Libera nos, salva nos - John Sheppard, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
Libera nos, salva nos - John Sheppard
From ‘Lighten our Darkness’
Music for the close of day
Composer John Sheppard
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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Libera nos, salva nos
This resplendent piece with high, soaring sopranos is more characteristic of Sheppard’s style, which has been described as a musical counterpart to English Perpendicular architecture. Like most sacred polyphony of this period, the music is built on a Gregorian chant – heard, in this case, measured out in slow notes in the bass part.
LYRICS:
Libera nos, salva nos, justifica nos, O beata Trinitas.
(Antiphon for Trinity Sunday)
(Deliver us, save us, make us just, O most blessed Trinity.)
Lighten our Darkness
The service of Compline has inspired many incredibly beautiful compositions and this collection gathers together 18 of the many lovely a cappella choral motets written to adorn the evening worship of the church. Composers include Byrd, Guerrero, Rachmaninov and Sheppard, alongside such less well-known masterworks as Rheinberger’s Abendlied and the four great Marian motets of Victoria.
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1981) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
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