Catalogue

Summary:

Canadian composer Christopher Tyler Nickel’s latest collection of vocal and choral works convey peace, grief, hope and transcendence through Nickel’s personal and spiritual musical language.

Expressing what cannot be expressed, what is sometimes beyond understanding, is a task that has challenged composers of sacred music for centuries. In his latest collection of vocal and choral works, award-winning Canadian composer Christopher Tyler Nickel aims to articulate these complex emotional states.

The works range from Stabat Mater, an intimate portrayal of a mother’s grief poignantly sung by soprano Catherine Redding; a collection of motets, both a cappella and accompanied, including the wonders expressed in a new setting of the O Magnum Mysterium; a meditative setting of the De Profundis; and an uplifting Magnificat. Chorus master Kari Turunen and the Vancouver Chamber Choir join forces with Clyde Mitchell and the Vancouver Contemporary Orchestra in performances that capture by turns the works’ peace, grief, hope and transcendence through Nickel’s very personal and spiritual musical language.

Tracklist:

CHRISTOPHER TYLER NICKEL

Stabat Mater** (2021)
1. I. Stabat Mater dolorosa 3:00
2. II. Cujus animam gementem 3:19
3. III. Quis est homo, qui non fleret 5:24
4. IV. Sancta Mater, istud agas 2:18
5. V. Fac me tecum pie flere 2:52
6. VI. Fac ut portem Christi mortem 1:32
7. VII. Flammis ne urar succensus 3:22
8. VIII. Quando corpus morietur 2:43

A cappella Motets* (2024)
9. I. O Magnum Mysterium 4:52
10. II. Kyrie 4:25

Accompanied Motets* (2024)
11. I. Virga Jesse Floruit 3:11
12. II. Ave Verum Corpus 3:32
13. III. Pater Noster 4:16
14. IV. Tenebrae Factae Sunt 4:00

De Profundis** (2021)
15. I. De profundis clamavi ad te 4:01
16. II. Sustinuit anima mea in verbo ejus 5:01

Magnificat* (2024)
17. I. Magnificat anima mea Dominum 4:23
18. II. Fecit potentiam 4:14
19. III. Gloria Patri 2:50
20. IV. Amen 2:00

**Catherine Redding: soprano
*Vancouver Chamber Choir
Kari Turunen: chorus master & conductor
Vancouver Contemporary Orchestra
Clyde Mitchell: conductor

Produced by Christopher Tyler Nickel