VESPERAE IN NATIVITATE DOMINE

Composer(s): Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

Artist(s): Currende
Reference: KTC1526
Barcode: 8711801015262
Format: 1 CD
Release date: 2017-03-09
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a Vespers Liturgy for Christmas
‘Ad vesperas’ – literally ‘at dusk’ – indicates the hour at which monks and other clerics of the Western church joined together (and indeed continue to do so) for the evening service, one of the eight daily hours of prayer, known as the ‘offices’. The offices were generally less solemn and ornate than mass celebrations, except for Vespers, which especially in Italy reached a liturgical and musical highpoint, particularly on important feast-days in the church calendar. Like the other offices and the mass, Vespers follows a fixed pattern, whereby daily recurring texts and chants alternate with elements specifically associated with a particular feast. Among the fixed ingredients are the five psalms with their antiphons and then a hymn, all of which is crowned by the Magnificat, Mary’s song of praise upon visiting her cousin Elizabeth (Luke 1: 46-55). These texts were originally sung in monody, but later, especially starting in the 16th century, they were performed polyphonically (at least in part). In 1550 a collection of polyphonic settings of the psalms was published in Venice. The composers were Adriaan Willaert, the Flemish-born Kapell­meister of the San Marco basilica, and his French colleague Jacques Colebault, better known as Jacquet of Mantua. Choirmasters now had at their disposal a broad choice of polyphonic works with which to adorn their Vesper services.

1. Hodie Christus natus est, Ch. 40 (Reliquiae sacrorum concentuum)
Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli
Artist(s): Currende

2. Selva morale e spirituale: Dixit Dominus, SV 263 (Antifona: Rex pacificus)
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Artist(s): Currende

3. Selva morale e spirituale: Confitebor tibi, SV 265 (Antifona: Magnificatus est)
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Artist(s): Currende

4. Selva morale e spirituale: Beatus vir, SV 268 (Antifona: Completi sunt)
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Artist(s): Currende

5. Messa a quattro voci et salmi: Laudate pueri, SV 196 (Antifona: Scitote quia prope)
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Artist(s): Currende

6. Selva morale e spirituale: Gloria in excelsis, SV 258
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Artist(s): Currende

7. Selva morale e spirituale: Laudate Dominum, SV 273 (Antifona: Levate capita)
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Artist(s): Currende

8. Canzona terza, Ch. 188 (Canzone e Sonate)
Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli
Artist(s): Currende

9. Selva morale e spirituale: Christe, redemptor omnium
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Artist(s): Currende

10. Gloria in altissimis Deo – Dialogo fra gli Angeli e Pastori nella Natività di Nostro Signore
Composer: Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
Artist(s): Currende

11. Selva morale e spirituale: Magnificat, SV 281 (Antifona: Hodie Christus natus est)
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Artist(s): Currende

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VESPERAE IN NATIVITATE DOMINE
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a Vespers Liturgy for Christmas
‘Ad vesperas’ – literally ‘at dusk’ – indicates the hour at which monks and other clerics of the Western church joined together (and indeed continue to do so) for the evening service, one of the eight daily hours of prayer, known as the ‘offices’. The offices were generally less solemn and ornate than mass celebrations, except for Vespers, which especially in Italy reached a liturgical and musical highpoint, particularly on important feast-days in the church calendar. Like the other offices and the mass, Vespers follows a fixed pattern, whereby daily recurring texts and chants alternate with elements specifically associated with a particular feast. Among the fixed ingredients are the five psalms with their antiphons and then a hymn, all of which is crowned by the Magnificat, Mary’s song of praise upon visiting her cousin Elizabeth (Luke 1: 46-55). These texts were originally sung in monody, but later, especially starting in the 16th century, they were performed polyphonically (at least in part). In 1550 a collection of polyphonic settings of the psalms was published in Venice. The composers were Adriaan Willaert, the Flemish-born Kapell­meister of the San Marco basilica, and his French colleague Jacques Colebault, better known as Jacquet of Mantua. Choirmasters now had at their disposal a broad choice of polyphonic works with which to adorn their Vesper services.