Canticles of light
Canticles of Light is the ninth album of compositions by Bob Chilcott released by Signum Records. In addition to works written by this artist, the CD includes works by other composers such as Cecilia McDowall, Francis Pott, and James MacMillan. The entire programme was carefully selected by Chilcott and Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny, with the last piece on the album written specially for the NFM Choir.
Canticles of light
Canticles of Light is the ninth album of compositions by Bob Chilcott released by Signum Records. In addition to works written by this artist, the CD includes works by other composers such as Cecilia McDowall, Francis Pott, and James MacMillan. The entire programme was carefully selected by Chilcott and Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny, with the last piece on the album written specially for the NFM Choir.
Album release: January 6, 2023
Publishers: Signum Classics, Singum Records
Performers:
Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny – conductor
NFM Choir
Instrumentalists of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
Hailed by The Observer as ‘a contemporary hero of British choral music’, composer and conductor Bob Chilcott has enjoyed a lifelong connection with singing and choirs. He sang in the choir of King’s College, Cambridge as a chorister and choral scholar, and in the vocal group The King’s Singers. He is Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Singers and is conductor of the Birmingham University Singers. He has guest-conducted choirs in more than thirty countries.
Darkness to light is a theme which continues to engage artists, musicians, philosophers and thinkers through time, and this theme, coupled with thoughts of remembrance, hope, redemption and acceptance is the thread that ties together all the music performed on this recording.
Bob Chilcott
