Sollemnitas in conceptione immaculata beatae Mariae virginis = Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary /
Tavener, Johncomposer.
Schuon, Frithjof,1907-1998,author.
Dante Alighieri,1265-1321,author.
Festival Religio Musica Nova,commissioning body.
Zürcher Kammerorchester,commissioning body.
St. Thomas' Church (New York, N.Y.),commissioning body.
Mass for soloists (STBarBarBBBB), double chorus (SATB/SATB) and orchestra; the TBarBarBBBB soloists may be taken from the choirs.
Duration: approximately 100 min.
At base of title page: "April 18."
German text by Frithiof Schuon; Latin text by Dante.
Commissioned by Festival Religio Musica Nova, the Zürcher Kammerorchester, and Saint Thomas' Church, New York. Premiered in Zurich, December 2007 by the Rundfunkchor Berlin and Zürcher Kammerorchester.
Composer's note, names of goddesses from the Hindu and American Indian traditions, and pronunciation guide, in English.
Ritus initiales -- Kyrie -- Gloria -- Collecta -- Liturgia verbi -- Graduale -- Universalis celebratio aeternae feminae = Universal celebration of the eternal feminine -- Credo -- Liturgia eucharistica -- Orate fratres -- Super oblata -- Praefatio -- Agios = Sanctus -- Prex eucharistica : canon romanus -- Ritus communionis -- Agnus Dei -- Communio -- Meditatio Conceptione Immaculatae (Communio).
Spiral bound.
Schuon, Frithjof, 1907-1998
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Masses
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra