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- Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Gaude et Laetere (2016)
- Cadenza Music (World)
For the Marian Consort
Programme Note
Commissioned by the Marian Consort and premiered at the Kendal Midday Concert Club, Kendal Town Hall, 2nd November 2016.
Gaude et laetare, exultatio angelorum.
Gaude domini virgo, prophetarum gaudium.
Gaudeas benedicta, Dominus tecum est.
Gaude, quae per angelum gaudium mundi suscepisti.
Gaude, quae genuisti Factorem et Dominum.
Gaudeas quae digna es esse Mater Christi.
Gaude mater luminis.
Rejoice and be glad, you who are the angels’ exultation;
Rejoice, the Lord’s virgin, the prophets’ joy;
May you rejoice, blessed one, the Lord is with you;
Rejoice, you who received the world’s joy through the angel Gabriel;
Rejoice, you who bore the Creator and Lord;
May you rejoice, you who are worthy to be Mother of Christ;
Rejoice, Mother of Light.
Byzantine, 6th century or earlier; in Latin translation used in the Ambrosian Missal as the Transitorium for the Third Mass of Christmas.
Translation © 2016 Henry Howard
Gaude et laetare, exultatio angelorum.
Gaude domini virgo, prophetarum gaudium.
Gaudeas benedicta, Dominus tecum est.
Gaude, quae per angelum gaudium mundi suscepisti.
Gaude, quae genuisti Factorem et Dominum.
Gaudeas quae digna es esse Mater Christi.
Gaude mater luminis.
Rejoice and be glad, you who are the angels’ exultation;
Rejoice, the Lord’s virgin, the prophets’ joy;
May you rejoice, blessed one, the Lord is with you;
Rejoice, you who received the world’s joy through the angel Gabriel;
Rejoice, you who bore the Creator and Lord;
May you rejoice, you who are worthy to be Mother of Christ;
Rejoice, Mother of Light.
Byzantine, 6th century or earlier; in Latin translation used in the Ambrosian Missal as the Transitorium for the Third Mass of Christmas.
Translation © 2016 Henry Howard
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"Here the bells ring out in a tour de force of rousing harmonic daring."
"...Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s Gaude et laetare is aptly described by Alexandra Coghlan as “a thrill-ride of an anthem”. The parts tumble over one another in a manner that’s somewhat akin to (deliberately) chaotic bell peals. Just to add to the excitement, glissandi are thrown into the mix from time to time."
Discography
Music for the Queen of Heaven
- LabelDelphian
- Catalogue NumberDCD34190
- ConductorRory McCleery
- EnsembleThe Marian Consort
- Released20th October 2017