Beautiful Feet

Photo credit: Orthodox Arts Journal PROGRAM Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943, Russia) The Theotokos, Ever-Vigilant in Prayer Excerpts from  Vespers (All-Night Vigil):     My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord     Praise the Name of the Lord     Rejoice O Virgin Riho Esko Maimets (b. 1988, Canada)  Three Prayers from the Holy Rosary: I. Formula Trinitarium      II. Credo      III. Pater Noster World Premiere Omar Daniel (b. 1960, Canada) Sõduri Ema – Part III World Premiere Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998, Russia) Three Sacred Hymns:      Hail to the Virgin Mary      Lord Jesus, Son of God      Lord’s Prayer Arvo Pärt (b. 1935, Estonia) Summa The Woman with the Alabaster Box Nunc dimittis Dopo la vittoria Encore: Onnis on inimene by Kreek, which I knew from my Talla Vocal Ensemble CD   Riho Esko Maimets’s world premiere supported by Philip & Eli Taylor. (disappointing) Omar...

Arvo Part - The Deer's Cry            Vox Clamantis; Jaan-Elk Tulve     ECM New Series               ECM 2466 A mixture of the new and old recorded here by Estonian choir Vox Clamantis, this CD includes the world recording premiere of Habitare fratres in unum and the largely plainchant And One of the Pharisees , which had its world premiere in California in 1992. There is a variety of Pärt’s music here: from the innocence-evoking Drei Hirtenkinder aus Fátima to the ode to a gittern, Sei gelobt, du Baum . (Read the info about the latter here .) Serendipitously, I started my day reading St. Patrick’s 4th-century prayer, The Deer’s Cry , and the title track contains a purity comparable to Lang’s I Lie . The Alleluia-Tropus is different than my recording by Vox Clamantis with Sinfonietta Riga: at a decade’s distance, this a c...