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Henry Purcell & James MacMillan

Bright Orb of Harmony

To celebrate their thirtieth anniversary, the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Henry Purcell’s birth (1659) and James MacMillan’s fiftieth birthday (16 July 2009), The Sixteen recorded live at the first concert on the 2009 Choral Pilgrimage a brand new disc of music dedicated to these most innovative of British composers. Purcell’s extraordinary use of harmony sounds as modern today as it must have sounded in the seventeenth century. Putting his heartfelt Funeral Sentences alongside James MacMillan’s powerfully emotive A Child’s Prayer, written in memory of the Dunblane Tragedy, and his hauntingly beautiful O bone Jesu (a piece originally commissioned by The Sixteen) will give the listener the chance to experience the true power of this music.

The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Henry Purcell & James MacMillan
Bright Orb of Harmony
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Track Listing

PURCELL Jehova quam multi sunt hostes mei
PURCELL Miserere mei
PURCELL Remember not, Lord, our offences
PURCELL Beati omnes qui timent Dominum
MACMILLAN O bone Jesu
PURCELL Let mine eyes run down with tears
MACMILLAN Mitte manum tuam (from The Strathclyde Motets)
MACMILLAN A Child's Prayer
MACMILLAN Sedebit Dominus Rex (from The Strathclyde Motets)
PURCELL O dive custos (soprano duet)
PURCELL Funeral Sentences (first set)
Man that is born of a woman
In the midst of life
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (first setting)
Bonus track:
PURCELL Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts (1695)