The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and director Graham Ross continue their series of music for the church year with a sequence for Easter Day that spans five centuries and explores the rich tapestry of repertoire from across the European continent. [Organ: Matthew Jorysz]
Hymn at Lauds - LASSUS: Aurora lucis rutilat
Respond at Matins - TAVERNER: Dum transisset Sabbatum
Introit at Mass - Resurrexi plainchant, SCHEIDT: Surrexit Christus hodie,
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Easter from 'Five Mystical Songs'
Gradual at Mass - Haec dies plainchant, BYRD: Haec dies, Matthew MARTIN: Haec dies*
Sequence at Mass - Victimae paschali laudes plainchant, BASSANO: 10 Dic nobis
Offertory at Mass Terra tremuit plainchant, PALESTRINA: Terra tremuit
Motets - LASSUS: Surrexit pastor bonus, Michael HALLER: Surrexit pastor bonus
Communion at Mass - BYRD: Pascha nostrum, L'HERITIER: Surrexit pastor bonus, RACHMANINOV: Dnes’ spaseniye
Anthems - WESLEY: Blessed be the God and Father, HADLEY: My beloved spake,
STANFORD: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem
Magnificat at Vespers - LASSUS: Magnificat octavi toni super ‘Aurora lucis rutilat’
* world première recording