The University of Iowa

O sacrum convivium

Composer: 
Gabriel Jackson
Publisher: 
Oxford University Press (0-19-350510-X)
Year Written: 
1990
Year Published: 
1990
Commissioned/Written for
From score: "Commissioned by Andrew Millington for the 1990 Guildford and Portsmouth Cathedrals Festival with funds provided by South East Arts. Dedicated to my father on his 60th birthday"
Text: 
O sacrum convivium
Length: 
00:06:30
Scoring: Voices: 
SATB
Difficulty: 
3
Related Media: 
Recording #1 (The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London; Rupert Gough, conductor); Recording #2 (Voces Sacrae; Judy Martin, conductor); Recording #3 (The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral; David Flood, conductor); Recording #4 (Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral--Edinburgh; Mathew Owen, conductor)
Commentary

O sacrum convivium text is an antiphon at Second Vespers for the Feast of Corpus Christi. It was first performed by the combined choirs of Guildford and Portsmouth Cathedrals, directed by Andrew Millington, on 16 June, 1990.