Dazzling Light

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Label
Alpha
Release Date
February 28, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Jonathan Dove, Michael Garrepy, William Henry Harris, David Hill, Herbert Howells, Joanna Marsh, Mat
    • PERFORMER
      Ensemble Altera, Christopher Lowrey
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 28, 2025
    • UPC
      3701624511206
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1120
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Ensemble Altera

      Performer: John Black

      Conductor: Christopher Lowrey

    2. Hymn to the Creator of Light

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Ensemble Altera

      Conductor: Christopher Lowrey

    3. Te lucis ante terminum … Procul recedant somnia

      Composer: Thomas Tallis

      Ensemble: Ensemble Altera

      Conductor: Christopher Lowrey

    4. Te lucis ante terminum

      Composer: Michael Garrepy

      Ensemble: Ensemble Altera

      Conductor: Christopher Lowrey

    5. Te lucis ante terminum

      Composer: Matthew Martin

      Ensemble: Ensemble Altera

      Performer: John Black

      Conductor: Christopher Lowrey

    6. Dominus illuminatio

      Composer: David Hill

      Ensemble: Ensemble Altera

      Conductor: Christopher Lowrey

    7. Evening Prayer

      Composer: Joanna Marsh

      Ensemble: Ensemble Altera

      Conductor: Christopher Lowrey

    8. Light

      Composer: Toby Young

      Ensemble: Ensemble Altera

      Conductor: Christopher Lowrey

    9. Hail, gladdening light

      Composer: Charles Wood

      Ensemble: Ensemble Altera

      Conductor: Christopher Lowrey

    10. In Principio

      Composer: Motshwane Pege

      Ensemble: Ensemble Altera

      Conductor: Christopher Lowrey

    11. O lux beata Trinitas

      Composer: Ko Matsushita

      Ensemble: Ensemble Altera

      Conductor: Christopher Lowrey

    12. Lux aeterna (after Elgar's Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma": Variation 9: Nimrod)

      Composer: John Cameron

      Ensemble: Ensemble Altera

      Conductor: Christopher Lowrey

    13. Bring us, O Lord God

      Composer: William Henry Harris

      Ensemble: Ensemble Altera

      Conductor: Christopher Lowrey

    14. Sleep

      Composer: Eric Whitacre

      Ensemble: Ensemble Altera

      Conductor: Christopher Lowrey

    15. Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (St. Paul's Service): Nunc dimittis

      Composer: Herbert Howells

      Ensemble: Ensemble Altera

      Performer: John Black

      Conductor: Christopher Lowrey


On Dazzling Light Christopher Lowrey and his vocal ensemble Altera explore light in all it's forms. There is a remarkable body of choral music that evokes light's many facets: 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. This programme includes works primarily from the 20th and 21st centuries, with music by John Rutter, Jonathan Dove, Matthew Martin, Toby Young, Charles Wood, Ko Matsushita, Sir William Harris, Eric Whitacre, Thomas Tallis, Michael Garrepy 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, entitled Lux aeterna, is perfectly suited to Altera's strengths.