St. John Henry Newman: A Meditation

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Label
Coro
Release Date
June 3, 2022
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • PERFORMER
      The Sixteen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 03, 2022
    • UPC
      828021619120
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COR16191
    • LABEL
      Coro
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I shall be an angel of peace

      Composer: Will Todd

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    2. Lead, Kindly Light (Tune: Alberta)

      Composer: William Henry Harris

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    3. A Meditation

      Composer: Anna Semple

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    4. Praise to the Holiest in the Height (Tune: Billing)

      Composer: Richard Runciman Terry

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    5. Psalm 48, Op. 67, "Great Is the Lord"

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Performer: Eamonn Dougan

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    6. …a link in a chain…

      Composer: Lisa Robertson

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Performer: Julie Cooper, Alexandra Kidgell, Daniel Collins, Mark Dobell, Ben Davies

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    7. They Are at Rest

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    8. Firmly I Believe and Truly (Tune: Halton Holgate)

      Composer: William Boyce

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    9. Give unto the Lord, Op. 74, "Psalm 29" (version for choir and organ)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Performer: Simon Johnson

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    10. Nothing in Vain

      Composer: Eoghan Desmond

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Performer: Julie Cooper, Elisabeth Paul, Jeremy Budd, Ben Davies

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    11. Nothing in Vain

      Composer: James MacMillan

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Performer: Katy Hill, Jeremy Budd, Ben Davies

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    12. O Lord, Thou hast searched me, and known me

      Composer: Bob Chilcott

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers


The five new choral works on this album – by James MacMillan, Will Todd, Anna Semple, Eoghan Desmond and Lisa Robertson – all grew from a meditation by St John Henry Newman. Newman was a theologian of towering stature and broad influence and his meditation resonates with great clarity in our present age of the re-evaluation of what we can and cannot do without, and of the profound human need for a sense of meaning and purpose. Canonized in October 2019, Newman's writings represent a rich and thought-provoking legacy and, alongside the new works presented, are immortalized in three well-known hymns and Sir Edward Elgar’s exquisite elegy 'They are at rest'. Also included are two of Elgar’s psalm settings – Great is the Lord and Give unto the Lord. These are monumental works for choir and organ, full of grandeur and drama, but also inherently simple. The album ends with a ’Bonus’ track by Bob Chilcott - also a Genesis Foundation commission - based on Psalm 139.