Magnificat - Giles Swayne, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers

'Magnificat'
From the album ‘Hail! Queen of Heaven’
Composer Giles Swayne
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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LYRICS:
Magnificat anima mea Dominum, et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo. Quia respexit
humilitatem ancillae suae. Ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. Quia fecit
mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum nomen eius. Et misericordia eius a progenie in progenies
timentibus eum. Fecit potentiam in brachio suo: dispersit superbos mente cordis sui. Deposuit
potentes de sede, et exaltavit humiles. Esurientes implevit bonis, et divites dimisit inanes. Suscepit
Israel puerum suum, recordatus misericordiae suae. Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros, Abraham
et semini eius in saecula. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et
semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
(Luke 1, vv.46-55)
(My soul doth magnify the Lord: and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath
regarded the lowliness of his hand-maiden. For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call
me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me: and holy is his Name. And his mercy is on
them that fear him throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arm: he hath
scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their
seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the
rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel: as he
promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the
Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without
end. Amen.)
(Translation from the Book of Common Prayer, 1662)
Magnificat
Among Swayne's choral pieces, the Magnificat (1982) is one of the earliest to be influenced by his time spent in Africa, studying its tradition in music: the rumbustious melody heard at the opening is based on a Jola ploughing-song from Senegal. The music then quickly develops into a kaleidoscope mosaic of sound, built up very effectively for double choir from simple, detached fragments of melody, eventually coming to rest on a single high A for solo soprano.
Hail! Queen of Heaven
This recording, made in the architecturally and acoustically glorious setting of the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral by the 28 mixed voices of the Cambridge Singers, gathers together 21 examples of the extraordinary wealth of choral music inspired by the Virgin Mary, from Gregorian chant to the 20th-century sounds of Gustav Holst, Herbert Howells, Pierre Villette, Igor Stravinsky and Giles Swayne.
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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