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Mother of God here I stand - John Tavener

#vivalamusicachamberchoir #simonlumby #choralmusic #classicalmusic #choirsongs #choral #choralsinging Mother of God here I stand – John Tavener Sung by ‘Viva la Musica’, East Midlands Chamber Choir Recorded live in concert (entitled 'Full of Grace' - Choral Music devoted to the honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary) – January 2023 in Holy Trinity Methodist Church, Loughborough. Conducted by Simon Lumby ******************************************************** In 2000, Robin Griffith-Jones, Master of the Temple Church, and Stephen Layton, its then Director of Music and Organist, first met Tavener to discuss the possibility of a work which would place the Temple Church more firmly on the musical map. "I had this feeling", says Layton, "that we needed to commission something absolutely extraordinary from Tavener, something that would be our calling card for the future - the thing, musically speaking, that people would remember as happening at the Temple Church." The idea for the piece sprang from a remark that Tavener made to the Rev Robin Griffith-Jones and Stephen Layton: “I pointed out that at the time of the first millennium, AD1000, churches were full of all-night chanting, and said what a pity it was that modern Western music is so bereft of this,” Tavener recalled. “They took me seriously!” Text: Mother of God, here I stand now praying. Before this ikon of your radiant brightness, Not praying to be saved from a battlefield; Not giving thanks, nor seeking forgiveness for the sins of my soul, nor for all the souls Numb, joyless and desolate on earth; but for her alone, whom I wholly give you...