mater, Op. 95: Jewish Blessing Of The Dead
- Stabat Mater, Op. 95: Motet II
- Stabat Mater, Op. 95: Chant V
- Stabat Mater, Op. 95: Prayer For Reconciliation
- Stabat Mater, Op. 95: Motet III
- Stabat Mater, Op. 95: Motet IV: Prayer For Peace