Vaughan Williams - Sancta Civitas, Dona nobis pacem | Naxos 8572424

Vaughan Williams - Sancta Civitas, Dona nobis pacem

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8572424

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 29th March 2010

Contents

Artists

Christina Pier (soprano)
Matthew Brook (baritone)
Andrew Staples (tenor)
Winchester Cathedral Choristers
Winchester College Quiristers
Bach Choir
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

David Hill

Works

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

Dona nobis pacem
Sancta Civitas

Artists

Christina Pier (soprano)
Matthew Brook (baritone)
Andrew Staples (tenor)
Winchester Cathedral Choristers
Winchester College Quiristers
Bach Choir
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

David Hill

About

Although Vaughan Williams described himself as ‘a cheerful agnostic’, he was not only steeped in the traditions of the Anglican Church, but sensitive to the mystical significance ‘of what lies beyond sense and knowledge’.

Written in 1936, his cantata Dona nobis pacem sets powerful Biblical texts alongside those by Walt Whitman and John Bright and is both a warning that mankind was sliding disastrously towards another war and a plea for a world without strife.

The oratorio Sancta Civitas, one of his most original choral works, strikingly deploys vocal and orchestral forces to depict the battle between good and evil from the Book of Revelation.

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