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Release Date: 22nd Mar 2004
Catalogue No: AV0039
Label: Avie
Length: 65 minutes

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Victoria: O magnum mysterium

Work length4:10

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Handel And Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn

Thompson, R: Alleluia

Work length6:20

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Handel And Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn

Rachmaninoff: Blazen Muzh, Op. 37

Work length6:15

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Handel And Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn

Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium

Work length6:53

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Handel And Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn

Barber: Agnus Dei

Work length7:13

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Handel And Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn

Tavener: Song for Athene

Work length6:47

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Handel And Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn

Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden, Op. 13

Work length9:20

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Handel And Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn

Gorecki: Totus Tuus, Op. 60

Work length11:15

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Handel And Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn

Delius: To be sung of a summer night on the water

Work length2:41

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Handel And Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn

Elgar: Lux aeterna

Work length4:16

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Handel And Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn

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Peace is a choral album for our times, a rich collection of popular a capella works such as Barber’s Agnus Dei, John Tavener’s Song for Athene and Elgar’s Lux Aeterna (Nimrod), alongside lesser-known compositions by Rachmaninov, Schoenberg and American composers Randall Thompson and Morten Lauridsen. Quite simply, Peace is over one hour of gorgeous and inspiring music.

Grant Llewellyn, conducting the chorus of the Boston, Massachusetts-based Handel and Haydn Society, appropriately describes the spirit of Peace:

“I arrived in Boston to take up my appointment with the Handel and Haydn Society on the evening of September 10, 2001. I awoke early the following morning to witness the horror taking place in the skies over America. Growing up in Wales, I was sandwiched between the English and, just across the water, the Irish between whom the “troubles” raged throughout my childhood, and still simmer. For years, we have borne witness to tragedies in the Middle East, the Balkans, Chechnya, the Koreas, Afghanistan, and many other lands. It would seem this species of ours is hell bent on conflict. What can we as mere musicians possibly do to alleviate this situation?

“We have tried to find here music that can convey a sense of calm and tranquillity that will compel the listener to slow down, even stop and reflect on life and its beauty for a moment. We have chosen music from many lands, religions and cultures that is solemn, sometimes profound and always uplifting. We hope that in this small way we are contributing to Peace on Earth.”

Recorded Church of the Redeemer, Boston, Massachusettts, 6 – 10 July 2003

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