Lux Aeterna is an album by Dave Fitzgerald

Dave Fitzgerald

Dave Fitzgerald is a woodwind player who plays saxophones , flutes, whistles and clarinet. With Dave Bainbridge he co-founded the influential Christian progressive and Celtic folk themed band Iona...

. Released in 1997.

This is the second solo album from flute and saxophone player Dave Fitzgerald

Dave Fitzgerald

Dave Fitzgerald is a woodwind player who plays saxophones , flutes, whistles and clarinet. With Dave Bainbridge he co-founded the influential Christian progressive and Celtic folk themed band Iona...

 who was a founding member of Iona

Iona (band)

Iona is the name of a progressive Celtic rock band from the United Kingdom, which was formed in the late 1980s by lead vocalist Joanne Hogg and multi-instrumentalists David Fitzgerald and Dave Bainbridge....

. Recorded partly in the studio, and partly in the St. Edmundsbury Cathedral, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, Lux Aeterna covers a number of themes, including the Crucifixion

Death and Resurrection of Jesus

The Christian belief in the resurrection of Jesus states that Jesus returned to bodily life on the third day following his death by crucifixion. It is a key element of Christian faith and theology and part of the Nicene Creed: "On the third day he rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures"...

 in the chilling "Golgotha"; the Resurrection, and of course, the meaning of 'Light'. The album contains numerous instrumentals, but several tracks include vocals. Guest appearances include Adrian Snell

Adrian Snell

Adrian Snell is an English pianist, keyboard player, singer and composer.-Biography:Classically trained at the Leeds College of Music and with a music diploma to his name , Adrian's musical career spans twenty-five years. During this time he has produced six major concept works and thirteen solo...

, Claire Tomlin (Monteverdi Choir

Monteverdi Choir

The Monteverdi Choir was founded in 1964 by Sir John Eliot Gardiner for a performance of the Monteverdi Vespers in King's College Chapel, Cambridge. A specialist Baroque ensemble, the Choir has become famous for its stylistic conviction and extensive repertoire, encompassing music from the early...

, Ex Cathedra choir), Joanne Hogg

Joanne Hogg

Joanne Hogg is an Irish singer and songwriter for the band Iona.-Biography:Hogg was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland and is best known as the lead singer and songwriter with the Christian progressive Celtic/pop/rock band Iona . Her father is a Presbyterian minister, her mother a nurse; her...

 (lead singer of Iona), Nick Beggs

Nick Beggs

Nick Beggs is a British musician, noted for playing the bass guitar and the Chapman Stick; he is a member of Kajagoogoo and formerly Iona and Ellis, Beggs, & Howard.-Personal life:...

 (ex Iona and Kajagoogoo

Kajagoogoo

Kajagoogoo are a British pop band, best known for their hit single, "Too Shy", which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 5 on the U.S...

) and the St. Edmundsbury Cathedral Choir.

Track listing

1. "Ave Verum Corpus"
2. "Light"
3. "Christchild"
4. "Transfiguration"
5. "Sanctus"
6. "Golgotha"
7. "Steal Away"
8. "Resurrection"
9. "Peace Be With You"
10. "Light - Vocal Reprise"
11. "Agnus Dei"
12. "Only Jesus"

Personnel

• Dave Fitzgerald
  Dave Fitzgerald
  Dave Fitzgerald is a woodwind player who plays saxophones , flutes, whistles and clarinet. With Dave Bainbridge he co-founded the influential Christian progressive and Celtic folk themed band Iona...
  
   - Soprano & Tenor Saxophones, Flutes, Assorted Woodwind
• Adrian Snell
  Adrian Snell
  Adrian Snell is an English pianist, keyboard player, singer and composer.-Biography:Classically trained at the Leeds College of Music and with a music diploma to his name , Adrian's musical career spans twenty-five years. During this time he has produced six major concept works and thirteen solo...
  
   - Vocals
• Claire Tomlin - Soprano on Steal Away and Agnus Dei; and voice on Peace Be With You.
• Joanne Hogg
  Joanne Hogg
  Joanne Hogg is an Irish singer and songwriter for the band Iona.-Biography:Hogg was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland and is best known as the lead singer and songwriter with the Christian progressive Celtic/pop/rock band Iona . Her father is a Presbyterian minister, her mother a nurse; her...
  
   - Soprano 2 on Agnus Dei
• Tim Oliver - Keyboards
• Nick Beggs
  Nick Beggs
  Nick Beggs is a British musician, noted for playing the bass guitar and the Chapman Stick; he is a member of Kajagoogoo and formerly Iona and Ellis, Beggs, & Howard.-Personal life:...
  
   - Chapman Stick
• Neil Costello - Guitars
• Martin Neil - Percussion
• Vanessa Freeman - Voice
• Sarah Fitzgerald - Child's voice
• St. Edmundsbury Cathedral
  Bury St Edmunds Cathedral
  St Edmundsbury Cathedral is the cathedral for the Church of England's Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is the seat of the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is in Bury St Edmunds.-History:...
  
  Choir - Choir
• Mervyn Cousins - Choir director
• Scott Farrell - Cathedral organ

Release Details

• 1997, UK, ICC Records ICCD20330, Release Date ? ? 1997, CD
• 1997, UK, ICC Records ICC20320, Release Date ? ? 1997, Cassette