O Oriens - Melissa Dunphy - The Pembroke College Chapel Choir/Anna Lapwood

A score video for Melissa Dunphy's 'O Oriens', one of the great Advent antiphons used at vespers in the last seven days of Advent. ‘O Oriens’ is the antiphon for the 21st December, focusing on themes of light and enlightenment. Dunphy’s setting of this piece was commissioned by the Choral Society of Philadelphia and is infused with plainsong influences that lend the piece an irresistible timelessness, organically linking old and new. Dunphy says of the piece: 'When I was asked to set one of the O Antiphons, I knew the one I wanted to choose was ‘O Oriens’ because of its universality. While my setting uses the traditional plainsong setting as its backbone, I hear the text as relevant far beyond its liturgical purpose; it becomes a plaintive call for light in the form of love, knowledge, and peace both in the world and within each of us personally, particularly for those of us who have suffered from depression or grief.' Buy/Stream A Pembroke Christmas here: https://lnk.to/APembrokeChristmas You can read more about Melissa and download the score here: https://melissadunphy.com/composition...