| SKU | CD102 |
|---|---|
| Composer/Arranger | Ferko, Frank |
| Voicing & Instruments | CD Recording |
| Reviews | Some very classy writing from Chicago-based Frank Ferko... ...Ferko can kick up quite a ruckus when he wants to, as in the joyful 'Nunc gaudeant' or the syncopated underpinnings of the 'Hodie aperuit.' There's a gorgeous flowering of tonal warmth at "flos de virnine Maria" in that same 'Hodie,' by the way, that is the stuff serious goosebumps are made of. -Greenfield, American Record Guide, Nov/Dec 1996 |
| Publisher | Arsis Audio |
Leo Nestor, director
Frank Ferko inhabits a unique and unusual musical world. In the background is his love of the music of Olivier Messiaen. In the foreground appears mystery, and thus his intense interest and love of the visions of Hildegard as in her poetry and music, and world of medieval chant.
The Hildegard Motets - nine motets for a capella chorus based on poetry by Hildegard of Bingen
Six Marian Motets - six motets celebrating the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Hildegard Motets
1. O Verbum Patris
2. O splendidissima gemma
3. Hodie aperuit
4. O factura Dei
5. O ignis Spiritus Paracliti
6. Laus Trinitati
7. O vos angeli
8. O speculum columbe
9. Nunc gaudeant
Six Marian Motets
10. Motet for the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
11. Motet for the Nativity of the Mother of God
12. Motet for the Annunciation
13. Motet for Mary, Mother of God
14. Motet for the Falling Asleep of the Mother of God
15. O frondens virga