Maria, Maria: 400 Years of Chant in the Birgittine Order

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Label: Sterling

Cat No: CDA1828

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 1st June 2018

Artists

Ensemble Gemma

Conductor

Karin Strinnholm Lagergren

Artists

Ensemble Gemma

Conductor

Karin Strinnholm Lagergren

About

‘Welcome into the Birgittine sisters’ world of Gregorian chant! Also known as Frälsarorden, the Birgittine Order is the only one with Scandinavian origins. Saint Birgitta (ca 1303-1373) and her collaborator and confessor, Petrus Olavi of Skänninge, laid its foundations in Rome, in the 1350s. Birgitta had moved there in 1349, and remained in that city for the rest of her life. After the first Birgittine abbey opened in Vadstena in 1384, the order rapidly spread across Europe.

‘The chants on this recording are from the Birgittine Abbey, Maria Refugie in Uden, The Netherlands and this is the first time that chants from the rich collection in Maria Refugie have been recorded. It is also the first recording of the Birgittine repertoire from sources dating after the Middle Ages. I have selected 37 chants that reflect the musical and textual richness of Cantus sororum. The material spans more than 400 years, yet forms a coherent repertoire that belongs to the Gregorian chant tradition in all important aspects, with a Birgittine twist.’

– Karin Strinnholm Lagergren (musicologist and artistic leader of Ensemble Gemma)

Contents:
1. Invitatory: Trinum deum
2. Matins Hymn: O trinitatis
3. Third Matins Responsory: Maria summe
4. Sext Antiphon: Omnia mandata
5. Invitatory: Regem angelorum
6. Lauds Antiphon: Angeli, archangeli
7. Lauds Hymn: In throno Deo
8. Responsorium breve: Angelorum domina
9. Magnificat Antiphon: Magnificetur rex
10. Invitatory: Filium Dei
11. Benedictus Antiphon: Benedictus sis tu
12. Vespers Antiphon: Omnem potestatem
13. Compline Hymn: Victum vitalem
14. Invitatory: Ortum virginis
15. Third Matins Responsory: Solem justicie
16. Lauds Antiphon: Nativitas gloriose
17. Prime Antiphon: Nativitatem recolamus
18. Invitatory: Ave Maria
19. Matins Antiphon: Congratulamini Filio Deo
20. Lauds Antiphon: O admirabile commercium
21. Benedicamus devotis mentibus
22. Sext Antiphon: Germinavit radix Jesse
23. Invitatory: Regem virginis
24. Matins Antiphon: Benedictum sit nomen
25. Versiculus: Spineo serto
26. Sext Antiphon: Tremor terre
27. Vespers Antiphon: Annuntietur in universa
28. Invitatory: In honorem virginis
29. Second Matins Responsory: Que est ista
30. Lauds Antiphon: Assumpta est Maria
31. Benedictus Antiphon: Que est ista
32. Prime Antiphon: Maria virgo assumpta
33. Sext resp. breve: Ad coronam leticie
34. Vespers Antiphon: Jam letaris
35. Vespers Hymn: O quam glorifica
36. Magnificat Antiphon: Maria, Maria
37. Compline Antiphon: Cum iocundate

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