United Kingdom
UCJ: 1795732
The Sixteen: A New Heaven
Our Price: £11.95
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Artist(s): The Sixteen
Conductor(s): Harry Christophers
Release Date: 17th May 2009
More Details on The Sixteen: A New Heaven
After thirty years of world-wide performance and recording, The Sixteen, "The Voices of Classic FM", are recognised as one of the world’s greatest ensembles. Comprising both choir and period instrument orchestra, The Sixteen's total commitment to the music it performs is its greatest distinction. Its special reputation for performing early English polyphony, masterpieces of the Renaissance, bringing fresh insights into Baroque and early Classical music and a diversity of twentieth century music, is drawn from the passions of conductor and founder, Harry Christophers.
'A New Heaven' narrows the gap between our secular age and a time when the Anglican Church was among the most important patrons and consumers of British music. It also offers listeners the chance to reconnect with spiritual matters richly expressed by composers with the flair and imagination required to distil big issues of life and death into miniature forms.
Contents:
1. I Was Glad (Parry)
2. Oh Thou The Central Orb (Wood)
3. Faire is the Heaven (Harris)
4. Beati Quorum Via (Stanford)
5. Blessed City (Bairstow)
6. Jerusalem (Parry)
7. Evening Hymn (Balfour Gardiner)
8. The Lord is my Shepherd (Goodall)
9. And I saw a new Heaven (Bainton)
10. My Soul there is a Country (Parry)
11. I Saw the Lord (Stainer)
12. Like as the Hart (Howells)
13. Hail Gladdening Light (Wood)
14. The Lord is my Shepherd (Rutter)
'A New Heaven' narrows the gap between our secular age and a time when the Anglican Church was among the most important patrons and consumers of British music. It also offers listeners the chance to reconnect with spiritual matters richly expressed by composers with the flair and imagination required to distil big issues of life and death into miniature forms.
Contents:
1. I Was Glad (Parry)
2. Oh Thou The Central Orb (Wood)
3. Faire is the Heaven (Harris)
4. Beati Quorum Via (Stanford)
5. Blessed City (Bairstow)
6. Jerusalem (Parry)
7. Evening Hymn (Balfour Gardiner)
8. The Lord is my Shepherd (Goodall)
9. And I saw a new Heaven (Bainton)
10. My Soul there is a Country (Parry)
11. I Saw the Lord (Stainer)
12. Like as the Hart (Howells)
13. Hail Gladdening Light (Wood)
14. The Lord is my Shepherd (Rutter)
