De Lassus: Requiem à 5 & Motets Choir of Girton College, Cambridge Historic Brass of the Guildhall & Gareth Wilson

• Orlando di Lasso (1532 - 1594):
• 1 Ego sum resurrection (Plainchant) 00:49
• 2 Tristis est anima mea 03:28
• 3 Requiem aeternam 06:32
• 4 Requiem à 5: Kyrie eleison 03:03
• 5 Peccata mea Domine 04:08
• 6 Requiem à 5: Absolve Domine 03:46
• 7 Requiem à 5: Domine Jesu Christe 03:49
• 8 Requiem à 5: Hostias 02:44
• 9 Fratres sobrii estote 03:38
• 10 Requiem a 5: Sanctus - Benedictus 03:15
• 11 Weep, O Mine Eyes 02:38
• 12 Requiem à 5: Agnus Dei 03:24
• 13 Requiem à 5: Lux Aeterna 03:35
• 14 Exaudi Domine vocem meam 07:25
• 15 Adoramus te Christe 02:11
• 16 Margot labouréz les vignes 02:45
• 17 Levavi oculos meos 03:38
• Total Runtime 01:00:48

Info zu De Lassus: Requiem à 5 & Motets

„Lassus“ five-part setting of the Requiem is rarely heard; here it is recorded with brass for the first time, the sombre colors of the sackbuts further darkening the tone. The recording interweaving a number of motets, some also receiving first recordings, and a madrigal on death by one of Lassus’ contemporaries in an organ transcription prepared for this occasion. This innovative recording thus takes the listener on a spiritual journey, through the darkness of bereavement to the elevation of the Christian soul after death.

In July 2016, the Chapel Choir of Girton College, together with students of Historic Brass from London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, went on a tour of the Toronto area of Canada. While there, they gave numerous concerts, sang at two services (including an evensong with the choir of St James' Cathedral) and made a CD recording of music by Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594). However, although Lassus is generally considered to have been the most famous composer of the Renaissance era, the vastness of his compositional output is such that much of it remains unavailable on record. This new CD by Girton Choir is therefore very special, not only because it makes several of Lassus' pieces accessible for the first time, but because it takes full advantage of our relationship with the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (through Jeremy West, Musician in Residence at Girton, and professor of Early Brass at Guildhall) thereby creating a soundworld which is quite extraordinary and a treasured feature of Girton's rich musical life. Lassus' rarely-heard 5-part Requiem (recorded with brass accompaniment for the first time) forms the centrepiece of the disc, and is interweaved by a number of other motets in a programme of beautiful and uplifting music by one of the greatest composers the world has ever known.

The Choir of Girton College Cambridge
Historic Brass of the Guildhall London
Gareth Wilson, direction

Girton College Chapel Choir
is an international-prize-winning choir of some 28 members, which has grown in prominence over the last ten years, due to its impressive musical standards, regular recordings, and ambitious, exciting touring schedule. One of the main attractions to students is the combination of low time commitment and high musical standards.

During Full Term, the Choir's principal function is to sing the liturgy in Girton's Chapel. This includes Choral Evensong every Sunday, and Compline (a beautiful, meditative evening service) on alternate Tuesdays. For this, the Choir rehearses just twice a week.

Recent foreign tours have included Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, USA, Germany, Slovenia, France, Ireland, Switzerland and Spain.

Girton Choir also offers a welcome opportunity to escape the stresses of Cambridge term through its visits to major churches throughout Britain; recent visits have included the cathedrals of Lincoln, Canterbury, Exeter, Norwich and Lichfield, and Westminster Abbey. This year the Choir will sing services on trips to York Minster and Salisbury Cathedral.

The Choir has recorded several CDs, often recording whilst on tour; the most recent recording was made on tour in the USA in summer 2010, and the Choir has recorded in places as far afield as Hong Kong, Switzerland and Japan.

The Choir contributes significantly to College life, often singing at College occasions such as the Foundation Dinner and the College Feast; dining at these functions is another of the perks for the Choir.

The Choir also benefits from collaborations with musicians from professional ensembles such as the London Mozart Players, Xacona, members of the Gabrieli Consort and the Cambridge University Collegium Musicum; the Choir also collaborates regularly with eminent guest directors such as Christopher Robinson, Sir David Willcocks, Judith Clurman, Tim Brown and David Lowe. There are plans this year for the Choir to work with members of the Sixteen, Magnificat and I Fagiolini, as well as enjoying ongoing collaborations with, and invaluable support from, the College's Musicians in Residence.

For details of Choral and Organ Awards at Girton and for information about various aspects of the Choir's history and activities, please click on the links in the side bar.

Gareth Wilson
studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Edinburgh University (BMus) before undertaking postgraduate performance diplomas at the Royal Academy of Music in London (receiving the DipRAM for an outstanding final recital) where he became a Fellow, and subsequently lecturer, in Academic Studies between 2000-2004. At the same time, he joined the Music Department at KCL where he teaches Techniques of Composition and Orchestration and is director of the Symphony Orchestra Chorus. He also lectures for the Royal College of Organists and, in addition to freelance work as a choral conductor, is Director of Music at Christ Church, Chelsea, where has been responsible for the composition, commissioning and directing of over 100 new works for the Anglican liturgy as well as playing a leading role in the installation of the church’s new Flentrop organ.

Between 2007-2011 he undertook postgraduate degrees in Theology and Philosophy from London University’s Heythrop College before embarking upon doctoral research in the Theology department of KCL, where he is researching the contribution of music to the growth of atheism in 19th-Century Europe, combining this with his interest in early 20th-Century Jewish-Christian relations. In 2011, he was nominated for a KCL Teaching Excellence Award by the students of the Music Department.

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