O Rex Gentium

Rex Gentium 收錄了 12 月 22 日的 "聖母頌"--傳統上在耶誕節前一周的晚禱中吟唱的偉大 "O "頌歌之一。這些經文都是對基督降臨的呼喚，每個經文都用先知以賽亞書中的標題來讚美基督

作曲家: Martin, Matthew
樂器: Mixed Voices
出版社: Faber Music
原文簡介:
O Rex Gentium sets the Magnificat antiphon for December 22 - one of the great 'O' antiphons traditionally sung at Vespers in the week before Christmas. These texts are all invocations of the coming of Christ, each one offering praise to him using titles taken from the prophet Isaiah. This piece was commissioned in 2011to form part of a complete set of the seven O Antiphons for the Merton College Choirbook. It is conceived in grand and declamatory style, owing a respectful debt to the great motets of Bruckner. Formed in A-B-A structure, it uses block harmony in the outer sections for impact, whilst the central part employs some more reflective and linear writing. A brief coda suggests an atmosphere of wonder and mystery at the prospect of Christ's birth.