Catalogue
HAVPCD270 – Cantata for a New Era
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| Disk Title | Cantata for a New Era |
| Dom Sebastian Wolff O.S.B. | |
| Soloists | Martin Muncaster (Narrator) |
| Jeremy Filsell (Organ) | |
| Choir | Cambridge Voices |
| Conductor | Ian de Massini |
| Location | Buckfast Abbey, Devon |
| Date Recorded | May 2001 |
| Audio Tracks | 21 |
The Cantata is Father Sebastian Wolff’s most recent choral work and it marks the Millennium celebrations of the year 2000. Concerned with the extensive plans for country-wide secular celebrations, Father Sebastian became interested in creating something which reflected the true significance of the Millennium year. The text of the Cantata thus focuses on the prophecy, birth, and fulfilment of Christ in a succession of movements for soloists, chorus, organ, and narrator.
| Trk. | Duration | Track Title | Composer |
| 1 | 04:28 | Introduction: In the beginning | |
| 2 | 02:54 | Chorus: Let us make man in our image | |
| 3 | 01:54 | The Fall: Organ introduction | |
| 4 | 02:53 | Reading: The serpent was more subtle | |
| 5 | 03:06 | Loss of trust returned to dust | |
| 6 | 00:28 | Reading: So the Lord God expelled Adam | |
| 7 | 02:41 | Hymn: Thou whose almighty Word | |
| 8 | 00:33 | Recitative: The people who walked in darkness | |
| 9 | 03:01 | Aria: Arise, shine! Your light is come | |
| 10 | 00:30 | Recitative: A virgin is with child | |
| 11 | 00:35 | Reading: That day the Lord will start his threshing | |
| 12 | 03:48 | Chorus: How beautiful on the mountains | |
| 13 | 00:56 | In the days of King Herod of Judæa | |
| 14 | 00:20 | An angel of the Lord | |
| 15 | 02:02 | Chorus: He will be great in the sight of the Lord | |
| 16 | 03:20 | Duo: Listen to the voice | |
| 17 | 05:39 | Chorale: Hush! the world is still and waiting | |
| 18 | 00:59 | Reading: Now at this time | |
| 19 | 02:29 | Solo and Chorus: Shepherds guarding their flocks | |
| 20 | 00:50 | Reading: Now when the angels had gone | |
| 21 | 04:18 | Final Chorus: Rejoice, rejoice, let all men rejoice |
Father Sebastian Wolff has been a monk at the Devon Monastery of Buckfast since 1948 and has dedicated his life to its ongoing work and worship. His duties as organist to the community in its regular cycle of prayer and liturgy, and the undeniable beauty of the Abbey church, have both over the years inspired the creation of his music.
