STORM y III. Magic [2.37] JUDITH WEIR u IV. Spirit [4.17] i V. Mercy [1.59]

Total timings: [67.04] 1 All the Ends of the Earth (1999) † [8.56] Micaela Haslam, Elizabeth Poole, Margaret Feaviour, Olivia Robinson sopranos Margaret Cameron, Rebecca Lodge altos

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (2011) BBC SINGERS 2 Magnificat [3.53] CHORISTERS OF TEMPLE CHURCH * † 3 Nunc Dimittis [2.52] DAVID HILL CONDUCTOR Missa del Cid (1988) 4 I. Kyrie [3.31] www.signumrecords.com 5 II. Gloria [2.45] 6 III. Credo [5.02] 7 IV. Sanctus [2.11] ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH (1999) become continuous. I retained these syllables 8 V. Benedictus [3.37] (sung by tenors and basses, reinforced by tuned 9 VI. Agnus Dei [2.10] All the Ends of the Earth, for chorus, percussion percussion and harp) placed in exactly the Charles Gibbs narrator and harp, was written for the BBC Singers as same bars as they appear in the Perotin. But I The Song Sung True (2013) part of a Europe-wide radio broadcast on replaced Perotin’s upper voices with completely 0 I. Sing [1.52] Millennium Day, 1 January 2000 celebrating new, free-flowing music for sopranos and q II. Song [2.34] the 1000-year old music of Perotin, on whose altos, who sing (in various solo and chorus w III. Orpheus [2.43] motet Viderent Omnes this composition is based. combinations) a text known as the Alleluyatic e IV. Folk Song [1.26] Sequence, based on Psalm 148 (whose words Perotin’s original, for four male voices, is I have also set elsewhere) which hymns the † Storm (1997) * based on a cantus firmus made up of pillar-like wonders of creation and the natural world. r Ia. Storm – Ib. Shipwreck [5.28] syllables which are widely spaced at first, but The texture, sparse at first, gradually builds t II. Charm [3.22] later succeed each other more rapidly until they into two richly polyphonic climaxes.

- 3 - MAGNIFICAT AND NUNC DIMITTIS (2011) and religion. I compiled the text from the memorial to herself to be spirited and unusual. amongst Stephen’s books. I set the words for 13th century Cantar del Mio Cid which takes Not having known Helen personally, I felt that upper voices and an of winds and Settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis place during the reconquest of Spain from the link between us all was the life-giving timpani; this was first performed by students are a vital part of English choral music, but, the Moors. The swashbuckling hero of this activity of singing; and so all four movements at Sylvia’s school, Haberdashers Askes’ having had very little personal experience of epic, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, seems to enjoy his of The Song Sung True are about singing, and Hatcham (in South London) in 1994. the Anglican liturgy for much of my life, it battles, cheering himself on with frequent lay particular musical emphasis on the words was in a spirit of exploration that I accepted religious expressions; and so I imagined a ‘sing’ sang’ and ‘song’. The first two poems Entranced by the beauty and possibility of an invitation from Andrew Nethsingha to Mass attended by him and his troops (of which come from ‘Glasgow Zen’ by Alan Spence; the these words and musical forces, I started to write a ‘Mag and Nunc’ for St John’s College there is a famous example in the original third is possibly by Shakespeare and Fletcher; write a suite of short Tempest settings for Choir, Cambridge. poem). The resulting Mass text, which enfolds the fourth is an Edward Lear limerick, which SSAA+treble chorus, and a 9-piece ensemble a partial telling of the Cid’s story, is made up gave me the opportunity to attempt some of of flutes, and percussion (out of which, Imagining the music being sung during a of extracts from Latin liturgy, and the Cantar my own ‘puirt-à-beul’ (Gaelic ‘mouth music’). Our Revels became the fourth movement of church service, I saw it as a priority to set the itself, in its original Old Spanish, and five) each attempting to distil one of the extended Magnificat text compactly; writing contemporary English. STORM (1997) concepts of the play. The first performances in four parts (SATB) with no divisi proved the of this larger work were given by the (then key to creating a fast-flowing texture in which THE SONG SUNG TRUE (2013) Ia.Storm – Ib.Shipwreck recently-formed) CBSO Junior and Senior Youth the words were nevertheless clearly audible. II. Charm Choruses, conducted by . Conversely in the brief Nunc Dimittis the I. Sing III. Magic harmony has the time and space to build slowly II. Song IV. Spirit Sylvia Collins herself died in 2014, and alas into six-part sequences. III. Orpheus V. Mercy won’t be able to hear this premiere recording IV. Folk Song of the work she brought about and continued MISSA DEL CID (1988) Storm has its origins in a very sad event. In to support with her presence at many far-flung The London Lawyers’ Chorus invited me to 1994, a local schoolteacher, Mrs Sylvia Collins, performances. I dedicate it to her memory, and Kyrie – Gloria – Credo – write them a new work commissioned from a asked me to set Shakespeare’s Our revels now that of her son Stephen. Sanctus – Benedictus – Agnus Dei bequest of the late Helen Sibthorp, who had are ended (from The Tempest) in memory of been a solicitor, a longtime Promenader, and her son Dr Stephen John Baldwin, who had The composition of Missa del Cid (for ten solo a singer in the Chorus. The lawyers described recently died in an aircrash in Minnesota in voices and narrator) allowed me to explore their former colleague as a forthright and winter 1993. She had found this text quoted the intriguing relationship between warfare lively person who would have wished any in The Dhammapada, a Buddhist anthology

