O'Regan Choral Works

Stockhausen, Renaissance and gamelan – all in the mix for this impressive debut

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Tarik O'Regan

Genre:

Vocal

Label: Collegium

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 66

Mastering:

Stereo
DDD

Catalogue Number: COLCD130

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
Sequence for St Wulfstan, Movement: Beatus auctor sæculi Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Clare College Choir, Cambridge
Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Timothy Brown, Conductor
Sequence for St Wulfstan, Movement: O vera digna hostia Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Clare College Choir, Cambridge
Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Timothy Brown, Conductor
Sequence for St Wulfstan, Movement: Tu claustra stirpe regia Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Clare College Choir, Cambridge
Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Timothy Brown, Conductor
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Clare College Choir, Cambridge
Rafal Jezierski, Cello
Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Timothy Brown, Conductor
Bring rest, sweet dreaming child Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Clare College Choir, Cambridge
Helen Tunstall, Harp
Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Timothy Brown, Conductor
Columbia aspexit Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Clare College Choir, Cambridge
Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Timothy Brown, Conductor
Dorchester Canticles, Movement: Cantate Domino Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Clare College Choir, Cambridge
Helen Tunstall, Harp
James McVinnie, Organ
Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Timothy Brown, Conductor
Dorchester Canticles, Movement: Deus Misereatur Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Clare College Choir, Cambridge
Helen Tunstall, Harp
James McVinnie, Organ
Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Timothy Brown, Conductor
Gratias tibi Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Clare College Choir, Cambridge
Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Timothy Brown, Conductor
Ave Maria Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Clare College Choir, Cambridge
Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Timothy Brown, Conductor
Care Charminge Sleepe Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Clare College Choir, Cambridge
Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Timothy Brown, Conductor
Locus iste Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Clare College Choir, Cambridge
James McVinnie, Organ
Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Timothy Brown, Conductor
Colimaçon Tarik O'Regan, Composer
James McVinnie, Organ
Tarik O'Regan, Composer
Tarik O’Regan was born in London in 1978 but is now based in New York, serving as visiting research affiliate at Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music. His music has been performed by the London Sinfonietta, the BBC SO and the BBC Singers among others, and this recording was produced by John Rutter, who knows a thing or two about what the religious music public likes to hear.

As seems increasingly common with religious choral composers, O’Regan imports structural elements from medieval, Renaissance and Eastern music. One of the most charming instances is the echoes of Balinese gamelan music in O vera digna hostia. There are also 20th-century references: some passages in the Magnificat recall early Kevin Volans and even Stockhausen, while the climax of Deus misereatur, which O’Regan acknowledges was influenced by his move to Manhattan, owes something to Steve Reich. Ancient or modern, these allusions are all woven in with subtlety, always well integrated into a style which is individual and fresh.

O’Regan also writes imaginatively for the organ, used effectively in the Dorchester Canticles and Care Charminge Sleepe, and the programme closes with Colimaçon for solo organ, from which Gratias tibi later evolved as a setting for four-part choir. Nice writing, too, for the cello in the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis. His use of instruments intensifies the mood of the music rather than simply decorating it. Whatever the future course of O’Regan’s career, he will be able to look back on this debut album with well merited satisfaction.

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