Clifton College, Bristol
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The new album will feature the first ever recording of works by three female composers, Judith Weir: Praise Him with Trumpets, Elizabeth Poston : Festal Te Deum and Grace-Evangeline Mason: A Memory of the Ocean. The choir gave the world premiere of the piece in June 2023, co-commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society, with support from the Vaughan Williams Foundation to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams, and by the Netherlands Broadcasting Organization AVROTROS. For choir, piano and cello, BCS is joined by pianist Steven Kings, soprano Charlotte Mobbs, and cellist Evva Mizerska for performance of this piece on the disk.
The recording will also feature a work by Vaughan Williams: O Taste and See, plus Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb and Holst's Psalm 148, as well as some beautiful solo pieces sung by Soprano Charlotte Mobbs accompanied on piano by Steven Kings: Cecilia McDowall: Four Shakespeare Songs, Elizabeth Machonchy: Ophelia's Song and Vaughan Williams: Orpheus with his Flute.
To support the choir on their new recording project, you can read more information here.
After giving the world premiere of ‘A Memory of the Ocean’ in June 2023, Bristol Choral Society under Hilary Campbell recorded the piece back in October for inclusion on their new disk with Delphian Records.
Hilary Campbell and Bristol Choral society
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Recording Session with Grace-Evangeline Mason
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