- 4 - - 5 - 1 All the Ends of the Earth Istinc montium Here, let the mountain tops, Celsi vertices sonent There, let the deepest valleys, Viderunt omnes Illinc vallium sound Alleluia Viderunt omnes fines All the ends of the earth have seen Profunditates saltent terrae salutare Dei nostri the salvation of our God Alleluia Jubilate Deo omnis terra Rejoice in the Lord, the whole earth Notum fecit Dominus salutare suum: The Lord has made known to us his salvation: Tu quoque maris You too, jubilant sea depths ante conspectum gentium revelavit justitiam he has shown his righteousness in the sight of Jubilans abysse dic say Alleluia suam the people Alleluia

The Alleluyatic Sequence Nec non terrarum Let the vast continents of the earth sing Cantemus Alleluia Let us sing Alleluia Molis immensitates: Alleluia In laudibus aeterni regis In praise of the eternal king Alleluia Resultet Alleluia Resound Alleluia Nunc omne genus Let the entire human race praise, and shout Humanum laudans exsultet Alleluia Hoc beatorum Let the company of the blessed Et creatori Psallat concentus sing it together, Grates frequentans consonent To the creator, let it repeatedly pour forth thanks, Alleluia Alleluia Consonent frequentans Let it repeatedly sing to the creator, Alleluia Alleluia Nubium cursus Let the sweep of the clouds, Ventorum volatus the rush of the winds Hoc denique nomen audire For he delights in hearing this address perpetually Fulgurum coruscatio The flash of lightning Jugiter delectatur Alleluia Dulce consonent simul Alleluia Sound together their sweet Alleluia Alleluia Hoc etiam carmen caeleste Christ himself approves of that celestial hymn Fluctus et undae Floods and billows Comprobat ipse Christus Alleluia Imber et procellae Rain and storms Alleluia Tempestas, serenitas, Tempests and calm, Cantate laetantes Joyfully sing Cauma, gelu, nix, Heat, ice, snow, frosts Alleluia Alleluia Saltus, nemora pangant Alleluia Forests and woods, strike up Alleluia Et vos pueruli And you, children

- 6 - - 7 - Respondete semper Answer always 2 - 3 Magnificat & Nunc dimittis Alleluia Alleluia Magnificat Nunc dimittis Nunc omnes canite simul Now all of you together My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, Alleluia Domino Sing Alleluia to the Lord rejoiced in God my Saviour. according to thy word. Alleluia Christo Alleluia to Christ For he hath regarded the lowliness of his For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, Laus Trinitati Praise be to the Trinity, handmaiden. Which thou hast prepared Alleluia Alleluia For behold, from henceforth all generations shall before the face of all people; call me blessed. To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, Translation from the Penguin Book of Latin Verse For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy and to be the glory of thy people Israel. is his Name. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, And his mercy is on them that fear him and to the Holy Ghost; throughout all generations. As it was in the beginning, is now, He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel, as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

