O Rex Gentium

Rex Gentium 收录了 12 月 22 日的 "圣母颂"--传统上在圣诞节前一周的晚祷中吟唱的伟大 "O "颂歌之一。这些经文都是对基督降临的呼唤，每个经文都用先知以赛亚书中的标题来赞美基督

作曲家: Martin, Matthew
乐器: Mixed Voices
出版社: Faber Music
原文简介:
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.