Vivifice Spiritus Vitae Vis | Marco Beasley & Guido Morini

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1.	Prooemium 1_Fontes et omnia 00:33	buy track
2.	Prooemium 2_Asperges me 00:33	buy track
3.	Prooemium 3_Fulgentis auctor aetheris 00:47	buy track
4.	Prooemium 4_Lucis creator optime 00:29	buy track
5.	Prooemium 5_Spe nos fideque 01:01	buy track
6.	Pars I 6_In principio 07:52	buy track
7.	Pars I 7_Ecce ego 01:17	buy track
8.	Pars I 8_Dixit 01:58	buy track
9.	Pars I 9_Effuderunt 03:43	buy track
10.	Pars I 10_Avertente 01:11	buy track
11.	Intermedio 11_Florete flores (gregorian) 01:24	buy track
12.	Intermedio 10_spiritus ubi vult spirat (gregorian) 01:01	buy track
13.	Pars II 13_Est enim 03:25	buy track
14.	Pars II 14_Et requiescet 04:29	buy track
15.	Pars III 15_Dedi spiritum meum 01:07	buy track
16.	Pars III 16 Et erit post haec- effundam 06:24	buy track
17.	Conclusio 17_Surge illuminare 01:36	buy track
18.	Conclusio 18_Ne proicias 01:46	buy track
19.	Conclusio 19_Et insiliet in te 01:12	buy track
20.	Conclusio 20_Sequentia- Veni sancte spiritus (gregorian) 03:15	buy track
21.	Conclusio 20_Sequentia- Veni sancte spiritus (alio modo) 03:56	buy track

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Vivifice Spiritus Vitae Vis is the first chapter of Servabo, a trilogy dedicated to the Trinity. At a time when an all-consuming frenzy increasingly sedates the need to free ourselves from a materialistic vision of life, I felt it opportune to call our attention back to our spiritual roots. The texts employed here, entirely drawn from the Old Testament, have been chosen for their universality and poetic power so that they might be enjoyed by a vast audience, regardless of one's own ethical or religious convictions. They describe the presence, vital breath, and action of the Spirit in the life of both the individual and the community. The music composed for three soloists, three choirs, organ and basso continuo is subdivided into three parts and thirteen chapters, with a prelude and interlude in Gregorian chant. I have employed different compositional techniques, all typical of the periods dating between the 16th and the first half of the 18th centuries, and I have paid particular attention to the relationship between music and text. The final result is absolutely contemporary, but the traditional musical context aids in the comprehension and participation of the listener.

The oratorio « Vivifice Spriritus Vitae Vis » is not simply a pièce of music calling for a large number of vocalists in performance. It is something more, something wich transcends the mère cutltural event. The work was born within a community which privilèges the essence of singing, whithout however neglecting the aspects of sonority and timbre which distinguish the Musical Chapel of the Catherdral of Lodi.

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released March 5, 2009

Marco BEASLEY tenor
Elisabetta de Mircovich soprano
Claudia Caffagni alto
Helicon choir
Euterpe choir
Geert Hendrix chorus master

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Accordone Milan, Italy

Marco Beasley and Guido Morini founded Accordone in 1984, motivated by a passionate interest in both the musicological approach to performance problems and Italian vocal music from the Renaissance to the early eighteenth century. Lo Tasso Napolitano in 1991 was the first project to bear a clear dramatic imprint: the concert as an event articulated by both music and drama. ... more

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