Dazzling Light
Ensemble Altera, Christopher Lowrey
- Label
- Alpha Classics
- Catalogue number
- ALPHA 1120
- EAN / barcode
- 3701624511206
- Format
- Digital
- Type
- Album
More info
On Dazzling Light, Christopher Lowrey and his vocal ensemble Altera explore light in all its forms. There is a remarkable wealth of choral music that explores the different facets of light: the light of morning and evening, sacred light, light as a symbol of Christ, light as the conqueror of darkness, and even (thanks to the James Webb telescope) the light of distant galaxies. The program features mainly works from the 20th and 21st centuries by John Rutter, Jonathan Dove, Matthew Martin, Toby Young, Charles Wood, Ko Matsushita, Eric Whitacre, Michael Garrepy, but also pieces by Thomas Tallis, Sir William Harris, and David Hill. There is also an Evening Prayer by English composer Joanna Marsh, a work by South African composer Motshwane Pege, the winner of Altera's third composition competition, and John Cameron's arrangement of Edward Elgar's Nimrod from the Enigma Variations; this work, titled Lux aeterna, is perfectly suited to Altera's capabilities.
Tracklist
- 01 Seek Him that maketh the seven stars 06:23
- 02 Hymn to the Creator of Light 06:54
- 03 Te lucis ante terminum 02:09
- 04 Te lucis ante terminum 05:23
- 05 Te lucis ante terminum 03:08
- 06 Dominus illuminatio 02:50
- 07 Evening Prayer 05:05
- 08 Light 06:02
- 09 Hail, gladdening light 03:30
- 10 In principio 06:42
- 11 O lux beata Trinitas 03:07
- 12 Lux aeterna 04:22
- 13 Bring us, o Lord God 04:21
- 14 Sleep 05:24
- 15 Nunc dimitis from Saint Paul Service 05:57
Source: MusicBrainz
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