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Rubbra: Symphony No. 9, 'Sinfonia Sacra'; The Morning Watch [CD]

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  • Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Conductor: Richard Hickox
  • Composer: Edmund Rubbra
  • Audio CD (18 Sep 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Chandos
  • ASIN: B000000AYR
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 190,882 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. The Morning Watch, Op. 5512:56Album Only
Listen  2. Symphony No. 9, Op. 140, "Sinfonia Sacra": I. Prelude 3:18£0.59
Listen  3. Symphony No. 9, Op. 140, "Sinfonia Sacra": II. Crux fidelis (Chorus) 3:53£0.59
Listen  4. Symphony No. 9, Op. 140, "Sinfonia Sacra": III. Chorale: Almighty Lord we pray thee (Chorus) 2:24£0.59
Listen  5. Symphony No. 9, Op. 140, "Sinfonia Sacra": IV. Now in the place were he was crucified (Narrator) 8:25Album Only
Listen  6. Symphony No. 9, Op. 140, "Sinfonia Sacra": V. Peter went forth (Narrator) 8:59Album Only
Listen  7. Symphony No. 9, Op. 140, "Sinfonia Sacra": VI. Regina coeli (Chorus) 3:12£0.59
Listen  8. Symphony No. 9, Op. 140, "Sinfonia Sacra": VII. And behold, two of them went (Narrator)0:25£0.59
Listen  9. Symphony No. 9, Op. 140, "Sinfonia Sacra": VIII. Conversation Piece 3:50£0.59
Listen10. Symphony No. 9, Op. 140, "Sinfonia Sacra": IX. And Jesus led them (Narrator) 4:42£0.59
Listen11. Symphony No. 9, Op. 140, "Sinfonia Sacra": X. Viri Galilaei (Narrator) 4:50£0.59

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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There has been a resurgence in interest in Edmund Rubbra's music over the last few years, and not before time. We have his symphonies, a lot of chamber music and now record companies are recording his marvellous choral music.

This is a fine performance - Lynne Dawson, Della Jones, Stephen Roberts, The BBC National Chorus of Wales and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Richard Hickox. The recording is excellent. There is a lovely photo of the composer, smiling mightily, with his hair all askew, blown by the wind.

This CD starts with 'The Morning Watch' which is a setting of a poem by Henry Vaughan. This begins with an orchestral prelude. This is music of considerable beauty and power, building in intensity, with the drum like a heart beat. After the climax, the choir comes in. Unusually for Rubbra, the choral aspect takes second place in a way but it is a fine work.

The symphony no.9 'Sinfonia Sacra' was first performed in 1973. It was a work that meant more to the composer than any other. It is based on Christ's Passion. Rubbra was a devout Roman Catholic. There was a strong mystical side to his character, as can be heard in much of his music, particularly his church music. This symphony is the culmination of his religious aspect. I still have a recording of its first broadcast performance. Critical reaction was not all that favourable, but at the time there was a sort of artistic Stalinism abroad in Britain, with any tonal work being condemned as old hat. Thirty years on, the pendulum has swung back and we can see the beauty of this wonderful choral work. It is divided into ten parts. It is often intensely beautiful and moving though a narrator speaks her words on two occasions and some my find this awkward. Rubbra was bitterly disappointed by the reaction to this symphony because it meant so much to him. Perhaps today we can reaffirm our faith in composers like him. It is too late for him but not for his music.

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Reverent Rubbra 12 Dec 2000
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A student of Cyril Scott (1879-1970), who qualified both as a composer of concert-music and an adept of Prisca Theologia (or "the New Age"), symphonist Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986) appears to have inherited a mystical, even a slightly cranky, bent from his teacher. Rubbra found his way back to the semblance of orthodoxy by becoming a Catholic just after World War II. Yet his Catholicism boasted a noticeably offbeat flavor through assimilating not only the teleo-biologism of Teilhard de Chardin but the rather pagan-tinged transcendentalism of the seventeenth century "Cambridge Platonists." When Rubbra decided to cast his Ninth Symphony (1972) in the form of a choral-orchestral Passion, his intellectual penchants all but guaranteed that the result would elude custom in one manner or another. And it did. The full title of the work is Symphony No. 9, "Sinfonia Sacra," Opus 140 ("The Resurrection"). It calls for soprano, contralto, and baritone as well as chorus and orchestra, and it plays for three-quarters of an hour. After a brief orchestral prelude, the baritone sings "Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?" ("My God, hast thou forsaken me?"), followed by Christ's commendation of his own spirit to the Father. The orchestra then develops the melodic material by itself, leading into Rubbra's settings of the Latin hymn "Crux Fidelis" and the Lutheran chorale "Almighty Lord we pray thee" for full forces. These episodes constitute the "First Movement" of this symphony which, however, plays continuously with one exception. The "Second Movement" commences with Gospel narration by the contralto, who sings of the discovery of the empty tomb in recitative, with elaborate orchestral commentary. Rubbra fashions the conclusion of this part of the Ninth on the Latin hymn "Resurrexi," sung as a vigorous fugato with trumpet fanfares to underscore the "Alleluias" and pointilliste contributions from celesta and glockenspiel. The "Third Movement" ends with the "Regina Caeli" and "Abide with Us." At this point, a brief spoken passage presages the "Fourth Movement." A substantial episode for orchestra alone is followed by the appearance of Jesus and his final anastasis. The "Sinfonia Sacra" concludes on "Viri Galilei" and "They Blessing Upon Us." The music remains for the most part in slow tempi - lento seems to have been Rubbra's favorite designation - but this is appropriate to the topic. The Ninth certainly stands apart from Rubbra's eight other purely instrumental symphonies, being perhaps less symphonic than those and more like an oratorio. As a composer for choral voices, Rubbra creates music reminiscent of that of Vaughan Williams or Finzi or Howells. The latter's "Hymnus Paradisi" and "Missa Sabrinesis" often come to mind. The music contains many beauties, but they require time and patience to reveal themselves. Although there's no competition either for the "Sinfonia" or for the accompanying "Morning Watch," the performances under Hickox and his Welsh musicians seem first rate.
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