Song for Athene - John Tavener, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
10. 'Song for Athene' - from the album ‘This is the day’
Composer John Tavener
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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LYRICS:
Alleluia. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.*
Alleluia. Remember me, O Lord, when you come into your kingdom.
Alleluia. Give rest, O Lord, to your handmaid who has fallen asleep.
Alleluia. The Choir of Saints have found the well-spring of life and door of paradise.
Alleluia. Life: a shadow and a dream.
Alleluia. Weeping at the grave creates the song: Alleluia.
Alleluia. Come, enjoy rewards and crowns I have prepared for you.
*from Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Mother Thekla 1918–2011
This moving elegy, written in memory of a young girl killed in a road accident in 1993 and so memorably performed at the close of Princess Diana’s funeral service in 1997, was one of the fruits of John Tavener’s interest in the music and rituals of the Greek Orthodox Church. Underpinned throughout by a sustained low bass note, the chant-like music alternates between expressions of blessing, grief, and the ultimate promise of resurrection
This is the day
The music on this album recollects, and celebrates, some of the choral music heard on royal occasions in England during the lifetime of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
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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