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Make we Merry: Christmas Music for Upper Voices | Regent Records REGCD547

Make we Merry: Christmas Music for Upper Voices

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Label: Regent Records

Cat No: REGCD547

Barcode: 0802561054726

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Christmas

Release Date: 29th November 2019

Contents

Artists

Benenden Chapel Choir
London Metropolitan Brass
David Bednall (organ, piano)
Kizzy Brooks (percussion)
Rebecca McNaught (cello)
Adam Harrod (djembed)

Conductor

Edward Whiting

Works

Bednall, David

Make we Merry

Chilcott, Bob

The Midnight of Your Birth

Quartel, Sarah

Snow Angel

Artists

Benenden Chapel Choir
London Metropolitan Brass
David Bednall (organ, piano)
Kizzy Brooks (percussion)
Rebecca McNaught (cello)
Adam Harrod (djembed)

Conductor

Edward Whiting

About

This release is an eclectic mix of exciting and distinctive new Christmas music for upper voices by three prominent and admired composers of choral music.

The largest work is the first recording of David Bednall’s major cycle of eight carols: Make we Merry for upper voices, brass, percussion, and organ, which was commissioned for Benenden Chapel Choir, and first performed by them in 2018. Also featured is the first recording of Bob Chilcott’s cycle The Midnight of your birth, and the first commercial recording of the complete upper-voice version of Snow Angel by Canadian composer, Sarah Quartel.

The highly polished performances of Benenden Chapel Choir will both entertain and inspire upper voice ensembles to perform these works for years to come.

Benenden Chapel Choir under the direction of Edward Whiting have built an enviable reputation as one of the UK’s finest upper-voice choirs through the critical recognition of their previous recording on Regent of David Bednall’s Stabat Mater (REGCD481), with Jennifer Pike (violin), which was a Gramophone Editor’s Choice.

‘...a decisive milestone’ - Gramophone Editor’s Choice, Awards issue, 2016

‘Its impact is profound enough to leave scars and haunt your soul.’ - Classical Music Sentinel August 2016

‘I haven’t been this affected by a new composition in a long while...The Benenden Chapel Choir is perfect, their pitch and blending first-rate.’ - American Record Guide

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