Name: Vespers
Duration: 8 min 26 s
Channel: Abbess
Description: Instrumental chill-out music painting the memories of a monastery on a Summer afternoon.The gurgling river, flute playing and the calling of the bells.

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Instrumental chill-out music painting the memories of a monastery on a Summer afternoon.The gurgling river, flute playing and the calling of the bells.

electronica spiritual holy chillout etherial

Abbess

Ambient electronica, chillout dance beats, ethereal vocals or occasionally harp. Feel free to livestream/record any of these in internet church services.

Abbess was the composer in residence for the Visions creative multimedia collective and church service in York from 1991-2010. She then went to work for Leeds Minster before moving South to Winchester Cathedral. Now she is working for the Transcendence Trust. A few years ago she added some free downloads of settings of ancient songs used in the mornng prayer liturgy. Abbess' music ranges from classically influenced chill-out pieces through trip hop to departures into the land of techno. Feel free to use the mixes and/or words in a non-profit church service situation, and let her know if they liked it!

Song Info

Genre

Electronic • Ambient

Charts

Peak #332

Peak in subgenre #28

Author

Abbess

Rights

Abbess

Uploaded

November 27, 2003

Track Files

MP3

MP3 7.7 MB • 128 kbps • 8:26

Story behind the song

The piece was inspired by visits to the
ruined medieval abbeys of Yorkshire and the rhythm of the monastic day with times for work and play.
I tried to give the feel of a Summer afternoon
with the sounds of the river in the
background. Steph played plainchant(a fragment of a piece by Abbess Hildegard)  on the
flute for me, and I used our voices to
sing etherial Glorias above the
ambient techno soundscape.

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