Darkness to light an Easter celebration. - Jack Body; Robert Oliver; Megan Collins; Budi Putra; Gamelan Padhang Moncar.; St. Mary of the Angels (Church : Wellington, N.Z.) Choir
Introduction -- Antiphonal call (Benicio Sokkong, Budi Putra) -- Plainsongs: Pange lingua / arr. Jack Body ; Christus factus est / arr. Di Fairley ; Tristis est anima mea / arr. Leon de Lorenzo -- Manangguang (Nigel Collins, Megan Collins) -- Plainsongs: Vexilla Regis / arr. Sue Street ; Crux fidelis / arr. Greg Street -- Easter cry : Lumen Christi -- Haec dies (Jack Body, Tim Cummings, David Sutherland) -- Haec dies : in the style of Perotin (Robert Oliver, Nigel Collins, Megan Collins) -- Plainsong : Victimae Paschali laudes / arr. Daniel Lynch -- Meditation on Haec dies (Nigel Collins, Megan Collins) -- Plainsong : Regina caeli / arr. Judith Exley -- Meditation on Regina caeli (Mark van Tongeren, Leo Tadagawa) -- Plainsongs: Veni creator spiritus / arr. Jane Hebberd ; Christus vincit / arr. Karen Plimmer -- Recessional / arr. Di Fairley.
Recorded live at St Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington, N.Z., April 18, 2001.
Choir of St Mary of the Angels ; Robert Oliver, director ; Gamelan Padhang Moncar ; Budi Putra, director ; Victoria University of Wellington student composers playing gongs, bowls, wine-glasses and other small instruments ; Mark van Tongeren, Leo Tadagawa, throat singers ; Budi Putra, Benicio Sokkong, Felicity Smith, Karen Plimmer, Di Fairley, Megan Collins, Robert Oliver, Nigel Collins, solo voices ; Nigel Collins, Megan Collins, cello & rabab Pasisia ; Leo Tadagawa, Jews harp ; Tim Cummings, David Sutherland, bagpipes ; Jack Body, organ, producer.
Keywords: Easter music; Gregorian chants