© Elizabeth Coxhead

- 8 - - 9 - 4 - 9 Missa del Cid their wine, and they have every to come and The Worthy Abbot will ring for matins in San Pedro besiege us. We shall engage them in the open field and will say the Mass of the Holy Trinity for us. I. Kyrie and, as I put my trust in God, I am certain it will When Mass has been said, we mut prepare to ride turn to our advantage.” into battle, for our days of grace are coming to an Evangelist: Here beings the story of the great Day dawned over the Moorish camp, and soon the end.” The bells were pealing out for matins when deeds of the Cid of Vivar. His men were rich beyond Moors began to beat their drums. This made the suddenly Doña Jimena, the Cid’s wife, prostrated all reckoning. After the Cid had left Saragossa, Cid happy, and he cried out, “What a good day this herself on the altar steps, praying earnestly to God, he passed through Huesa and the lands of is going to be!” in this fashion: Montalbán, and occupied the pass of Olocau. Then he moved towards the sea to start fighting there, Gloria! Ye señor glorioso, padre que en cielo estás O Glorious Lord, our Father in Heaven for the sun rises in the east and he turned in that Gloy in heaven, O Lord of the world! fezist cielo e tierra Thou created the heavens and the earth, direction. The Cid took Jérico, Onda and Almenara, Once I was poor and now I am rich e tercero el mar and after them the sea and he conquered the whole of the country round I win wars as it pleases God! fezist estrellas e luna though created the sun and the moon Burriana. He did all this with God’s help, and when The Moors and Christians fear me e el sol pora escalantar and the stars to keep us warm he captured Murviedro he was sure the Creator was Over the sea in Morocco prisit encarnación en Though became incarnate in Thy mother, on his side. Within the walls of Valencia, great fear (where the mosques are) Santa María Madre Holy Mary spread. THey are doubtles afraid en Beleen aparecist como fue tu voluntad and born in Bethlehem, as was thy will Of my mighty attacks pastores te glorificaron oviéronte a laudare The shepherds worshipped and praised thee The Moors cried: Mohammed! tres rreyes de Arabia te vinieron adorar Three kings from Arabia came to do thee homage Los moros llaman Mahómet Glory to heaven and all of the saints! Melchior Caspar e Baltasar Melchior, Caspar and Balthasar The Christians cried: We came to this land, and are doing them oro e tus e mirra ofrecieron and offered thee gold, frankincense and myrrh Christ! have mercy upon us All kinds of terrible damage: salveste a Jonás quando cayó en la mar Though didst save Jonah when he fell in the sea God and his holy mother by praised! salvest a Daniel con le leones en la mala cárcel and Daniel in the lions’ evil den II. Gloria por tierra andidiste treinta e dos años Thou didst walk the earth for thirty two years III. Credo monstrand los miraculos por én avemos performing miracles which will always Evangelist: When Cid saw this, he wondered and qué fablar be narrated said: “I give Thee thanks, O Heavenly Father! We Evangelist: The Cid ordered his knights to assemble del agua fezist vino Thou didst change water into wine have settled in their land and are doing them all and addressed them in these words: “Hear me, my e de la piedra pan and a stone into bread kinds of harm, eating their bread and drinking brave men, do not let what I say discourage you. rresucitest a Lázaro Thou didst raise Lazarus from the dead.

- 10 - - 11 - In the place called Golgotha, will give you your victory. Heavens, how well he fought! they put thee on the cross All your sorrows will be turned to joy. A crowd of Moors surrounded him They crucified two thieves with thee; and heaved great blows one on either side. V. Benedictus But never succeeded in piercing his armour Longinus was blind; He embraced his shield, he pierced thy side with his lance; Evangelist: There came from France a cleric He lowered his lance. Thy blood flowed out, and stained his hands; called Don Jerónimo who said that, if he could He spurred his horse, He opened his eyes and saw! have his fill of fighting the Moors, Christians need His swift horse, never mourn his death. The Cid was pleased to He laid about him with heart and soul. en el monumento resucitest, Thou didst rise again in the tomb hear this, and he said “for the love of God, I shall fust a los infiernos thou didst go down to Hell establish a bishopric in Valencia and give it to Heavens, how well he fought! que branteste las puertas Thou didst break down its gates, this good Christian. Let us give thanks to God in e saqueste los sanctos padres and lead out the holy fathers heaven above for the help he bestows on us.” VI. Agnus Dei tu es rrey de los rreyes e de tod’el mudo padre Thou art King of Kings and Father of the world e ti adoro e credo I worship thee and believe in thee The Cid’s forces had started arming, and now Evangelist: In a short time, one thousand three e ruego a San Piedro que me ayude a rogar por I pray to St Peter to help me intercede for the Bishop Jerónimo gave them absolution in these hundred Moors fell dead upon the field. The mio Cid el Campeador que Dios le curie de mal Cid Campeador that God may keep him from harm words: “I absolve thee from sin all those who die Cid spent three years taking those towns and quand oy nos partimos Though we must part today, with their faces to the enemy; God will receive conquering Moorish territory, sleeping by day and e vida nos faz juntar. may He reunite us in life. their souls.” And so they rode out to the attack, in marching by night. the name of God and the Apostle St. James. IV. Sanctus Agnus Dei, Lamb of God Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini Dona nobis pacem Evangelist: Later, the Cid lay down and fell into a Blessed be he who dies with his face to the enemy deep and pleasant sleep. The angel Gabriel came God will receive his soul. to him in a dream and said: By good fortune he killed two Moors Ride out! Cavalgad! Sanctus! Holy Defender at the first blow he struck Your mother bore you in a fortunate hour When the shaft of his lance broke, God who gave you your soul he laid hands on his sword.

