Vespers: Timeless Music For Contemplation

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Label
Gift of Music
Release Date
August 14, 2015
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PALESTRINA BEVAN SHEPPARD
    • PERFORMER
      Sospiri, Watson, Duggan
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 14, 2015
    • UPC
      658592128222
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CCLCDG1282
    • LABEL
      Gift of Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Spoken Commentary
    Works ⌄

    1. Nativitas tua

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    2. Alma redemptoris mater [chant]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    3. 4 Marian Antiphons: No. 1. Alma Redemptoris Mater

      Composer: John Duggan

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    4. Regina caeli [chant]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    5. 4 Marian Antiphons: No. 2. Regina Caeli

      Composer: John Duggan

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    6. Opening Responses

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: John Duggan

    7. Psalm 113, "Laudate pueri Dominum"

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    8. Psalm 117, "Laudate Dominum omnes gentes"

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    9. Psalm 146, "Lauda anima mea Dominum"

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    10. Psalm 147: 1–11: Laudate Dominum, quoniam bonus est psalmus"

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    11. Psalm 147 (12–20), "Lauda Jerusalem Dominum"

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    12. In omnibus requiem quesivi

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    13. Alma redemptoris mater

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    14. O quam glorifica luce [Motet: England, 13th-14th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    15. Exaltata est sancta [Versicle]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    16. Ascendit Christus [Magnificat antiphon]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    17. Magnificat Sexti toni a 8

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    18. Ascendit Christus [Magnificat antiphon] (repeat)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    19. Ave maris stella

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    20. Collect and Final Responses

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: John Duggan

    21. Ave regina caelorum [chant]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    22. 4 Marian Antiphons: No. 3. Ave Regina Caelorum

      Composer: John Duggan

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    23. Salve Regina [chant]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson

    24. 4 Marian Antiphons: No. 4. Salve Regina

      Composer: John Duggan

      Ensemble: Sospiri

      Conductor: Christopher Watson


Vespers is the ancient office of prayer, celebrated every evening throughout Christendom as the sun goes down. This beautiful and reflective music, plainsong chants sung in praise and contemplation contrast with the magnificent organ works of Marcel Dupré and the splendor of choral music by David Bevan, John Sheppard and John Duggan. David Bevan (b.1951) has worked as a singer, organist, composer and music teacher since 1980 and has held Master of Music, Director of Music and organist positions at churches in England and America. John Sheppard was a 16th c. composer, working in the time of Tallis, Taverner, and the like. His only recent rehabilitation is uncovering a composer of distinction despite the lack of hard knowledge about him. Composer and singer John Duggan has written for a number of choirs, received a number of commissions and is co-founder of Oxford-based choir Sospiri.