In the Beginning / Benjamin Nicholas, Peter Phillips

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Album Summary

Performers

• Guy Cutting (Treble)
• Beth Mackay
• Emily Tann
• Mothusi Turner
• Jenny Cearns
• James Williams
• Timothy Coleman
• Rachel Ryan

Conductors

• Nicholas, Benjamin
• Phillips, Peter

Ensemble

• Choir of Merton College, Oxford

Composers

• Gabriel Jackson (Classical ) (1962 - )
• Eric Whitacre (1970 - )
• Pawel Lukaszewski (1968 - )
• Nicolas Gombert (circa 1495 - circa 1560)
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594)
• Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
• Thomas Weelkes (1575 - 1623)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)

Notes & Reviews:

Founded as recently as 2008, the new Choir of Merton College, Oxford is rapidly emerging as a major force in collegiate choral music. On this, their debut recording, the choir's two directors helm a diverse program that reflects the range and reach of the choir's daily repertoire. Bookended by two pieces titled In the Beginning Gabriel Jackson's ravishing version of the rarely-set Johannine Prologue, Copland's glowing account of the first seven days of creation - this disc offers a themed sequence of Renaissance and modern classics, all captured in sumptuous sound in the radiant acoustics of Merton's famous chapel.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Merton College Chapel, Oxford (04/25/2011-04/26/2011).

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Works Details

Jackson, Gabriel : In the Beginning was the Word, for chorus

• Performers: Guy Cutting (Treble); Beth Mackay; Emily Tann
• Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas
• Ensemble: Choir of Merton College, Oxford
• Notes: Merton College Chapel, Oxford (04/25/2011-04/26/2011)
• Running Time: 13 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Gombert, Nicolas : Lugebat David Absalon, motet for 8 voices

• Performer: Beth Mackay
• Notes: Merton College Chapel, Oxford (04/25/2011-04/26/2011)
• Running Time: 8 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Weelkes, Thomas : When David heard

• Performer: Beth Mackay
• Notes: Merton College Chapel, Oxford (04/25/2011-04/26/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Whitacre, Eric : When David Heard

• Performers: Guy Cutting (Treble); Beth Mackay
• Notes: Merton College Chapel, Oxford (04/25/2011-04/26/2011)
• Running Time: 14 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1999

Palestrina, Giovanni : Nunc dimittis

• Performer: Beth Mackay
• Notes: Merton College Chapel, Oxford (04/25/2011-04/26/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Holst, Gustav : Nunc Dimittis, for chorus, H. 127

• Performers: Beth Mackay; Mothusi Turner; Jenny Cearns
• Notes: Merton College Chapel, Oxford (04/25/2011-04/26/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1915

Lukaszewski, Pawel : Nunc dimittis, for chorus

• Performers: Beth Mackay; James Williams; Timothy Coleman; Rachel Ryan
• Notes: Merton College Chapel, Oxford (04/25/2011-04/26/2011)
• Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2007

Copland, Aaron : In the Beginning

• Performer: Beth Mackay
• Notes: Merton College Chapel, Oxford (04/25/2011-04/26/2011)
• Running Time: 17 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1947