by Christopher Fulkerson
This CD was released 12/16/2001 by
CF and the Choir of St. Gregory's Church in San Mateo, California. It comes
with a 24-page program guide by CF, and complete texts in the original languages
and translation. The cover is an artwork by singing artist Theresa Curotto,
with participation of the choir. Michael Halloran was the recording engineer.
Supply is very limited
The program consists of:
--Suscepimus, Deus, by Janacek
--Ave Maria, by Stravinsky
--O Sacrum convivium!, by Messiaen
--Locus iste, by Bruckner
--Ave Verum Corpus, by Mozart
--Ut Queant Laxis, by Paul the Deacon
--Pange, Lingua, by Fortunatus
--Now Let Us All; Ave Maria; and Kind Maker, by Pope St. Gregory the Great
--I Heard the Voice of Jesus, by Thomas Tallis
--Non Nobis, Domine; and Ave Verum Corpus, by William Byrd
--Adoramus te, by Palestrina
--Kyrie, by di Lasso
--O Vos omnes, by Victoria
--Polish Lullaby, Arranged by Grundah
--The Snow Lay On the Ground, by Sowerby
--Carol from An Irish Cabin, by Wood
--Jesus the Light of the World, Arranged by Elderkin
--Just As I Am, by Bradbury
--Give Me Jesus, Arranged by Hairston
--Amazing Grace, by Newton
--Mass of the Resurrection, by CF, consisting of
----Lord, Have Mercy (Kyrie)
----Holy and Mighty (Trisagion)
----Gloria
----I Believe (Credo)
----Holy and Blessed (Sanctus)
----Memorial Acclamation
----Amen
----Lamb of God(Agnus Dei)
The MASS OF THE RESURRECTION is written in a frankly accessible style. Some
of the St. Gregory's choristers said they wanted a work from me but I felt sure
they didn't know what they were asking for or what they would be getting into
if I wrote something in my preferred idiom. I feared that were I to decline
the commission the choristers might misunderstand my decision as being purely
negative and uncooperative, and further they might never have the chance to
work with a living composer on a new composition. Therefore the piece became
part of a cultural history for St. Gregory's in which the music program under
my tenure has a commissioning component, establishing a precedent, however conservative,
for a better future. I hope my modernist colleagues will not fault me for attempting
to turn workplace harassment into a nascent commissioning program.