Nunc dimittis - Herbert Howells, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
32. 'Nunc dimittis'
From the album ‘Treasures of English Church Music’
Composer Herbert Howells
Conductor John Rutter
Soprano Karen Kerslake
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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Nunc dimittis
This canticle setting was written for the choir of Westminster Cathedral. The organist, R.R. Terry, who had been introduced to the work of the young Howells, by Stanford, invited Howells and three other composers to write settings of the Nunc dimittis for double choir, all to be performed during Holy Week 1914.
LYRICS:
Nunc dimittis servum tuum Domine, secundum verbum tuum in pace: Quia viderunt
oculi mei salutare tuum: Quod parasti ante faciem omnium populorum: Lumen ad
revelationem gentium, et gloriam plebis tuae Israel. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui
Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
(Canticle of Simeon: Luke 2, vv. 29–32)
(Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace: according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen
thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; to be a light to lighten the
Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.)
Treasures of English Church Music
46 tracks of English a cappella church music, featuring John Rutter conducting the Cambridge Singers, and recorded in the inspiring setting of the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral.
“A marvellous collection taken from all ages of Church Music – a mix of the popular and the slightly rarer. This is recorded in Ely Cathedral and it seems to have projected itself into some wonderfully lyric pieces – the opening track of Parsons Ave Maria sets the scene for the rest of the music. This is the Cambridge Singers at their best…” Cathedral Music
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 1983) 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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