- 12 - - 13 - 0 - e The Song Sung True the littlest bird IV. Folk Song Ib. Shipwreck I. Sing sang in my soul There was an old man of the Isles, (homage to Gertrude Stein) its song was joy Whose face was pervaded with smiles; Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea it made me whole He sang “High dum diddle”, for an acre of barren ground; every single thing sings it made me whole And played on the fiddle, Long heath, brown furze, any thing! everything sings it set me free That amiable man of the Isles. The wills above be done, is singular it sang its song but I would fain die a dry death. sings its song was me Edward Lear, from A Book of Nonsense II. Charm in singularity sings and rings r i tell the bell Alan Spence - Storm While you here do snoring lie, the song sung true There is a STORM at sea; some travellers are Open eyed conspiracy sing everything III. Orpheus SHIPWRECKED. (The storm was caused by MAGIC.) His time doth take. is a thing is a thing CHARMED by a SPIRIT, they meet their long-lost If of life you keep a care, is a thing is a thing Orpheus with his Lute made Trees, relatives. Through the exercise of MERCY, their Shake off slumber and beware: is a thing is a thing And the Mountaine tops that freeze, ancient quarrels are healed. Awake, awake! sing Bow themselves when he did sing. To his Musicke, Plants and Flowers Ia. Storm III. Magic Alan Spence Euer sprung; as Sunne and Showers, There had made a lasting Spring. My heart! Cheerly! Ye elves of hills, brooks, II. Song Euery thing that heard him play, Take in the sail, standing lakes and groves, Euen the Billowes of the Sea, Down with the mast, And ye that on the sands with printless foot the littlest bird Hung their heads, & then lay by. Lower, lower! Do chase the ebbing Neptune and do fly him sang all for me In sweet Musicke is such Art, Ah, we’ll drown! When he comes back; you demi-puppets that its song was love Killing care, & griefe of heart, Lay her ahold! By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, it set me free Fall asleepe, or hearing dye. Set her two courses. Whereof the ewe not bites; and you whose pastime sang at my birth Note: In the music underlay, some spellings Off to sea again. Is to make midnight mushrooms; that rejoice sang at my death have been modernised for ease of reading. Lay her off! Let’s all sink! To hear the solemn curfew... I have bedimmed it sang its song The washing of ten tides... The noontide sun... graves at my command with my last breath William Shakespeare/John Fletcher from Henry VIII Have waked their sleepers, opened, let them forth.

- 14 - - 15 - IV. Spirit JUDITH WEIR artistic director. It was with these two institutions that she started to build her choral catalogue, Our revels now are ended. These, our actors, Judith Weir (b 1954 in Cambridge, England) first which now includes several large-scale works as I foretold you, were all spirits, and studied composition with a few lessons from for chorus and orchestra, including We are are melted into air, into thin air. during her schooldays in London. Shadows and Concrete, as well as two operas And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, She went on to study music at King’s College which include extended roles for chorus, The The cloud-capped tow’rs, the gorgeous palaces, Cambridge, where her teacher in her final Vanishing Bridegroom and Miss Fortune. The solemn temples, the great globe itself. year was . She then spent several Yea, all which it inherit shall dissolve… years as community composer with Southern Judith Weir was appointed Master of The … We are such stuff Arts Association, working with schoolchildren Queen’s Music, in succession to Sir Peter As dreams are made on, and our little life and amateur musicians. Maxwell Davies, in July 2014; and in January Is rounded with a sleep. 2015 became Associate Composer to the BBC After spending much of the 1980s teaching in Singers, an ensemble she has already worked V. Mercy Glasgow, she worked in the 1990s as CBSO’s with, very happily, for many years. composer-in-association and Spitalfields Festival’s Though the seas threaten, they are merciful; I have cursed them without cause. O wonder!

