St. Martin's Chamber Choir

King Solomon's Love Songs

Program notes from Artistic Director Timothy J.  Krueger

Mary as Protagonist  
  Tota pulchra es Plainchant, Mode 1
  Tota pulchra es Maurice Durufle (1902-1986)
  Du bist aller Dinge schön Melchoir Franck (c.1580-1639)

Female Beauty as an Object of Desire
 
  Quam pulchra es John Dunstable (1390-1453)
  Quam pulchra es Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
  Quam pulchra es Giovanni Gabrielli (c.1555-1612)

Action as Fulfillment of Desire
 
  Surge, amica mea Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  Rise up, my love, my fair one Healy Willan (1888-1964)
  Ich sucht des Nachts Melchior Franck

The Garden of Delight
 
  Quam pulchri sunt Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  Meine Schwester, liebe Braut Melchior Franck
  Ego flos campi Jacob Clemens non Papa (c.1512-c.1556)

Holy Love
 
  I sat down under his shadow Edward Bairstow (1874-1946)
  Set me as a seal upon thine heart William Walton (1902-1983)

 

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