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Mass in Blue
Will Todd

Vasari Singers

Mass in Blue

Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212008324
Catnr: SIGCD 083
Release date: 01 August 2006
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212008324
Catalogue number
SIGCD 083
Release date
01 August 2006
Album
Artist(s)
Composer(s)
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NL

About the album

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.

Artist(s)

Jeremy Backhouse (conductor)

Composer(s)

Will Todd

English composer Will Todd is well known for his beautiful and exciting music. His work encompasses choral works large and small, opera, musical theatre and orchestral pieces, as well as jazz compositions and chamber works. His anthem, The Call of Wisdom, was performed at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations with a TV audience of 45 million people. His breakthrough work, Mass in Blue (originally titled Jazz Mass), has been performed hundreds of times all over the world. His arrangement of Amazing Grace was performed at President Obama’s Inauguration Day prayer service in 2013 and as part of the BBC’s Nelson Mandela Thanksgiving Service.
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English composer Will Todd is well known for his beautiful and exciting music. His work encompasses choral works large and small, opera, musical theatre and orchestral pieces, as well as jazz compositions and chamber works. His anthem, The Call of Wisdom, was performed at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations with a TV audience of 45 million people. His breakthrough work, Mass in Blue (originally titled Jazz Mass), has been performed hundreds of times all over the world. His arrangement of Amazing Grace was performed at President Obama’s Inauguration Day prayer service in 2013 and as part of the BBC’s Nelson Mandela Thanksgiving Service.

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