Based on the composer’s 35-word version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest (included at the beginning of the texts). © Elizabeth Coxhead

- 16 - - 17 - BBC SINGERS Basses The BBC Singers perform all over the UK and With nearly all concerts broadcast on BBC Michael Bundy (Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis only) abroad, working regularly with the BBC’s own Radio 3, the BBC Singers have the highest Sopranos Stephen Charlesworth * as well as a number of period- broadcast profile of any choir. Margaret Feaviour Charles Gibbs * (Narrator) instrument and contemporary music ensembles, Juliet Fraser † Simon Grant † and they play an important role in the BBC This world-class ensemble is committed to Micaela Haslam Jamie W Hall Proms each year. The ensemble performs sharing its enthusiasm and creative expertise Rebecca Lea † Jimmy Holliday * # regularly in St Paul’s Knightsbridge, St Giles’ through its nationwide outreach programme. Helen Neeves † Edward Price * Cripplegate and Milton Court in London. This includes frequent collaborations with Elizabeth Poole Andrew Rupp † schoolchildren, youth choirs and the amateur Olivia Robinson The BBC Singers give frequent performances choral community, as well as with the * Missa del Cid soloist professional composers, singers and conductors Emma Tring * † with Chief Conductor David Hill, Principal Guest All the Ends of the Earth, The Song Sung True of tomorrow. Regular events include a series & Storm only conductors Paul Brough and Bob Chilcott as Altos # Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis well as Conductor Laureate Stephen Cleobury. of Come and Sing days open to amateur singers. Lynette Alcántara * Judith Weir, the newly-appointed Master of the Margaret Cameron * Chief Conductor David Hill Queen’s Music, was announced as the BBC To find out where you can see the Rebecca Lodge * Principal Guest Conductors Paul Brough and Singers’s Associate Composer in January 2015. BBC Singers live and for tickets, visit .co.uk/bbcsingers. You can also sign up Sian Menna † Bob Chilcott for our e-newsletter on our homepage. Follow Deborah Miles-Johnson † Conductor Laureate Stephen Cleobury Cherith Millburn-Fryer Associate Composer Judith Weir us: @bbcsingers, facebook.com/bbcsingers

Tenors The BBC Singers hold a unique position in Christopher Bowen * British musical life. Performing everything Andrew Busher † from Byrd to Birtwistle, Tallis to Takemitsu, Edward Goater * their versatility is second to none. The choir’s Martin Hindmarsh † unrivalled expertise in performing the best of Stephen Jeffes contemporary music has brought about creative Robert Johnston * # relationships with some of the most important Andrew Murgatroyd composers and conductors of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Poulenc, Britten, Sir

