Performer: Clare Brussel, Ensemble Altera
Conductor: Christopher Lowrey
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA1120
Release: 2025
Size: 1.24 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Dove: Seek him that maketh the seven stars
02. Rutter: Hymn to the Creator of Light
03. Tallis: Te lucis ante terminum I
04. Garrepy: Te Lucis Ante Terminum (II)
05. Martin: Te Lucis Ante Terminum (III)
06. Hill: Dominus illuminatio
07. Marsh: Evening Prayer
08. Young: Light
09. Wood: Hail, gladdening Light
10. Pege: In Principio
11. Matsushita: O Lux Beata Trinitas
12. Elgar: Lux Aeterna
13. Harris: Bring us, O Lord God
14. Whitacre: Sleep
15. Howells: Nunc Dimitis from Saint Paul Service
On Dazzling Light Christopher Lowrey and his vocal ensemble Altera explore light in all its 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.
Take a glimpse:
The Sixteen, Christophers: Carol of the Bells (24/96 FLAC)
Ensemble Altera, Christopher Lowrey: The Lamb’s Journey – A Choral Narrative from Gibbons to Barber (24/96 FLAC)
Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks – Noël (24/96 FLAC)
Cleobury: A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols – The Centenary Service (24/96 FLAC)