Composer: Julian Anderson, John Goss, Herbert Norman Howells, Kenneth Leighton, Charles Villiers Stanford, Charles Hylton Stewart, John Taverner, Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor
Performer: Choir of St John’s College Cambridge
Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Catalogue: SIGCD707
Release: 2022
Size: 484 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Anderson: My beloved spake
02. Leighton: The Preces
03. Goss: Psalm 12
04. Stewart: Psalm 13
05. Stanford: Psalm 14
06. anon.: The First Lesson
07. Howells: Gloucester Service: I. Magnificat
08. anon.: The Second Lesson
09. Howells: Gloucester Service: II. Nunc Dimittis
10. anon.: The Apostles’ Creed
11. Leighton: The Responses
12. Taverner: Dum transisset Sabbatum I
13. anon.: The Prayers
14. Widor: Organ Symphony No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42 No. 2: Finale
Following from “Ash Wednesday”, this album is the second live Evensong album from the Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge and marks the next great season of the Church’s Year, Eastertide. This celebration of Jesus’s resurrection also initially spans forty days, taking us up to Ascension Day, and culminates on the fiftieth day with the Feast of Pentecost.
Where the previous album reflected the tradition of using no organ from “Ash Wednesday” until the Gloria of the Easter Vigil, the instrument is fully utilized here by the Chapel’s organ scholars Glen Dempsey and James Anderson Besant. The Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge is one of the finest collegiate choirs in the world, known and loved by millions from its broadcasts, concert tours and recordings. Founded in the 1670s, the Choir is known for its distinctive rich, warm sound, its expressive interpretations and its breadth of repertoire.