As It Began to Dawn...
“As it began to dawn...” (CD, 79 minutes)
Bowdoin Chorus and Mozart Mentors Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Antolini ‘63, perform the world premiere performance of Delmar Dustin Small's As It Began to Dawn... – an oratorio about the awe and mystery of the morning of the Resurrection and Jesus's subsequent appearances to his disciples.
An Oratorio for Holy Saturday or Eastertide by Delmar Dustin Small
Part One
1 Prelude
2 Convocation: Come Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain
3 He Who Gave For Us His Life
4 Dignus es
5 Agnus dei
6Strange and Dreadful Strife
7 O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
8 Royal Feast
9 Who Shall Roll Away the Stone?
10 Behold, There Was a Great Earthquake
11 Missive
12 Christ My Hope Is Arisen
13 The Beaman Fugue: ‘Tis the Spring of Souls Today
Part Two
14 Come, See the Place
15 Recitative: Go Quickly and Tell His Disciples
16 Abide With Us
17 This Do in Remembrance of Me
18 Love One Another
19Let Us Feast This Holy Day
20 We Are the Lord’s
21 Lo, I Am With You Alway
22 Neither Might the Gates of Death
23 Benediction
24 Alleluia. Amen.
