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Duration: 3'45" Ensemble: Divided SATB unaccompanied Grading: Medium |
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O nata lux is available on O My People (Antiphon, Matthew Cann), which can be ordered from here.
This setting of O nata lux (O Light born of Light) was first sung by Antiphon in Exeter Cathedral, January 2016 and
subsequently in concert at Buckfast Abbey. It is also recorded on their O my people CD (Willowhayne Records Ltd, WHR038CDFP) from
which these notes by David Davies are taken.
'O nata lux celebrates an ecstatic text for the Feast of the Transfiguration. Keitch's expansive musical language unfolds with effective
dialogue between choral textures of varying sizes, and while one senses the world of medieval monophony is never far away, the piece is
shot through with richness of sound and a keen ear to the text.'
The motet is suitable for liturgical or concert use most times of the year.