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HAVPCD195 – Gregorian Chant: Midnight Mass for Queen Mary Tudor
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| Disk Title | Gregorian Chant: Midnight Mass for Queen Mary Tudor |
| John Sheppard: Missa Cantate | |
| Choir | Musica Contexta |
| Conductor | Simon Ravens |
| Location | Charterhouse Chapel, Surrey |
| Date Recorded | September 1995 |
| Audio Tracks | 20 |
| Trk. | Title | Audio Sample |
| 6 | Troped Lesson: Laudes Deo |
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| 15 | Sanctus: Missa Cantate |
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Until the recent discovery of his will, the biographical mist hanging over John Sheppard (c.1515-59) was virtually impenetrable. We still know nothing of his early years but at least we know a good deal about his later professional life. In 1541 he became informator choristarum at Magdalen College, Oxford, a post he held until around 1547. At about this time Sheppard moved to London, where his name appears in Chapel Royal lists until his death in January 1559.
| Trk. | Duration | Track Title | Composer |
| 1 | 06:04 | Processional Respond: Verbum caro | John Sheppard |
| 2 | 03:01 | Introit: Dominus dixit | |
| 3 | 02:19 | Troped Kyrie: Deus creator | |
| 4 | 07:46 | Gloria: Missa Cantate | John Sheppard |
| 5 | 00:58 | Collect for Midnight Mass | |
| 6 | 10:12 | Troped Lesson: Laudes Deo | John Sheppard |
| 7 | 01:35 | Epistle: Titus II, 11-15 | |
| 8 | 03:57 | Gradual: Tecum principium | |
| 9 | 02:24 | Alleluia: Dominus dixit | |
| 10 | 02:07 | Sequence: Nato canunt omnia | |
| 11 | 03:26 | Gospel: Luke II, 1-14 | |
| 12 | 09:03 | Credo: Missa Cantate | John Sheppard |
| 13 | 01:24 | Offertory: Letentur celi | |
| 14 | 01:53 | Preface for Christmas | |
| 15 | 05:21 | Sanctus: Missa Cantate | John Sheppard |
| 16 | 02:01 | Pater Noster | |
| 17 | 04:53 | Agnus Dei: Missa Cantate | John Sheppard |
| 18 | 00:36 | Communion: In splendoribus | |
| 19 | 01:00 | Postcommunion: Da nobis | |
| 20 | 00:43 | Dismissal: Ite, missa est |
Musica Contexta translates literally as ‘music interwoven’, reflecting the group’s commitment to presenting early music in the musical context of its original conception and function. The group, which varies in number and disposition depending on the musical demands of each programme it presents, was formed in 1991 and made its London début the following year.
