Album Description
Once again The Sixteen and the Genesis Foundation have teamed up to bring premiere recordings of a fascinating selection of new choral commissions to audiences worldwide.
The five new choral works on this album – by James MacMillan, Will Todd, Anna Semple, Eoghan Desmond and Lisa Robertson – all grew from a meditation by St John Henry Newman. Canonised in October 2019, Newman's writings represent a rich and thought-provoking legacy and, alongside the new works presented, are immortalized in three well-known hymns and Sir Edward Elgar’s exquisite elegy They are at rest. Also included are two of Elgar’s psalm settings – Great is the Lord and Give unto the Lord. These are monumental works for choir and organ, full of grandeur and drama, but also inherently simple. The album ends with a Bonus track by Bob Chilcott - also a Genesis Foundation commission - based on Psalm 139.
Artists
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Track Listing
Will Todd
1. I shall be an angel of peace *
Sir William Henry Harris
2. Lead, kindly light (hymn)
Anna Semple
3. A Meditation *
Richard Runciman Terry
4. Praise to the Holiest in the height (hymn)
Sir Edward Elgar
5. Great is the Lord, Op.67
Lisa Robertson
6. ...a link in a chain... *
Sir Edward Elgar
7. They are at rest (Elegy)
William Boyce
8. Firmly I believe and truly (hymn)
Sir Edward Elgar
9. Give unto the Lord, Op.74
Eoghan Desmond
10. Nothing in vain *
Sir James MacMillan
11. Nothing in vain *
Bonus Track:
Bob Chilcott
12. O Lord, Thou hast searched me, and known me **
Total Run Time: 78.30
* Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation for Harry Christophers and The Sixteen
** Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation for Mons Vladimir Felzmann on his 80th birthday
