Hymns to Saint Cecilia
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BENNETT / BLISS / BRITTEN / DYSON / ELGAR / MacMILLAN / etc
Hymns to Saint Cecilia
Royal Holloway Choir, Rupert Gough
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 25 March 2017
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A new choral compendium from the highly regarded Choir of Royal Holloway, comprising twentieth- and twenty-first century works inspired by the adulation of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
In many ways it was Britten's Hymn to Saint Cecilia-first performed on the radio in 1942-that rekindled musicians' interest in celebrating their patron saint. The Musicians Benevolent Fund revived the tradition of an annual service of celebration for St Cecilia in 1947, and has marked the occasion with a new commission almost every year. Many of the pieces on this recording are the result of those commissions. Also included is a new work by Gabriel Jackson, one of the most popular choral composers of today, featuring Dame Felicity Lott.
"If the handful of soprano solos spread across the disc are anything to go by, Gough has an exceptional group of singers here. They are impressively responsive" Gramophone
"Warm, confident interpretations from the Royal Holloway singers." BBC Music
Tracks:
Bennett, R R:
Verses on Saint Cecilia's Day
Bliss:
Sing, mortals!
Britten:
Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27
Dyson:
Live For Ever, Glorious Lord
Elgar:
There is sweet music, Op. 53 No. 1
Gardner, John:
A Song for St Cecilia's Day, Op. 119
Howells:
A Hymn for St Cecilia
Jackson, Gabriel:
La musique
with Dame Felicity Lott (soprano)
MacMillan:
Cecilia Virgo
Rose, B:
Feast Song for St Cecilia
Vaughan Williams:
Silence and Music
