Sacrum convivium

Featuring

Jaan-Eik Tulve
Vox Clamantis
Maurice Duruflé
Guillaume de Machaut
Francis Poulenc
Anonymous (Gregorian Chant)

Olivier Messiaen

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Performer Biography

Vox Clamantis has collaborated with diverse artists, including the Weekend Guitar Trio, oud player Yair Dalal, Tunisian singer Dhafer Youssef, and nyckelharpa player Marco Ambrosini.

Performer Biography

Vox Clamantis is a vocal ensemble founded in 1996 by Jaan-Eik Tulve, who studied Gregorian chant in Paris in the 1990s.

Composition History

Francis Poulenc's Quatre Motets pour un temps de pénitence (1938-39) were composed during the somber years leading up to the Second World War.

Critical Reception

Vox Clamantis has received numerous awards, including a Grammy for their participation in Arvo Pärt's 'Adam's Lament' and a Diapason d'or for their recording of Liszt's Via crucis.

Compositional Technique

Maurice Duruflé's Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens (1960) explicitly feature the Eucharistic dimension, and the composer stated the entire cycle could be performed during a Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The compositions on this recording trace Salvation History through the lens of the Eucharist, the sacrament where Christ gives himself to believers.

Album & Artwork

The album's title piece, Olivier Messiaen's "O sacrum convivium," evokes an image of the great French composers of the 20th century, Maurice Duruflé, Francis Poulenc, and Messiaen, inspired by plainchant.