Expressing what cannot be expressed, what is sometimes beyond understanding, is a task that has challenged composers of sacred music for centuries. In his latest collection of vocal and choral works, award-winning Canadian composer Christopher Tyler Nickel aims to articulate these complex emotional states. The works range from Stabat Mater, an intimate portrayal of a mother's grief poignantly sung by soprano Catherine Redding; a collection of motets, both a cappella and accompanied, including the wonders expressed in a new setting of the O Magnum Mysterium; a meditative setting of the de Profundis; and an uplifting Magnificat. Chorus master Kari Turunen and the Vancouver Chamber Choir join forces with Clyde Mitchell and the Vancouver Contemporary Orchestra in performances that capture by turns the works' peace, grief, hope and transcendence through Nickel's very personal and spiritual musical language.

Tracklist:

Stabat Mater-I. Stabat Mater Dolorosa
Stabat Mater-II. Cujus Animam Gementem
Stabat Mater-III. Quis Est Homo, Qui Non Fleret
Stabat Mater-IV. Sancta Mater, Istud Agas
Stabat Mater-V. Fac Me Tecum Pie Flere
Stabat Mater-VI. Fac Ut Portem Christi Mortem
Stabat Mater-VII. Flammis Ne Urar Succensus
Stabat Mater-VIII. Quando Corpus Morietur
O Magnum Mysterium
Kyrie
Accompanied Motets-I. Virga Jesse Floruit
Accompanied Motets-II. Ave Verum Corpus
Accompanied Motets-III. Pater Noster
Accompanied Motets-IV. Tenebrae Factae Sunt
De Profundis-I. de Profundis Clamavi Ad Te
De Profundis-II. Sustinuit Anima Mea in Verbo Ejus
Magnificat-I. Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum
Magnificat-II. Fecit Potentiam
Magnificat-III. Gloria Patri
Magnificat-IV. Amen

UPC: 822252285529
Label: Avie
Release Date: 6.19.26
Format: CD

Catherine Redding - Christopher Tyler Nickel: Stabat Mater; Magnificat (CD)