Carmina Celtica

1. Salve splendor Inchcolm Antiphoner

2. James MacMillan: Os mutorum

3. Confessor Dei Inchcolm Antiphoner

4. Ivan Moody: O quam mirabilis

5. Green grow the rushes harp

6. Michael McGlynn: Lorica

7.Peter McGarr: Flower Garland

8. Brigit antiphons

9. Inviolata, integra et casta es, Maria W1

10. Through the wood laddie harp

11. Joanne Metcalf: O Shining Light

12. Beatus Gallus chant

13. Rebecca Rowe: There is nothing brighter than the sun

14. A solis occasu chant

15. Gabriel Jackson: Ubi flumen praesulis

16. Sacrosanctam Kentegernus Sprouston Breviary

17. James McCarthy: The Stars in their Courses

18. John Tavener: Two Hadiths

Canty - director Rebecca Tavener

William Taylor – harp

Celtica’ features the world premiere of nine contemporary works commissioned over a decade by Canty, Scotland’s own Anonymous 4. The Ensemble blend contemporary works by Sir John Tavener and James MacMillan alongside haunting Medieval chant to create the unique and beautiful soundworld for which it is renowned.

Described by The Times as "among the very best creative talents of his generation", Sir John Tavener wrote Two Hadiths specially for Canty in 2007. Two Hadiths explores the sitar-like sonorities of the bray harp in meditative settings of the poetic sayings of the Prophet Mohammed.

James MacMillan is the pre-eminent Scottish composer of his generation. Commissioned for Canty in 2008, Os mutorum is both moving and expressive.

Ivan Moody has set the words of Hildegard of Bingen in his contribution O quam mirabilis. The Telegraph calls his music “powerfully expressive” and this 2006 work showcases the emotive power of female choral singing.

Michael McGlynn, in addition to directing successful Irish choir Anúna, is a "most accomplished contemporary choral composer” (All Music Guide). He describes Lorica as accentuating “the sonic purity of Canty and harkens back to an age of delicate vocal timbre and set, but fluid musical constraints".

Canty, Scotland’s only professional Medieval music group, was formed by Rebecca Tavener in 1998, the 900th anniversary of the birth of Hildegard of Binge. It comprises the regular female singers with Cappella Nova, Scotland’s leading early music vocal ensemble.

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