Presented by Donald Macleod in conversation with Robert Layton. 2: Philosophy and Religion
Rubbra was a devout Christian, but the music he wrote during the twenties and thirties was strongly influenced by his interest in different Eastern religions and philosophies. He later converted to Catholicism.
DormiJesu (The Virgin's Cradle Hymn)
The Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers The Jade Mountain TraceyChadwell (soprano), Danielle Perrett (harp)
Suite: The Buddha Helen Keen (flute), Melinda Maxwell (oboe),
Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Catherine Manson (viola), Jane Salmon (cello)
Pezzo Ostinato Danielle Perrett (harp)
Missa in Honorem Sancti Dominici , Op 66; Ecce Vidimus Eum (Tenebrae Motets, Op
72;ChoirofSt John's College, Cambridge, conductor Christopher Robinson