This New Sounds program takes a new look at the ancient form of ritual music for evening prayer – Vespers. This evening prayer service, also known as “eveningsong,” is found in both Western and Eastern (Byzantine) Catholicism, along with Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches, and some Protestant denominations as well. The idea was to have a service at sunset, when the sun’s angle would hit the church and set it aglow with magical light through the stained glass windows.
We’ll hear a bunch of new takes on the Vespers, most not involving the voice or prayer, yet still the music captures the sense of ritual, when things become dark and still. Listen for music by Oscar Bettison - his "Gauze Vespers," Wendy Carlos arranging Monteverdi, film music by John Zorn, and something from the Ivo Haarla Quintet.
PROGRAM #3321 Vespers, New Sounds-style (First aired on 4/5/2012)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Wendy Carlos |
The Well-Tempered Synthesizer |
Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206 : Domine ad adjuvandum Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers: Domine Ad Adjuvandum [2:23] |
East Side Digital E81612 |
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Anonymous 4 |
Darkness into Light |
John Tavener: Vespers Hymn O lux beata trinita [2:17] |
Harmonia Mundi 907274 |
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John Zorn |
The Last Supper |
Vespers [3:37] |
Tzadik Records TZA 7371 |
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Oscar Bettison |
Chamber and Orchestral Works |
Gauze Vespers [9:03] |
Not yet commercially released. Info and downloads at www.oscarbettison.com |
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Redhooker |
Vespers |
Standing Still [5:47] |
Soft Landing Records SLR002 |
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Mark O’Leary |
On The Shore |
Vespers [6:09] |
Cleanfeed 091 |
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Tord Gustavsen Trio |
Being There |
Vesper [4:27] |
ECM 2017 |
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Iro Haarla Quintet |
Vespers |
Vesper [8:46] |
ECM 2172 |
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Alvin Lucier |
Vespers and Other Early Works |
Vespers |
New World 80604 |
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Ralph van Raat, piano |
Gavin Bryars: Piano Concerto, "The Solway Canal" |
Gavin Bryars: After Handel’s Vesper, excerpt [4:00] |
Naxos 8.572570 |
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