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Track(s) taken from SIGCD311

Jesus, springing

First line:
I am the heart that houses the cone
composer
Bob Chilcott (b1955)
2011; commissioned by the Friends of Harrow School
author of text
Kevin Crossley-Holland (b1941)

NFM Wrocław Philharmonic Choir, Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Recording details: January 2012
Jan Kaczmarek Concert Hall of Radio Wrocław, Poland
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by Andrzej Sasin & Aleksandra Nagórko
Release date: November 2012
Total duration: 4 minutes 33 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens (conductor), Jonathan Vaughn (organ)
Choralis, Gretchen Kuhrmann (conductor), Todd Fickley (organ)

Reviews

'Freshness of timbre, individuality in the four voice-sections and genuine versatility of interpretive approach are major characteristics. It clearly helps to have the composer, formerly a chorister of distinction, at the tiller: the performances sound absolutely secure in intent and unfussily authoritative' (BBC Music Magazine)» More
RECORDING

'Britain's Bob Chilcott has become a truly international figure in choral music in recent years, as this disc richly testifies, with 18 typically graceful and arresting pieces written for choirs in the Czech Republic, the US, Japan, Newfoundland and Germany, sung with warmth and commitment by the Wrocław Philharmonic. The album takes its title from a beautiful work originally written for 800 singers and players, with words celebrating nature's renewal by the poet Charles Bennett, who collaborated so successfully with Chilcott in his environmental epic The Angry Planet at this year's Proms' (The Guardian)
In 2008 the conductor Philip Brunelle asked me to write a piece for his church choir in Minneapolis, MN and sent me a book of poems by Kevin Crossley-Holland which included four beautiful Christmas texts. Over the following three years I set all of them for different choirs and we have recorded two of them for this disc. The first, Jesus, Springing, was written in 2010 for the choir of Harrow School. The second, The Nine Gifts, was written for J Reilly Lewis and the Cathedral Choral Society of Washington, DC in the same year. J Reilly Lewis, a deeply respected conductor in Washington and also a great supporter of Gretchen Kuhrmann and Choralis died suddenly in 2016, and the recording of this piece is dedicated to his memory.

from notes by Bob Chilcott © 2017

Other albums featuring this work

Chilcott: In winter's arms
Choralis, Gretchen Kuhrmann (conductor)
Studio Master: SIGCD512Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
Chilcott: Requiem & other choral works
Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens (conductor)
Studio Master: CDA67650Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

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