John Joubert: St. Mark Passion, Missa Wellensis & Locus Iste
Peter Auty (tenor), Benjamin Bevan (baritone), Richard May (cello), David Bednall (organ)
Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens
Exemplary singing in this disc marking John Joubert’s 90th birthday. JS Bach’s music is threaded through the St Mark Passion; the Missa Wellensis is an engaging companion.
John Joubert: St. Mark Passion, Missa Wellensis & Locus Iste
Peter Auty (tenor), Benjamin Bevan (baritone), Richard May (cello), David Bednall (organ)
Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens
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Exemplary singing in this disc marking John Joubert’s 90th birthday. JS Bach’s music is threaded through the St Mark Passion; the Missa Wellensis is an engaging companion.
About
In celebration of John Joubert’s 90th birthday, Wells Cathedral Choir, with its director Matthew Owens, present a new recording of recent choral works from this prolific veteran composer.
Featuring works commissioned for and first performed by the cathedral choir at Wells, this programme has at its heart the extended St Mark Passion, a profound and heartfelt retelling of the well-known passion story. Completing the album are the expansive Missa Wellensis and Joubert’s vivid and powerful setting of Locus iste.
Released on CD and in digital formats ranging from MP3 up to 24-bit studio quality master with a full-colour booklet as a PDF.
Contents and tracklist
- Richard May, David Bednall, Benjamin Bevan, Peter Auty
- Wells Cathedral Choir
- Matthew Owens
Awards and reviews
February 2018
Exemplary singing in this disc marking John Joubert’s 90th birthday. JS Bach’s music is threaded through the St Mark Passion; the Missa Wellensis is an engaging companion.
November/December 2017
There is not a weak link anywhere in these performances, and this release is a fitting, celebratory tribute to a creative master who is now 90 years of age.
November 2017
Joubert’s music never fails to amplify his text and if that is more apparent In the dramatic Passion setting, it is no less true in his Mass…The Passion is a highly resonant piece, which is largely down to Joubert’s simple but astute decisions concerning scoring…There is control, pace, an appropriate balance of drama with devotion and the feeling that the whole breathes.
October 2017
My impression is that the choral parts have been skilfully written so that they are challenging and interesting yet well within the compass of a good cathedral choir.
