ANGEL OF PEACE - The Sixteen & Harry Christophers Album

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Artist:
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
67:55

Record Label:
Coro

Stream or Buy:
CD, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify

Release Date
March 7, 2025


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Product Description: In an age of resurgent conflict and frenetic demands on our attention, Angel of Peace offers a slice of tranquillity in many forms courtesy of luminous, purifying music traversing six centuries. This album centres on the power and beauty of poetry in music, bringing together the exquisite simplicity of the songs of 12th-century Abbess Hildegard of Bingen with John Taverner's joyous large scale antiphons composed some 400 years later. Leap forward to more recent times and we hear new settings by Will Todd and Anna Clyne of words by Cardinal Newman and Rainer Maria Rilke. Commissioned for solo violin with choir, both works heighten the intensity of the poetry through the fascinating musical dialogue between strings and voice. Arvo Part, marking his 90th birthday, brings us full circle with his serene clarity. These timeless voices resonate with our deepest need for stillness and with each work we hope to share a moment of peace and connection through the timeless language of music.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Ave, generosa: Verses 1 .- 4 . The Sixteen, Sarah Sexton & Elisabeth Paul (03:19)

2 . Tribute to Caesar The Sixteen, Alexandra Kidgell & Ben Davies (07:19)

3 . I Shall be an Angel of Peace The Sixteen & Sarah Sexton (10:01)

4 . Gaude plurimum The Sixteen (13:46)

5 . Ave, generosa: Verses 5 .- 7 . The Sixteen, Sarah Sexton & Elisabeth Paul (03:14)

6 . a pacem Domine The Sixteen (04:24)

7 . Orbits The Sixteen & Sarah Sexton (09:08)

8 . Magnificat The Sixteen & Alexandra Kidgell (06:46)

9 .O splendor gloriae The Sixteen (10:06)

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