Mater Ora Filium (choir Of Clare College)

Alexander Porteous (tenor), Laurence Harris (baritone) & Michael Papadopoulos (organ) Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross

Bax: Mater Ora Filium Berkeley, L: I sing of a maiden Bingham, J: Epiphany Byrd: Ecce Advenit Clemens: Magi veniunt ab oriente Cornelius: The Three Kings Howells: Long, Long Ago Here is the Little Door Lasso: Omnes de Saba Mouton, J: Nesciens Mater Niles: I wonder as I wander Palestrina: Tribus miraculis ornatum Poulenc: Videntes stellam (No. 3 from Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël, Op.152) Sheppard, J: Reges Tharsis et insulae trad.: O worship the lord Hail to the Lord’s Anointed! arr. Graham Ross:. World première recording. As with gladness men of old arr. Graham Ross:. World première recording Warlock: Bethlehem Down Benedicamus Domino Weir: Illuminare, Jerusalem

Graham Ross directs the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge in music celebrating the feast of Epiphany, culminating in Arnold Bax’s unaccompanied double-choir masterpiece, 'Mater ora filium' (1926). The feast of Epiphany falls on 6 January, 12 days after Christmas. Marked in the Christian world with the story of the Magi, many composers have been inspired by the account of ‘the three kings’ following the star, bringing their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. This sequence of music explores some of the greatest musical contributions to the feast, principally from the 16th and 20th centuries. Three great Epiphany hymns frame this sequence, all in new arrangements by Graham Ross, and all here receiving their première recordings. Graham Ross has also written the excellent booklet note and is aided and abetted, again, by John Rutter as producer, engineer and editor.

Price: $22.98