“Tenebrae, a crack choir, sings it all immaculately”
BBC Music Magazine
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Will Todd: The Call of Wisdom
Will Todd is one of the UK’s most popular and performed modern choral composers. His output includes works for choir, stage works, and orchestral works, and his music has been featured on BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 and Classic FM, and performed all over the UK, Europe and the USA. On this disc, Nigel Short conducts superlative performances of his works by his BBC Music Magazine Award-winning choir Tenebrae and the English Chamber Orchestra.
This compilation of his works includes the premiere recording of a new comission The Call of Wisdom, which on June 5th 2012 will be presented on the occasion of a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral for the Diamond Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
- Release Date: 01 June 2012
- Record Label: Signum Classics
- Catalogue Number: SIGCD298
- Location of Recording: St Augustine’s Church, Kilburn, London
- Total Running Time: 01:06:46
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| Buy | # | Title | Composer | Duration | Price | Listen |
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| 1 | The Lord is My Shepherd | Will Todd | 04:48 | £ | Listen | |
| 2 | Stay With Me, Lord | Will Todd | 07:44 | £ | Listen | |
| 3 | The Call of Wisdom | Will Todd | 05:12 | £ | Listen | |
| 4 | Man Unkind | Will Todd | 05:09 | £ | Listen | |
| 5 | My Lord Has Come | Will Todd | 03:25 | £ | Listen | |
| 6 | That We May Love Again | Will Todd | 06:21 | £ | Listen | |
| 7 | Vidi Speciosam | Will Todd | 07:03 | £ | Listen | |
| 8 | Among Angels: Part 1: Fear Not | Will Todd | 05:35 | £ | Listen | |
| 9 | Among Angels: Part 2: Find only Joy | Will Todd | 03:08 | £ | Listen | |
| 10 | Among Angels: Part 3: Seek out Light | Will Todd | 05:54 | £ | Listen | |
| 11 | You Have Seen the House Built | Will Todd | 05:42 | £ | Listen | |
| 12 | I Sing Because… | Will Todd | 06:39 | £ | Listen |
“Tenebrae, a crack choir, sings it all immaculately”
BBC Music Magazine
“…under the graceful direction of Nigel Short, the 22 mixed voices of Tenebrae imbue [‘The Call of Wisdom’] with a warm, comfortable glow”
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