| 1 CD |
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| Label Signum Classics |
UPC 0635212008324 |
Catalogue number SIGCD 083 |
Release date 01 August 2006 |
Mass in Blue, performed by ‘one of the most accomplished small choral groups of our time’ (Gramophone), is a brilliant blend of driving jazz grooves and clear, strong, choral writing against which the solo piano and solo soprano voice weave and blend in a delightful aural tapestry.
Leading young composer Will Todd performs a unique fusion of sacred choral music and jazz in his Mass in Blue. This central work is complemented by beautiful musical settings of religious texts, infused with a highly individual and melodic style, bringing the composer’s lifelong love of traditional choral music into the 21st century with spiritual sensitivity and a contemporary edge.
Spirituele gevoeligheid en een hedendaags randje
Mass in Blue, uitgevoerd door een van de meest talentvolle kleine koorensembles van onze tijd is een briljante vermenging van krachtige jazz grooves met een heldere, sterke koorstijl waar tegenover de piano en sopraanstem prachtig samenklinken.
De vooraanstaande jonge componist Will Todd voert een unieke samenstelling uit van religieuze koormuziek en jazz in zijn Mass in Blue. Dit centrale werk wordt aangevuld door prachtige muzikale omlijstingen van religieuze teksten in een zeer individuele en melodieuze stijl. Daarbij wordt de grote liefde voor traditionele koormuziek van de componist naar de 21e eeuw gebracht met spirituele gevoeligheid en een hedendaags randje.
English composer and performer Will Todd is well known for his beautiful and exciting music, encompassing choral works large and small, opera, musical theatre and orchestral pieces, as well as jazz compositions and chamber works. He has written music for many of the UK’s leading ensembles including The BBC Singers, The BBC Concert Orchestra, The Hallé Choir and Orchestra, The Sixteen, Tenebrae, Welsh National Opera, Opera North, The Royal Ballet and Opera and Opera Holland Park. His impressive output includes the operas Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Migrations, Angels On The Underground and Christmas Carol, and major choral works include Mass in Blue, Passion Music, Jazz Missa Brevis, The Promise and his 2009 Requiem for Voices and Electric Guitar. He has travelled extensively performing his music and has an extensive list of recordings and collaborations with artists throughout the world.
Will Todd is president and patron of a number of UK choirs. He strongly believes in music making for all, and his personal motto when directing musicians is ‘find the passion’, regardless of experience or ability. He has worked regularly throughout his career on community projects both large and small. His music is published by Oxford University Press, Boosey and Hawkes and Tyalgum Press and released on Signum Records.
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