Veni Redemptor Gentium Concordian Dawn

• David Yardley (b. 1978): This Holy Tym Oure Lord Was Born:
• 1 Yardley: This Holy Tym Oure Lord Was Born 03:01
• Traditional: Isaiah and Sybil’s Prophecies:
• 2 Traditional: Isaiah and Sybil’s Prophecies 03:09
• Anonymous: Gabriel fram Heven King:
• 3 Anonymous: Gabriel fram Heven King 04:06
• Veni, redemptor gentium:
• 4 Anonymous: Veni, redemptor gentium 01:57
• Traditional: Kuando el rey Nimrod:
• 5 Traditional: Kuando el rey Nimrod 03:29
• Anonymous: Alma redemptoris mater:
• 6 Anonymous: Alma redemptoris mater 02:00
• Ave, regina caelorum/Alma redemptoris mater:
• 7 Anonymous: Ave, regina caelorum/Alma redemptoris mater 01:41
• Orientis partibus:
• 8 Anonymous: Orientis partibus 01:14
• Alle psallite cum luya:
• 9 Anonymous: Alle psallite cum luya 01:41
• Psallite regi glorie:
• 10 Anonymous: Psallite regi glorie 02:54
• Hail Mary, full of grace:
• 11 Anonymous: Hail Mary, full of grace 02:24
• Personent Hodie:
• 12 Anonymous: Personent Hodie 01:30
• Pérotin (1160 - 1230): Beata viscera:
• 13 Pérotin: Beata viscera 04:21
• David Yardley: Vox Clamantis in Deserto:
• 14 Yardley: Vox Clamantis in Deserto 04:17
• Anonymous: Dum medium silentium:
• 15 Anonymous: Dum medium silentium 01:02
• Mikołaj Radomski: Magnificat:
• 16 Radomski: Magnificat 07:41
• Anonymous: Now make we mirthe all and sum:
• 17 Anonymous: Now make we mirthe all and sum 03:12
• Quem pastores laudavere:
• 18 Anonymous: Quem pastores laudavere 01:48
• Verbum caro factum est:
• 19 Anonymous: Verbum caro factum est 03:56
• Ther is no rose of swych vertu:
• 20 Anonymous: Ther is no rose of swych vertu 03:00
• Guillaume DuFay (1397 - 1474): In Adventu Domini:
• 21 DuFay: In Adventu Domini 03:13
• Anonymous: Be mery, be mery:
• 22 Anonymous: Be mery, be mery 03:07
• Total Runtime 01:04:43

Info for Veni Redemptor Gentium

New York-based early music ensemble Concordian Dawn presents Veni Redemptor Gentium, a joyful and introspective musical celebration of the Christmas season centred around songs spanning the thirteenth through the fifteenth centuries. The album includes beautiful and rarely heard repertoire from the medieval holidays alongside seasonal and traditional jewels, plus two world-premiere recordings of works by Australian-born composer David Yardley, whose music has been described as “transcendent medieval-inspired music for modern times.” The resplendent sound world of Veni Redemptor Gentium offers moments of peace, reflection, and enjoyment throughout the holiday season and beyond.

Concordian Dawn:
Amber Evans, soprano
Michele Kennedy, soprano
Catherine Hedberg, mezzo-soprano, percussion
Nickolas Karageorgiou, haute-contre, tenor
Thomas McCargar, baritone, percussion
Daphna Mor, recorder, ney, voice, percussion
Niccolo Seligmann, vielle, percussion
Christopher Preston Thompson, director, tenor, medieval harp, percussion

Concordian Dawn
ensemble for medieval music, specializes in 12th- through 14th-century vocal repertoire, drawing on primary source material and focusing on socio-philosophical similarities between texts from centuries ago and the mindset of modern society. In doing so, the ensemble produces a musical experience accessible to contemporary audiences, relating the human condition of the past to the familiar experiences of the present. Concordian Dawn was founded in 2012 and performs regularly on the east coast, annually with Gotham Early Music Scene in NYC, and at venues across the country. Highlights of 2024-25 include a performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Fall Festival in association with the museum’s exhibit Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-50; an Artist-in-Residence performance of Le Roman de Fauvel at UC-Davis; the debut of their program Vox Femina at the Grenta Music Festival; and performances for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library’s Seven Floors Up Concert Series and the GEMS Midtown Concert Series. The ensemble’s “mesmerizing” (Early Music America) debut album, Fortuna Antiqua et Ultra (MSR Classics), was released in December of 2021 to critical acclaim. In July of 2022, Cornell University Press published a collaborative book-recording project between the ensemble and medieval studies scholar, Sarah Kay, entitled Medieval Song from Aristotle to Opera, and the ensemble’s “palpably enchanting” and “unforgettable” (Fanfare) second album based on this collaboration was released by MSR Classics in October of 2023. Concordian Dawn made its west coast debut in 2022 with the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival and at UC-Berkeley and UC-Davis, and the ensemble received a 2020 Ensemble Forward Award from Chamber Music America. Concordian Dawn and its director, Christopher Preston Thompson, have performed and led workshops and lectures for Princeton University, Stanford University, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, New York University, the University of Pennsylvania, the Modern Language Association, the CUNY Graduate Center and the Medieval Academy of America, among others. Concordian Dawn is a fiscal project of Gotham Early Music Scene, Inc.

Booklet for Veni Redemptor Gentium