Descendit Lux for Brass Band

Descendit Lux (Howard J Evans). The work was composed in 2018 after hearing a Radio 4 Sunday Service about the York mystery plays. The song ‘Let all mortal flesh keep silence’ which uses the tune ‘Picardy’ was featured. The Advent significance of the song and its modal qualities are brought together in this composition. The significant lines from the song say: ‘Christ our God to Earth descendeth’, and ‘Light of Light descendeth’. This comes together in the title Descendit Lux and the programmatic element of the light cutting through the darkness. It was first performed by the Boscombe Salvation Army Band at Christchurch Priory, and also features on their recording ‘An Advent Journey’.

Click here for the live recording from Boscombe Band in 2021, and you can also listen here for the studio recording from An Advent Journey.