Divine Light - The Living Indian Choral Tradition

Regular price $16.99
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

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.