Vexilla Regis: A Sequence of Music from Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday

The Choir of Westminster Cathedral
Martin Baker (director)
Peter Stevens (organ)

The Choir of Westminster Cathedral is world famous for its staple of plainsong and polyphony. The choir explores a wealth of music from this repertoire for the richest of liturgical seasons: Holy Week. Masterpieces of the Renaissance by William Byrd and Tomás Luis de Victoria are woven together with ancient Gregorian chants, including Pange lingua and Adoro te, and later penitential works by Anton Bruckner and Maurice Duruflé. Three of the Cathedral’s illustrious Masters of Music, all of whom have contributed to the Church’s treasury of liturgical music, are also represented. The sequence culminates in a setting of Saint John Henry Newman’s poem Praise to the Holiest in the height by Sir Richard Runciman Terry, the Cathedral’s pioneering Master of Music.

£18.67
AF002CD

Recorded in Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon, UK on 30th March-4th January 2019
Recording Engineering: David Hinitt
Organ Maintenance: Gary Owens
Recording Production: Matthew Martin
Assistant Producer: Matthew Searles
Executive Producer: Philip Arkwright

AF002     View Booklet     UPC: 0793591948515

Be the first to review!
New Review
Thank you. Your product review will be visible once it has been approved.