Alastair Stout - Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis,
Second Service (2007)
Alastair Stout - Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis,
Second Service (2007)








Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
Second Service for SATB
5 1/2 minutes
First performed by the St Andrew’s Episcopal Church choir, Highland Park,
Pittsburgh, directed by Peter Luley, March 6th 2008.
The Nunc Dimittis is performed on the CD ‘Blessed, Heavenly Light’
“His Second Service evening canticles are tenderly conceived short settings,
shot through with an almost nostalgic air. They are characteristically concise
and whilst there is nothing too difficult here and no divisi, only a confident choir
will deliver an effective performance”
Organists’ Review, October 2008
Sound sample - the complete work - performed by
colleagues of the composer at an AGO program in
Pittsburgh, PA, January 2010.
Video sample of the Nunc Dimittis (1’55’’) performed by
the Pittsburgh Compline Choir, directed by Andrew Scanlon.