Locklair: Gloria, Sacred Choral Works [CD]

Details:

Release Date: May 17, 2016
Label: Convivium Records
Conducted by: Christopher Watson, Malcolm Archer
Choir: Sospiri, Winchester College Chapel Choir, The Portsmouth Grammar School Chamber Choir
Total Length: 1:13:31

Introduction

This CD brings together pieces composed with texts that come from across the liturgical year. The works represent the style of Dan Locklair’s vocal music and show his skill and imagination in settings for a cappella choir, pieces for voices with organ accompaniment, and the central work Gloria with large choral forces, brass octet and percussion. At the core of all these pieces is the text and Dan Locklair’s setting of it.

From the extreme complexity of the contrapuntal and virtuosic writing in Gloria, to the simplicity of the restful The Lord Bless You and Keep You with its unison declamations, there is a common trait: the compositions are a personal and deeply expressive response to the texts, being set with care, vision and with faith. Repeated listening will serve to deepen our appreciation of Dan Locklair’s considerable compositional gifts, and also our own understanding of the very texts themselves.

Song List

1. LORD JESUS THINK ON ME
2. ISAIAH CANTICLES: I. SURELY IT IS GOD WHO SAVES ME
3. ISAIAH CANTICLES: II. SEEK THE LORD
4. ISAIAH CANTICLES: III. ARISE, SHINE, FOR YOUR LIGHT HAS COME
5. ANGEL SONG
6. EN NATUS EST EMANUEL
7. GLORIA
8. O SACRUM CONVIVIUM
9. UBI CARITAS
10. AVE VERUM CORPUS
11. ST PETER'S ROCK
12. PATER NOSTER
13. REMEMBRANCE
14. THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU