Composer(s): Pott, Francis
Conductor(s): Berry, Matthew
Choir(s): Commotio
Label: Naxos
Genre: Choral - Sacred
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.573976
Barcode: 747313397679
Release Date: 07/2020

POTT, F.: At First Light / Word (Commotio, Spooner, C. Wilson, M. Berry)

Francis Pott’s acclaimed musical voice is one of uncommon eloquence and seriousness of purpose, and his works have been performed and broadcast in over 40 countries. This recording presents world premiere recordings of two major pieces. At First Light is a memorial work which takes the form of a series of slow meditations surrounding an exuberant motet, with wordless commentary from a lamenting cello. Word, with its significant role for the organ and the inclusion of texts by the Welsh priest and poet R.S. Thomas, reveals Gospel contemplation in a postmodern world.

Tracklist

Pott, Francis
Gibran, Kahlil - Lyricist
Mass Text - Lyricist
Blackburn, Thomas - Lyricist
Berry, Wendell - Lyricist
Lewis, Alun - Lyricist
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Commotio (Choir)
Spooner, Joseph (cello)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
1 I. Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine 09:22
Commotio (Choir)
Spooner, Joseph (cello)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
2 II. Generatio praeterit et generatio advenit - 03:22
Commotio (Choir)
Spooner, Joseph (cello)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
3 III. Daybreak 04:32
Commotio (Choir)
Spooner, Joseph (cello)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
4 IV. Laudibus in sanctis Dominum celebrate Supremum 09:01
Commotio (Choir)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
5 V. This Day Has Ended 07:06
Commotio (Choir)
Spooner, Joseph (cello)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
6 VI. We Follow the Dead to Their Graves - 02:36
Commotio (Choir)
Spooner, Joseph (cello)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
7 VII. God of Compassion Who Dwells on High 05:45
Commotio (Choir)
Spooner, Joseph (cello)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
Pott, Francis
Thomas, Ronald Stuart - Lyricist
Bible - New Testament - Lyricist
Wilson, Christian (organ)
Commotio (Choir)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
8 Prelude 01:18
Wilson, Christian (organ)
9 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God (Chorus) 01:22
Commotio (Choir)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
10 In the beginning was the word. What word? (Chorus, Organ) 03:11
Commotio (Choir)
Wilson, Christian (organ)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
11 What has come into being in him was life (Chorus) 00:49
Commotio (Choir)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
12 I have seen the sun break through (Chorus, Organ) 07:00
Commotio (Choir)
Wilson, Christian (organ)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
13 He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him (Chorus) 01:24
Commotio (Choir)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
14 And to one God says: Come to me by numbers and figures - (Chorus, Organ) 03:34
Commotio (Choir)
Wilson, Christian (organ)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
15 You must put your knowledge off and come to me with your mind bare (Chorus, Organ) 02:31
Commotio (Choir)
Wilson, Christian (organ)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
16 But to all who received him, who believed in his name (Chorus) 00:58
Commotio (Choir)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
17 It's a long way off (Chorus, Organ) 04:41
Commotio (Choir)
Wilson, Christian (organ)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
18 And the Word became flesh and lived among us (Chorus) 01:06
Commotio (Choir)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
19 Epilogue - 03:22
Wilson, Christian (organ)
20 Enough that we are on our way (Chorus, Organ) 03:32
Commotio (Choir)
Wilson, Christian (organ)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)
21 And the Word became flesh and lived among us (Chorus, Organ) 02:41
Commotio (Choir)
Wilson, Christian (organ)
Berry, Matthew (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:19:13