Divine Light - The Living Indian Choral Tradition

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Label
Resonus Classics
Release Date
November 14, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Elizabeth Alexander, Vanraj Bhatia, Christopher Churcher, Reena Esmail, Gabriel Jackson, Craig Hella
    • PERFORMER
      Somerville College Choir, Oxford
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 14, 2025
    • UPC
      5060262794067
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RES10365
    • LABEL
      Resonus Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral
    Works ⌄

    1. Tuttarana

      Composer: Reena Esmail

      Ensemble: Oxford Somerville College Choir

      Conductor: Will Dawes

    2. Kyrie eleison (arr. C. Wadia)

      Composer: Victor Paranjoti

      Ensemble: Oxford Somerville College Choir

      Conductor: Will Dawes

    3. The Same Stream of Life

      Composer: Vytautas Miškinis

      Ensemble: Oxford Somerville College Choir

      Conductor: Will Dawes

    4. Requiem: Peace, My Heart

      Composer: Gabriel Jackson

      Ensemble: Oxford Somerville College Choir

      Conductor: Will Dawes

    5. Gitanjali Chants

      Composer: Craig Hella Johnson

      Ensemble: Oxford Somerville College Choir

      Conductor: Will Dawes

    6. Light

      Composer: Christopher Churcher

      Ensemble: Oxford Somerville College Choir

      Conductor: Will Dawes

    7. Faith Is the Bird that Feels the Light

      Composer: Elizabeth Alexander

      Ensemble: Oxford Somerville College Choir

      Conductor: Will Dawes

    8. Poili santa (arr. V. Paranjoti for choir)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Oxford Somerville College Choir

      Conductor: Will Dawes

    9. Light Eternal

      Composer: Shruthi Rajasekar, Nirmala Rajasekar, V. Srinivasan

      Ensemble: Oxford Somerville College Choir

      Conductor: Will Dawes

    10. Coffee Kapi

      Composer: Nirmala Rajasekar, V. Srinivasan

      Performer: Anonymous

    11. No. 1. Basant (Spring)

      Composer: Vanraj A. Bhatia

      Ensemble: Oxford Somerville College Choir

      Conductor: Will Dawes

    12. No. 2. Grīshma (Summer)

      Composer: Vanraj A. Bhatia

      Ensemble: Oxford Somerville College Choir

      Conductor: Will Dawes

    13. No. 3. Varsha (Monsoon)

      Composer: Vanraj A. Bhatia

      Ensemble: Oxford Somerville College Choir

      Conductor: Will Dawes

    14. No. 4. Sharad (Autumn)

      Composer: Vanraj A. Bhatia

      Ensemble: Oxford Somerville College Choir

      Conductor: Will Dawes

    15. No. 5. Shishir (Harvest)

      Composer: Vanraj A. Bhatia

      Ensemble: Oxford Somerville College Choir

      Conductor: Will Dawes

    16. No. 6. Hēmant (Winter)

      Composer: Vanraj A. Bhatia

      Ensemble: Oxford Somerville College Choir

      Conductor: Will Dawes


Luminous, sublime, joyful. The soundscapes and emotions captured in the latest disc from Somerville College Choir abound with light. In this curated selection of music from the Indian subcontinent, you will find a vibrant expression of what might be called the living Indian Choral tradition. As plural and changing as light within a prism, the album moves from the fluid harmonies of a Konkani wedding song to deep somatic meditations inspired by the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore, from Hindi secular poetry associated with the changing seasons to a whole-choir explosion of joyful rhythmic syllables in Reena Esmail's virtuosic raga exposition. In this humble tribute to the monumental tapestry of Indian classical music, the Somerville College Choir gives the oldest expression yet of it's aspiration to embrace musical styles far beyond the liturgical canon.