New Album Releases: BENEDICT SHEEHAN - VESPERS (The Saint Tikhon Choir)

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Artist:
The Saint Tikhon Choir
Benedict Sheehan

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
59:20

Record Label:
Cappella Romana

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music

Release Date
November 19, 2021



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Product Description: GRAMMY®-nominated conductor and composer Benedict Sheehan leads The Saint Tikhon Choir in his new setting of Eastern Orthodox Vespers in English. Inspired by the great All-Night Vigil setting by Rachmaninoff, Sheehan’s composition expands the genre with full settings of Psalms. Each verse is treated with deep musical pathos to express a full range of human emotion. Vespers also features virtuosic vocal concertos, including the first for basso profundo in English. Encounter this music that projects a vision of hope and light for all. The Saint Tikhon Choir was founded in 2015 by Benedict Sheehan, the group’s artistic director, and Abbot Sergius of St. Tikhon’s Monastery. It is the first professional vocal ensemble connected with an Orthodox monastery in America, founded with a mission to foster and build up the American Orthodox choral tradition at the highest artistic level.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Vespers: No. 1, The Opening Psalm by Michael Hawes & Timothy Parsons & The Saint Tikhon Choir & Benedict Sheehan (9:08)

2 . Vespers: No. 2, Great Litany by Michael Hawes & The Saint Tikhon Choir & Benedict Sheehan (5:10)

3 . Vespers: No. 3, Blessed Is the Man by Eric S. Brenner & Paul D'Arcy & Michael Hawes & The Saint Tikhon Choir & David Hendrix & Benedict Sheehan (3:00)

4 . Vespers: No. 4, Small Litany by Michael Hawes & The Saint Tikhon Choir & Benedict Sheehan (1:36)

5 . Vespers: No. 5, The Lamp-Lighting Psalms by Helen Karloski & Nathan Hodgson & Christopher Jackson & David Morrison & The Saint Tikhon Choir & Benedict Sheehan & Mark Powell & Sarah Tannehill Anderson & Eric S. Brenner & Tynan Davis & Photini Downie Robinson & Talia Sheehan & Sam Anderson & Daniel Burnett (3:25)

6 . Vespers: No. 6, Stikhira of the Resurrection by Sarah Tannehill Anderson & Fiona Gillespie & Catherine Hedberg & Tabitha Lewis & Kit Emory & Amanda Jacobs & David Hendrix & Mikel Hill & Anthony Maglione & Richard Barrett & Michael Hawes & Emily Yocum Black & Christopher Jackson & David Morrison & Jason Thoms & Thou Yang & The Saint Tikhon Choir & Benedict Sheehan & Daniel Burnett & Paul D'Arcy & Tynan Davis & Helen Karloski & Mark Powell & Jamal Sarikoki & Elizabeth Frase 1(0:00)

7 . Vespers: No. 7, O Gladsome Light by Fotina Naumenko & The Saint Tikhon Choir & Benedict Sheehan (4:04)

8 . Vespers: No. 8, The Lord Is King by Timothy Parsons & The Saint Tikhon Choir & Benedict Sheehan (2:42)

9 . Vespers: No. 9, Evening Prayer by The Saint Tikhon Choir & Benedict Sheehan (3:30)

10 . Vespers: No. 10, The Song of Simeon by Glenn Miller & The Saint Tikhon Choir & Benedict Sheehan (5:00)

11 . Vespers: No. 11, Interlude. The Trisagion Prayers by Michael Hawes & Jason Thoms & The Saint Tikhon Choir & Benedict Sheehan (1:54)

12 . Vespers: No. 12, Rejoice, O Virgin by Jamal Sarikoki & The Saint Tikhon Choir & Benedict Sheehan (3:34)

13 . Vespers: No. 13, The Closing Psalm by Paul D'Arcy & Helen Karloski & The Saint Tikhon Choir & Benedict Sheehan (6:17)

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