Works Morgan Pearse, Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Trippett - Andrew Downes: A St Luke Passion and Sacred Choral (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. A Saint Luke Passion, Op. 50: Pt. 1
02. A Saint Luke Passion, Op. 50: Pt. 2
03. Runnymede Millennium Evensong Service, Op. 65: I. The Lord Is My Shepherd
04. The Souls of the Righteous, Op. 31 No. 2
05. In Peace I Will Lie Down and Sleep, Op. 31 No. 3
06. O Love the Lord All Ye His Saints, Op. 31 No. 1
07. O magnum mysterium Motet, Op. 2
08. O magnum mysterium Mass, Op. 2: I. Kyrie
09. O magnum mysterium Mass, Op. 2: II. Gloria
10. O magnum mysterium Mass, Op. 2: III. Sanctus
11. O magnum mysterium Mass, Op. 2: IV. Benedictus
12. O magnum mysterium Mass, Op. 2: V. Agnus Dei
13. What Can I Do to Show How Much I Love Her, Op. 5
14. Christmas Cantata, Op. 4: No. 4, Ave maris stella
15. O vos omnes, Op. 23
16. Te Deum, Op. 110
17. Ave Maria, Op. 6

This is the first album in a trilogy of recordings of the large-scale choral works of Midlands composer Andrew Downes (1950-2023), who spent his entire life in Birmingham and the rural Midlands. Downes’ lyrical gift places him squarely in the Late Romantic English tradition as a successor to Howells, his teacher. Downes loved the “smooth, timeless quality” of plainsong, and in particular the contrapuntal works of Palestrina and Monteverdi, whose freer approach to instrumentation provided inspiration for his St Luke Passion, which was scored for choir, tenor soloist, keyboard, percussion and strings. Swinging from Bernstein-like exuberance to African-inspired rhythmic passages, Downes finds an unexpected unity with ancient ecclesiastical music to create a message of communion across musical styles, eras and places in his St Luke Passion.

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