Factum est silentium - Richard Dering, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers

'Factum est silentium'
From the album ‘Treasures of English Church Music’

Composer Richard Dering
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers

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Factum est silentium
This piece comes from the composer's second collection of Cantiones Sacrae, published in 1618. Its declamatory, dramatic style shows clearly the influence of the new Italian Baroque style.

LYRICS:
Factum est silentium in coelo. Dum committeret bellum draco cum Michaele
Archangelo. Audita est vox milia milium, dicentium: salus, honor et virtus, omnipotenti
Deo. Alleluia.
(Antiphon at Lauds on Michaelmas Day)

(There was silence in heaven. Then the dragon fought with the Archangel Michael. A voice was
heard of thousands upon thousands, saying: salvation, honour and strength to the omnipotent God.
Alleluia.)

Treasures of English Church Music
46 tracks of English a cappella church music, featuring John Rutter conducting the Cambridge Singers, and recorded in the inspiring setting of the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral.

“A marvellous collection taken from all ages of Church Music – a mix of the popular and the slightly rarer. This is recorded in Ely Cathedral and it seems to have projected itself into some wonderfully lyric pieces – the opening track of Parsons Ave Maria sets the scene for the rest of the music. This is the Cambridge Singers at their best…” Cathedral Music

John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.

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