Pater noster - Igor Stravinsky, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
8. 'Pater noster'
From the album ‘Images of Christ’
Composer Igor Stravinsky
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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Pater noster
In 1926 Stravinsky returned to the Russian Orthodox church, from which he had been estranged for some time. The main musical fruit of his reconversion was the 'Symphony of Psalms' but he also wrote three short unaccompanied sacred choruses, 'Pater noster' being the first of them. Originally in Slavonic, it was adapted by the composer to the Latin text in 1949.
LYRICS:
Pater noster qui es in coelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum: adveniat regnum tuum: fiat
voluntas tua, sicut in coelo et in terra: panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie:
et dimitte nobis debita nostra, sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris: et ne nos
inducas in tentationem: sed libera nos a malo. Amen.
(Luke 11, vv. 2–4)
(Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive
us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into
temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.)
Images of Christ
Around the figure of Christ there has grown up over the centuries a body of choral literature that can only be described as among the most remarkable in western civilization. The music of this recording, all for a cappella choir, is grouped loosely according to the themes of its texts (The Coming of Christ, Words of Christ, The Passion of Christ, Resurrection and Ascension, Christ in the Eucharist), drawing together composers as far apart in time and space as 11th-century France; 20th-century Russia and America. The aim is not a liturgical reconstruction, nor an historical survey, but rather a journey of the imagination.
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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