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JF L’Estrange - Heaven to Earth

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Label: Signum

Cat No: SIGCD790

Barcode: 0635212079027

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 12th January 2024

Works

L'Estrange, Joanna Forbes

Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
Faith, Hope and Love
For the Beauty of the Earth (with Alexander L'Estrange)
Give Us Grace
Go Forth in Peace
God the Holy Trinity
High as the Heavens
King's College Service
Let My Prayer Rise Up
Preces and Responses
Saint Richard's Prayer
The Chorister's Prayer
The Lord's Prayer
The Mountains Shall Bring Peace
The St Helen's Service
Words from the Cross

Artists

London Voices
Andreana Chan (organ)

Conductor

Ben Parry

Works

L'Estrange, Joanna Forbes

Artists

London Voices
Andreana Chan (organ)

Conductor

Ben Parry

About

‘Heaven to Earth’ is a collection of tuneful, singable, sacred choral pieces by the best-selling RSCM composer Joanna Forbes L’Estrange.

Joanna began her musical life as a chorister in her local parish church choir and, although she became a professional soprano, singing with ensembles including The Swingles, Tenebrae and London Voices, it was parish church choirs she had in mind when writing the music for this album.

The pieces sit comfortably within the vocal ranges of the singers, the organ accompaniments are designed to support the choir, there is minimal divisi, and the harmonies are attractive and approachable.

Above all, the settings are written with the intention of enhancing the meaning of the words, both for those who sing them and for those who hear them.

Joanna Forbes L’Estrange is a multifaceted musician who performs, composes, records, directs and produces music in a wide variety of genres. Her career began with seven years as soprano and Musical Director of the five-time Grammy Award-winning vocal group The Swingles, with whom she toured the world and produced six albums.

Specialising in contemporary crossover music, Joanna is a regular soloist for Mass in Blue by Will Todd (which she recorded for the Convivium label) and Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert. With the world’s leading orchestras and contemporary music ensembles she performs works by Steve Reich and Luciano Berio and has sung on over 300 film soundtracks.

London Voices has performed throughout Europe, Asia and the USA, as well as recording and broadcasting internationally and in the UK. London Voices is most well-known for singing on hundreds of movie and computer game soundtracks, including ‘Abzu’, ‘Distant Worlds (Final Fantasy)’, ‘Halo 5’, the ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Hobbit’, ‘Star Wars’, ‘Hunger Games’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ film series, ‘James Bond: Spectre’ and ‘No Time To Die’, ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ (Oscar for Best Soundtrack) and recently appearing on-screen in ‘Mission: Impossible - Fallout’.