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Ascendit Deus: Music for Ascensiontide & Pentecost

3/23/2015, 14 Tracks, 1:17:28

Featuring

  • Graham Ross
  • Matthew Jorysz
  • Ben Michaels
  • Anthony Brown
  • Peter Harrison
  • Choir of Clare College Cambridge
  • Dmitri Ensemble
  • Peter Philips
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Patrick Gowers
  • Brett Dean
  • Nico Muhly
  • Gerald Finzi
  • Charles Villiers Stanford
  • Frank Martin
  • Judith Weir
  • Jonathan Harvey
  • Edvard Grieg
  • Edward Elgar
  • Giles Swayne

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Historical Context

The album's music is centered around the Christian feasts of Ascension, which commemorates Jesus's ascent to Heaven, and Pentecost, which celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

This album, "Ascendit Deus," is part of a series of recordings by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, that explore music for different Christian liturgical seasons.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Graham Ross, the director of music and a fellow at Clare College, Cambridge, made his BBC Proms and Glyndebourne debuts as a conductor at the age of 25.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The album was recorded across three different locations in the UK: St. Alban's Cathedral, the Chapel of Tonbridge School, and All Hallows' Church in London.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, founded in 1971, is recognized internationally as one of the world's leading university choral groups.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album includes four world premiere recordings of new works commissioned by Graham Ross and the Choir of Clare College in 2014.

Source: Booklet

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