Surgens Jesus - Peter Philips, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
14. 'Surgens Jesus'
From the album ‘Images of Christ’
Composer Peter Philips
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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Surgens Jesus
'Surgens Jesus', from Philips' 'Cantiones Sacrae' of 1612, strikingly dramatizes Christ's words 'pax vobis' by setting them to three simple, block chords, like islands of peace in a sea of joyful polyphony.
LYRICS:
Surgens Jesus, Dominus noster: stans in medio discipulorum suorum, dixit: ‘Pax vobis’. Alleluia. Gavisi sunt discipuli viso Domino. Alleluia.
(Easter Antiphon)
Christ our Lord, rising again, stood in the midst of his disciples and said:
‘Peace be unto you’. Alleluia. The disciples rejoiced at the sight of their Lord. Alleluia.
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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