P A T R I C I A V A N N E S S
Evensong
Evensong (1991)
for Solo Soprano, 4 Tenors, Baroque Oboe, Vielle, Baroque Violin, & 5 Violas da gamba Or Solo Soprano, 4 Tenors, Oboe, & Organ (Score
- I. Kyrios eleemon
- II. Tu nos numquam reliquisti
- III. Divisum cor meum quod multa turpia inhabitant
- IV. Benedicas amicis nostris benevolentiam tuam relucentibus
- V. In confinio maris (Instrumental)
- V. (continued) In confinio maris (Vocal Chant)
- VI. Elaboration on In confinio
- VII. Conquiescamus post contentionem placato corde
- VIII. Altissima
- IX. Amen
Duration: 36 min.
Premiered (7 March 1992) at Lindsay Chapel, Emmanuel Church, Boston
Scott Metcalfe, Director and Baroque violin; Heather Knutson, soprano; Rob Dobson, Richard Duguay, Daniel McCabe and Art Rawding, Tenors; Owen Watkins, Baroque oboe; Shira Kammen, violle, and Janet Haas, Carol Lewis, Lynn Tetenbaum and Emily Walhout, violas da gamba
Text by Patricia Van Ness (English), trans. into Latin by Richard Schenk, O.P. and Marianne Schlosser