Choir of King's College London Presents Edward Nesbit's "Nativity" on Delphian

 



Choir of King's College London Presents Edward Nesbit's "Nativity" on Delphian

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The Choir of King’s College London follow up on their first recording of Edward Nesbit’s sacred choral music, named a Gramophone Editor’s Choice in 2022, with Nativity, a programme of Christmas music written by the composer over the last ten years: a joyful celebration that places Nesbit at the heart of a thriving British choral scene.


At the heart – but slightly to one side too. In a crowded field, Nesbit’s voice is distinctive. Expect much more fast-paced music than is the norm, an abundance of musical references to the classical canon, and frequent touches of humour. With their young, zestful performances, Nesbit’s music benefits from his close collaboration with the choir and its director Joseph Fort.

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GLOBAL RELEASE DATE: 29 NOVEMBER 2024

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Gabriel Jackson and Merton College Tell "The Christmas Story" on New Album off Delphian

 

Gabriel Jackson and Merton College Tell "The Christmas Story" on New Album off Delphian

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Long associated with the music of Gabriel Jackson, in 2020 the Choir of Merton College, Oxford and their director Benjamin Nicholas won a BBC Music Magazine Award for their recording of The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, a work which grounded its narrative of Christ’s suffering and humanity’s redemption in texts associated with the history of the College.

The Christmas Story, again with a libretto assembled by the College’s chaplain the Revd Dr Simon Jones, takes the same approach to tell the story of Christ’s birth. Spanning the period from Advent to Candlemas, it mixes biblical narrative with liturgical texts and four specially commissioned poems by members of the College.

The new poems are given to the College’s girl choristers (an independent part of its choral foundation since 2016), while the main body of the work is carried by the full choir and by an ensemble of flute, percussion, strings, saxophone and three trombones – the latter recalling the hieratic sonorities of the seventeenth-century works by Schütz and others which Jackson had in mind while composing The Christmas Story.

GLOBAL RELEASE DATE:
8 NOVEMBER 2024

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Christmas in Puebla, Mexico

 

Review of "Christmas in Puebla" 

Make sure to check out Classical Music Daily's online review of Christmas in Puebla by Siglo de Oro on the Delphian label. CLICK HERE.

 

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