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advena - liturgies for a broken world

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Composer
Mark Buller
Artist
Conspirare, Leah Lax, Euan Tait
Format
CD
Label
Divine Art
Released
Nov 14, 2025
Catalog #
DDX21143
UPC
809730114328

About

Advena: liturgies for a broken world, featuring world premieres of choral music from composer Mark Buller performed by GRAMMY® Award-winning choir Conspirare and Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson. Releasing digitally on August 29, 2025 and on CD on September 5, 2025 on Divine Art Records. Born of personal reckonings with inherited faith and culture, Mass in Exile and Requiem for the Light are liturgies in forms reimagined through the lens of our present moment. Composed by Mark Buller with librettist Leah Lax, these works reimagine ancient forms through the lens of our present moment. Buller's vibrant musical language combines with mystical choral textures to create an emotional intensity that feels both intimate and urgent. These works are presented between two companion works - Introit: Fruit of Your Heart and Communion: A Questioning - with texts by British poet and librettist Euan Tait which offer chant-like settings that extend the project's core themes, anchoring the whole in a wider human arc. Artistic Director and conductor Craig Hella Johnson is passionate about the power of Buller's music in this moment, saying: "We find ourselves in a pivotal cultural moment-one that calls for expressions of beauty and truth, offered both for inspiration but also as acts of resistance. This collaborative art-Mark Buller's music and the words of Leah Lax and Euan Tait-creates a space of welcome where we are reminded of our shared humanity, our urgent need for bold truth-telling, and our capacity to heal and grow." Conspirare is at their finest in this music and singers Simon Barrad, Emily Yocum Black, and Michael Hawes can be heard in solo roles. Conspirare is joined by dynamic instrumental collaborators Patrice Calixte, Mariama Alcântara, Bruce Williams, Douglas Harvey, Jessica Valls, Marc Garvin, and Thomas Burritt.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Fruit of Your Heart 03:19
    Track
    1
    Title
    Fruit of Your Heart
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Mark Buller
    Ensemble
    Conspirare
    Conductor
    Craig Hella Johnson
  2. 2 For Want of Refuge: Miserere 05:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    For Want of Refuge: Miserere
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Mark Buller
    Performer
    Simon Barrad
    Ensemble
    Conspirare
    Conductor
    Craig Hella Johnson
  3. 3 Credo in Exile 09:38
    Track
    3
    Title
    Credo in Exile
    Duration
    09:38
    Composer
    Mark Buller
    Performer
    Michael Hawes
    Ensemble
    Conspirare
    Conductor
    Craig Hella Johnson
  4. 4 Peaceable Kingdom: Gloria 05:58
    Track
    4
    Title
    Peaceable Kingdom: Gloria
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Mark Buller
    Ensemble
    Conspirare
    Conductor
    Craig Hella Johnson
  5. 5 As Water Flows Away, "Prayer for the Government" 02:18
    Track
    5
    Title
    As Water Flows Away, "Prayer for the Government"
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Mark Buller
    Ensemble
    Conspirare
    Conductor
    Craig Hella Johnson
  6. 6 Mercy: Kyrie 04:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    Mercy: Kyrie
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Mark Buller
    Ensemble
    Conspirare
    Conductor
    Craig Hella Johnson
  7. 7 Earth Sanctus, "Body and Blood" 05:26
    Track
    7
    Title
    Earth Sanctus, "Body and Blood"
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Mark Buller
    Performer
    Simon Barrad
    Ensemble
    Conspirare
    Conductor
    Craig Hella Johnson
  8. 8 When All Else Falls Away: Benedictus 04:25
    Track
    8
    Title
    When All Else Falls Away: Benedictus
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Mark Buller
    Performer
    Michael Hawes
    Ensemble
    Conspirare
    Conductor
    Craig Hella Johnson
  9. 9 Lacrimosa for the Murdered 08:05
    Track
    9
    Title
    Lacrimosa for the Murdered
    Duration
    08:05
    Composer
    Mark Buller
    Performer
    Simon Barrad
    Ensemble
    Conspirare
    Conductor
    Craig Hella Johnson
  10. 10 Confutatis, "Morning Light" 04:49
    Track
    10
    Title
    Confutatis, "Morning Light"
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Mark Buller
    Performer
    Simon Barrad
    Ensemble
    Conspirare
    Conductor
    Craig Hella Johnson
  11. 11 Prayer to the Body: Domine Jesu 03:12
    Track
    11
    Title
    Prayer to the Body: Domine Jesu
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Mark Buller
    Performer
    Douglas Harvey
    Ensemble
    Conspirare
    Conductor
    Craig Hella Johnson
  12. 12 No Trumpets, "Prayer to the Earth": Dies Irae 04:21
    Track
    12
    Title
    No Trumpets, "Prayer to the Earth": Dies Irae
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Mark Buller
    Ensemble
    Conspirare
    Conductor
    Craig Hella Johnson
  13. 13 Requiem: Agnus Dei 01:51
    Track
    13
    Title
    Requiem: Agnus Dei
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Mark Buller
    Performer
    Simon Barrad
    Ensemble
    Conspirare
    Conductor
    Craig Hella Johnson
  14. 14 Communion: A Questioning 02:42
    Track
    14
    Title
    Communion: A Questioning
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Mark Buller
    Performer
    Emily Yocum Black
    Ensemble
    Conspirare
    Conductor
    Craig Hella Johnson