St. Martin's Chamber Choir

Tenebrae: From Darkness to Light

Program notes from Artistic Director Timothy J. Krueger

     
  Palm Sunday  
    Hosanna to the Son of David Thomas Weelkes (c.1575-1623)
    Glory and Honour Charles Wood (1866-1926)
       
  Tenebrae  
    O vos omnes Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
    Christus factus est Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
       
  Maundy Thursday  
    Our Father Robert Stone (1516-1613)
    O sacrum convivium Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
       
  Good Friday  
    Crux fidelis King John IV of Portugal (1603-1656)
    My God, my God John Blow (1649-1708)
       
  Easter Day  
    Haec Dies William Byrd (1543-1623)
    Regina Coeli Laetare * Craig Carnahan (b. 1951)
       
  The Canonical Hours * John White (b. 1931)
   

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 Nocte Surgentes,  Night anthem for Matins
Ales diei nuntius,  Early morning anthem for Lauds
Jam lucis orto sidere,  Morning anthem for Prime
Nunc sancte nobis Spiritus,  Morning anthem for Terce
Rector potens,  Daytime anthem for Sext
Rerum Deus tenax vigor,  Daytime anthem for None
Lucis creator optime,  Evening anthem for Vespers
Salve Regina,  Night anthem for Compline		  
       
  * Denotes world premiere performance

 

 

Concerts sponsored by Robert and Juanita Kniss
and by Lu Krueger

 

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