African Sanctus CD (with Dona Nobis Pacem)
DEFINITIVE TO THE SCORE this recording was made in 1994 with David’s choice performers. There is also a matching BBC film.
David Fanshawe's best known work, African Sanctus, is an unorthodox setting of the Latin Mass harmonised with traditional African music recorded by the composer on his now legendary journeys up the River Nile (1969-73). The taped music from Egypt, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya is heard in counterpoint with the live chorus, soprano soloist and instrumental ensemble.
The work is composed in 13 movements and reflects geographically the composer's cross-shaped pilgrimage, down from the Cairo to Lake Victoria, and across from the mountains in western Sudan to the Red Sea. African Sanctus is a universal work whose impact is immediate and whose message is simple; the driving force is one of praise and a firm belief in One Music - One God. It informs both listener and performer about African music and its relationship to Western polyphony and captures the eternal and spiritual soul of music. It is an event, a celebration of power and energy both visual, aural and is performed live all over the world.
A full cast of international artists & selected percussionists, Europe, Africa & America unite on the concert platform with soprano Wilhelmenia Fernandez, the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Choristers of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Conducted by Neville Creed. Recorded 1994. This definitive recording of African Sanctus concludes with Fanshawe's composition Dona Nobis Pacem - a Hymn for world peace.
Sir David Willcocks writes "Very different cultures have been imaginatively and ingeniously fused. The music is as fresh today as it was when first heard in 1972 and its message of peace, goodwill and understanding between nations just as relevant."
Supplied with a full colour information booklet with photos. (Silva Classics - SILKD 6003)
DEFINITIVE TO THE SCORE this recording was made in 1994 with David’s choice performers. There is also a matching BBC film.
David Fanshawe's best known work, African Sanctus, is an unorthodox setting of the Latin Mass harmonised with traditional African music recorded by the composer on his now legendary journeys up the River Nile (1969-73). The taped music from Egypt, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya is heard in counterpoint with the live chorus, soprano soloist and instrumental ensemble.
The work is composed in 13 movements and reflects geographically the composer's cross-shaped pilgrimage, down from the Cairo to Lake Victoria, and across from the mountains in western Sudan to the Red Sea. African Sanctus is a universal work whose impact is immediate and whose message is simple; the driving force is one of praise and a firm belief in One Music - One God. It informs both listener and performer about African music and its relationship to Western polyphony and captures the eternal and spiritual soul of music. It is an event, a celebration of power and energy both visual, aural and is performed live all over the world.
A full cast of international artists & selected percussionists, Europe, Africa & America unite on the concert platform with soprano Wilhelmenia Fernandez, the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Choristers of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Conducted by Neville Creed. Recorded 1994. This definitive recording of African Sanctus concludes with Fanshawe's composition Dona Nobis Pacem - a Hymn for world peace.
Sir David Willcocks writes "Very different cultures have been imaginatively and ingeniously fused. The music is as fresh today as it was when first heard in 1972 and its message of peace, goodwill and understanding between nations just as relevant."
Supplied with a full colour information booklet with photos. (Silva Classics - SILKD 6003)
DEFINITIVE TO THE SCORE this recording was made in 1994 with David’s choice performers. There is also a matching BBC film.
David Fanshawe's best known work, African Sanctus, is an unorthodox setting of the Latin Mass harmonised with traditional African music recorded by the composer on his now legendary journeys up the River Nile (1969-73). The taped music from Egypt, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya is heard in counterpoint with the live chorus, soprano soloist and instrumental ensemble.
The work is composed in 13 movements and reflects geographically the composer's cross-shaped pilgrimage, down from the Cairo to Lake Victoria, and across from the mountains in western Sudan to the Red Sea. African Sanctus is a universal work whose impact is immediate and whose message is simple; the driving force is one of praise and a firm belief in One Music - One God. It informs both listener and performer about African music and its relationship to Western polyphony and captures the eternal and spiritual soul of music. It is an event, a celebration of power and energy both visual, aural and is performed live all over the world.
A full cast of international artists & selected percussionists, Europe, Africa & America unite on the concert platform with soprano Wilhelmenia Fernandez, the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Choristers of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Conducted by Neville Creed. Recorded 1994. This definitive recording of African Sanctus concludes with Fanshawe's composition Dona Nobis Pacem - a Hymn for world peace.
Sir David Willcocks writes "Very different cultures have been imaginatively and ingeniously fused. The music is as fresh today as it was when first heard in 1972 and its message of peace, goodwill and understanding between nations just as relevant."
Supplied with a full colour information booklet with photos. (Silva Classics - SILKD 6003)