Advena: Liturgies for a Broken World Conspirare & Craig Hella Johnson

• Mark Buller (b. 1986): Introit:
• 1 Buller: Introit: Fruit of Your Heart 03:19
• Mass in Exile:
• 2 Buller: Mass in Exile: I. For Want of Refuge. Miserere 05:20
• 3 Buller: Mass in Exile: II. Credo in Exile 09:38
• 4 Buller: Mass in Exile: III. Peaceable Kingdom. Gloria 05:58
• 5 Buller: Mass in Exile: IV. As Water Flows Away "Prayer for the Government" 02:18
• 6 Buller: Mass in Exile: V. Mercy. Kyrie 04:26
• 7 Buller: Mass in Exile: VI. Earth Sanctus "Body and Blood" 05:26
• 8 Buller: Mass in Exile: VII. When All Else Falls Away. Benedictus 04:25
• Requiem in the Light:
• 9 Buller: Requiem in the Light: I. Lacrimosa for the Murdered 08:05
• 10 Buller: Requiem in the Light: II. Confutatis "Morning Light" 04:49
• 11 Buller: Requiem in the Light: III. Prayer to the Body. Domine Jesu 03:12
• 12 Buller: Requiem in the Light: IV. No Trumpets "Prayer to the Earth". Dies Irae 04:21
• 13 Buller: Requiem in the Light: V. Requiem. Agnus Dei 01:51
• Communion:
• 14 Buller: Communion: A Questioning 02:42
• Total Runtime 01:05:50

Info for Advena: Liturgies for a Broken World

advena: liturgies for a broken world, featuring world premieres of choral music from composer Mark Buller performed by GRAMMY® Award-winning choir Conspirare and Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson.

Born of personal reckonings with inherited faith and culture, Mass in Exile and Requiem for the Light are liturgies shaped by the world of today. Composed by Mark Buller with librettist Leah Lax, these works reimagine these ancient forms with the immediacy our present moment demands. Buller’s vibrant musical language combines with mystical choral textures to create an emotional intensity that feels both intimate and urgent.

These works are presented between two companion works — Introit: Fruit of Your Heart and Communion: A Questioning — with texts by British poet and librettist Euan Tait, offering chantlike settings that extend the project’s core themes and anchoring the whole in a wider human arc.

Artistic Director and conductor Craig Hella Johnson is passionate about the power of Buller’s music in this moment, saying:

“We find ourselves in a pivotal cultural moment—one that calls for expressions of beauty and truth, offered both for inspiration but also as acts of resistance. This collaborative art—Mark Buller’s music and the words of Leah Lax and Euan Tait—creates a space of welcome where we are reminded of our shared humanity, our urgent need for bold truth-telling, and our capacity to heal and grow.”

Conspirare is at their finest in this music and singers Simon Barrad, Emily Yocum Black, and Michael Hawes can be heard in solo roles. Conspirare is joined by dynamic instrumental collaborators Patrice Calixte, Mariama Alcântara, Bruce Williams, Douglas Harvey, Jessica Valls, Marc Garvin, and Thomas Burritt.

Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, director

Craig Hella Johnson
is the Founding Artistic Director and Conductor of the Austin-based, internationally renowned, Grammy®-nominated choir Conspirare. Additionally, he serves as Music Director of Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble and Artistic Director of the Victoria Bach Festival.

In 1998, Johnson was Artistic Director of San Franciscobased Chanticleer and from 2000-2005 was Music Director of Houston Masterworks Chorus. Known for crafting thoughtprovoking musical journeys that create deep connections between performers and listeners, Johnson is in frequent demand as a guest conductor of choral and orchestral works in the USA and abroad. Johnson was named Texas State Musician for 2013, received the Louis Botto Award from Chorus America in 2009 and was inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame in 2008. Johnson served as the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Texas in Austin from 1990 to 2001 and was appointed Texas State University’s first Artist-in-Residence in Fall 2012.

Johnson’s compositions, arrangements, and edited scores are published by Alliance Music and as part of the Craig Hella Johnson Choral Series with G. Schirmer and Hal Leonard. He also performs as a pianist and singer in a variety of styles. Johnson studied at St. Olaf College, the Juilliard School, the University of Illinois, Yale University, and at the International Bach Academy with Helmuth Rilling as a National Arts Fellowship recipient.

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