Sheehan: Vespers / Saint Tikhon Choir [SACD]

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Label
Cappella Records
Release Date
November 26, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Sheehan, Benedict
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      The Saint Tikhon Choir
    • PERFORMER
      The Saint Tikhon Choir
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 26, 2021
    • UPC
      753459959183
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CR423
    • LABEL
      Cappella Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. The Opening Psalm (Psalm 103)

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Saint Tikhon Choir

      Performer: Timothy Parsons, Michael Hawes

      Conductor: Benedict Sheehan

    2. The Great Litany

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Saint Tikhon Choir

      Performer: Michael Hawes

      Conductor: Benedict Sheehan

    3. Blessed Is the Man

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Saint Tikhon Choir

      Performer: Eric S. Brenner, Paul D'Arcy, David Hendrix, Michael Hawes

      Conductor: Benedict Sheehan

    4. Small Litany

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Saint Tikhon Choir

      Performer: Michael Hawes

      Conductor: Benedict Sheehan

    5. The Lamp-Lighting Psalms (Psalms 140-141)

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Saint Tikhon Choir

      Conductor: Benedict Sheehan

    6. Stikhira of the Resurrection

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Saint Tikhon Choir

      Performer: Michael Hawes

      Conductor: Benedict Sheehan

    7. O Gladsome Light

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Saint Tikhon Choir

      Performer: Fotina Namumenko

      Conductor: Benedict Sheehan

    8. Psalm 92, "The Lord Is King"

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Saint Tikhon Choir

      Performer: Timothy Parsons

      Conductor: Benedict Sheehan

    9. Vouchsafe, O Lord (Evening Prayer)

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Saint Tikhon Choir

      Conductor: Benedict Sheehan

    10. The Song of Simeon

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Saint Tikhon Choir

      Performer: Glenn Miller

      Conductor: Benedict Sheehan

    11. The Trisagion Prayers

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Saint Tikhon Choir

      Performer: Michael Hawes, Jason Thoms

      Conductor: Benedict Sheehan

    12. Rejoice, O Virgin

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Saint Tikhon Choir

      Performer: Jamal Sarikoki

      Conductor: Benedict Sheehan

    13. The Closing Psalm (Psalm 33)

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Saint Tikhon Choir

      Performer: Helen Karloski, Paul D'Arcy

      Conductor: Benedict Sheehan


GRAMMY®-nominated conductor and composer Benedict Sheehan leads The Saint Tikhon Choir in his new setting of the Eastern Orthodox Vespers in English. Inspired by the great All-Night Vigil setting by Rachmaninoff, Sheehan’s composition expands the genre with full settings of Psalms. Each verse is treated with deep musical pathos to express a full range of human emotion. Vespers also features virtuosic vocal solos, including the first for basso profundo in English. Soloists include Fotina Naumenko, soprano; Helen Karloski, mezzo-soprano; Timothy Parsons, countertenor; Paul D’Arcy, tenor; Jamal Sarikoki and Michael Hawes, baritones; Jason Thoms, bass; and Glenn Miller, basso profundo.

Encounter this music that projects a vision of hope and light for all. The Saint Tikhon Choir was founded in 2015 by Benedict Sheehan, the group’s artistic director, and Abbot Sergius of St. Tikhon’s Monastery. It is the first professional vocal ensemble connected with an Orthodox monastery in America, founded with a mission to foster and build up the American Orthodox choral tradition at the highest artistic level.