Canticles of Light Choir Orchestral & Concertos Signum

Canticles of Light

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SIG 729

Canticles of Light

Label Catalogue Number:
SIGCD729

Release Date: January 2023
Originally recorded in March 2019

Composer
Bob Chilcott

Composer
Cecilia McDowall

Composer
Francis Pott

Composer
James MacMillan

Choral
NFM Choir

Orchestra
Instrumentalists of The NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

Conductor
Agnieszka Frankow-Zelazny

Producer
Bob Chilcott

Engineer
Agnieszka Szczepanczyk

Venue 23rd to 26th March 2019
Main Hall of the National Forum of Music

Genre:
Choir
Orchestral & Concertos

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Canticles of Light

BOB CHILCOTT

Canticles of Light

Te lucis ante terminum

4:19

Christie, qui splendor et dies

6:56

O nata lux de lumine

4:42

Move Him into the Sun

Song of Songs

4:55

Spring Offensive

4:36

Apologia pro Poemate meo

4:01

Futility

7:56

Winter Song

4:35

Soloists: Malgorzatra Ciezka-K?tnik, Bianka Maxim,

Aleksandra Turalska, Ewelina Wojewode Upper Voices

Sebastian Mach Tenor

CECILIA MCDOWALL

Standing As I Do Before God

6:08

Soloist: Dagmara Kolodziej-Gorczycznska Soprano

FRANCIS POTT

10.

Lament

4:19

JAMES MACMILLAN

11.

A Child''s Prayer

4:07

Soloists: Alekzandra Turalska Soprano

Dagmara Kolodziej- Gorczyczynska Soprano

BOB CHILCOTT

12.

Sing the Colour of Peace

3:42

Soloist: Sebastian Mach Tenor

Total time: 60:16

Choral: NFM Choir

Orchestra: Instrumentalists of The NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

Conductor: Agnieszka Frankow-Zelazny

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Reviews

International Classical Music Award 2024 Nomination in the Contemporary category

International Classical Music Awards 2024

“… The choir, soloists, and orchestra are superb and the sound is excellent… This will be one of my favorites.”

Robert Delcamp – American Record Guide – May/June 2023

“… This is a very rewarding disc on two counts. Firstly, all the music is well worth hearing. Secondly, the NFM Choir sings everything very well indeed. There are forty singers on duty (10 voices per part) and the sound they make is excellent. The blend and balance are consistently well judged and I like the clear, fresh sound the choir makes and the discipline of their singing. Clearly, they had been prepared very thoroughly indeed by Agnieszka Franków-Zelazny who conducts the performances expertly. The instrumental ensemble offers first-rate support to the singers in the two Chilcott works. Bob Chilcott himself was the producer. His extensive choral expertise and the skill of engineer Agnieszka Szczepanczyk have ensured that the performances have been recorded clearly and sympathetically.”

John Quinn – MusicWeb-International.com – 6 March 2023

“…With Chilcott himself as producer, these performances are both authoritative and exemplary…”

Malcolm Riley – Gramophone magazine – March 2023

Sound 10 Booklet 8 Repertoire 9 Interpretation 10

“…The album opens with the soaring contemplation of the Canticles of Light for choir and small ensemble from which emerge bells in tubes that punctuate the Latin text. The beauty of the textures shines here like the light that penetrates the spans of Winchester Cathedral that saw the creation of this beautiful score, superbly written. Easy to access and well written, this music flatters the mind and senses. Throughout this program, we must salute the superb performance of the Poles of the choir of the National Music Forum of Wroclaw (NFM Choir) under the inspired and musical direction of Agnieszka Franków-Zelazny. The latter also conducts according to the scores, her soloists of the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic.”

Pierre-Jean Tribot – Crescendo magazine.be – 12 January 2023

“… The engaging, equally homogeneous and differentiated choral sound perfectly reflects the content of the two cycles Canticles of Light and Move him into the Sun. It is choral singing full of light, with voices that radiate from within with touching moments of contrast such as the quiet cello lamento in Christi qui splendor et dies…” *****

Guy Engels – Pizzicato.lu – 6 January 2023

Performance **** Recording ****

“… Chilcott’s Move him into the sun dates from 2018 … Tenor Sebastian Mach’s plangent solo ‘Apologia pro Poemate meo’ is a highlight here, feelingly supported by players from the Wroclaw Philharmonic…”

Terry Blain – BBC Music magazine – February 2023

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BOB CHILCOTT

Canticles of Light

Move Him into the Sun

CECILIA MCDOWALL

Standing As I Do Before God

FRANCIS POTT

Lament

JAMES MACMILLAN

A Child''s Prayer

BOB CHILCOTT

Sing the Colour of Peace

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