Utwory na płycie:

• Wintertide Listen to the storm!
• Who can that be?
• Forth they went We’ll take a blanket soft and warm
• Interlude – Winter Dark
• Sleeping in winter’s arms As I lay me down
• Thank you Never thought I’d make it this far
• Fanfare - Winter Bright
• On Saint Stephen’s Night A log on the fire was a tree in the forest
• Jesus, springing I am the heart that houses the cone
• Prologue This is what happens. This is how it begins
• My perfect stranger Quick and slow. Tight as a drum
• Epilogue We aim and stray, we want, we dream
• The Nine Gifts I bring you my body, darling dear
• Gloria in excelsis Deo
• Domine Deus, rex caelestis
• Qui tollis peccata mundi
• Quoniam tu solus sanctus

Wenceslas
Jesus, Springing
My Perfect Stranger
The Nine Gifts
Gloria

Bob Chilcott’s compositions are beloved with choral societies around the world, and this album represents the fruits of his recent collaborations with the US choir Choralis and their conductor Gretchen Kuhrmann.

Featuring festive works for solo choir as well as choir and brass ensemble, at the centre of the programme is Wenceslas, inspired by the legend of the Bohemian King who braved the winter weather with his Page to save the life of a poor peasant, and incorporating the melody of the famous carol into each of its 8 movements.

The disc includes the premiere recordings of Chilcott’s Gloria, which was premiered by the choir to great critical acclaim in 2015.

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Recorded at The Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G Street NW, Washington DC, USA from 19th–21st April 2017