Harrison Birtwistle and Sir . © John Wood - 18 - - 19 - ENDYMION festival of by Shostakovich The Temple Church Choir of eighteen including works from Thomas Adès and Gabriel and Schnittke at Kings Place and the UK boy-choristers and twelve choirmen has in Jackson. In November this year the Choir Jenny Doyne flute premiere of Elliott Carter’s Clarinet Quintet. recent years regained the prestige it enjoyed gave the première of A Safe Stronghold, a Ian Mullin flute when Sir George Thalben-Ball and Ernest collaboration between two young composers Lianne Barnard flute Find out more about Endymion at Lough made (in 1926) their world-famous to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Jane Salmon www.endymion.org.uk recording of Mendelssohn’s Hear my Prayer/O, outbreak of the First World War – the German Robin Michael cello for the Wings of a Dove. The present choir Lars Schwarze and the British Gareth Treseder. Andrew Fuller cello shot back to prominence with the commission Nico Muhly’s Our present Charter has been Joby Burgess percussion CHORISTERS OF and – at the Temple Church itself – the commissioned to mark the 800th anniversary Richard Benjafield percussion TEMPLE CHURCH première of John Tavener’s all-night musical of Magna Carta, and as part of events to Sam Walton percussion vigil The Veil of the Temple, ‘Tavener’s celebrate the same anniversary, the choir Hugh Webb harp BOYS masterpiece’ (The Daily Telegraph). The Choir recently performed at both the Library of Oscar Simms Head Chorister took The Veil to the Lincoln Center Festival in Congress and the Supreme Court in “The brilliant Endymion” (Sunday Times) Benedict Davies Deputy Head Chorister New York, and then to in a shortened Washington D.C. delivers world-class performances of chamber Max Todes version which is currently available on Signum music throughout London, the UK and abroad. Emerson Murphy Classics SIGCD367. This recording has been They perform regularly at venues including Alessandro Godawatta followed by three further discs from the choir, , Southbank Centre, the BBC Matthew O’Connor all of them critically acclaimed. Proms, and the Cheltenham and Spitalfields Luca Zucchi Festivals. They have toured in Austria, Ireland, Angelo York In the past two years, the choristers have Mexico, Spain, Finland and Italy and for many Ebube Chiana appeared on Hyperion’s new release of Britten’s years were resident at Blackheath Concert Hieu Wilkinson St Nicholas, performed The Ceremony of Halls. In 2009 they celebrated their 30th Charlie Gundy Carols at the opening concert of the Britten birthday with 20 new commissions, education Felix Bowden Centenary celebrations at the Snape Maltings in projects and 13 concerts in four days at Osian Guthrie Aldeburgh, joined forces with the BBC Singers Kings Place. They have made many recordings Tristan Lockett-Green Jian Hui Mo in Britten’s A Babe was Born at the Proms in and their latest disc, Sound Census, was Matthew O’Connor the Royal Albert Hall, and broadcast a memorial released in March 2010. 2011 featured a John Morshead James Bennett Probationers concert to Sir John Tavener on Classic FM. major collaboration with EXAUDI, a three-day The Choir is proud to commission new music,

- 20 - - 21 - DAVID HILL

Born in Carlisle, David Hill was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists at 17. The Song Sung True, All the Ends of the Earth and Storm recorded in the Temple Church, London, He was an organ scholar at St John’s College, on 19th and 20th March 2014. Cambridge, to which he returned as Director of Music from 2003 to 2007. He is Chief Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis and Missa del Cid recorded in the Temple Church, London, Conductor of the BBC Singers, Musical on 28th November 2014. Director of the Bach Choir, Music Director of Producer – Helen Garrison Leeds Philharmonic Society, Associate Guest Studio Manager – Simon Hancock Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony ‘Sing’ and ‘Song’ from Glasgow Zen Orchestra and Principal Conductor of Yale By Alan Spence, Schola Cantorum. His previous posts have First published in Great Britain by Canongate Books Ltd, 14 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TE included Master of the Music at Winchester Cathedral (1987–2002) and Westminster Text © Copyright Alan Spence Cathedral (1982–7), and Associate Conductor All Rights Reserved Reproduced by permission and then Artistic Director of the Philharmonia Chorus (1986–97). Cover Image – Shutterstock Design and Artwork – Woven Design www.wovendesign.co.uk He has appeared as guest conductor with P 2015 The copyright in this CD booklet, notes and design is owned by Signum Records Ltd © 2015 The copyright in this CD booklet, notes and design is owned by Signum Records Ltd the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC © John Wood Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the As an organist he has given recitals extensively Any unauthorised broadcasting, public performance, copying or re-recording of Signum Compact Discs constitutes an infringement of copyright and will render the infringer liable to an action by law. Licences for public performances or broadcasting may be obtained from Phonographic Performance Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this booklet may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, Hallé Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool in the UK and abroad. He has made more than or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission from Signum Records Ltd. Philharmonic, the Strasbourg and Zagreb 80 recordings and, with the Bach Choir, SignumClassics, Signum Records Ltd., Suite 14, 21 Wadsworth Road, Perivale, Middx UB6 7JD, UK. Philharmonic orchestras, the Sydney Symphony contributed to the soundtracks of Kingdom of +44 (0) 20 8997 4000 E-mail: [email protected] Orchestra and the Netherlands Radio Choir Heaven, The Chronicles of Narnia and Shrek www.signumrecords.com and RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin. His the Third. commitment to new music has led to premieres of works by Judith Bingham, Naji Hakim, Jonathan Harvey, Carl Rütti and John Tavener. - 22 - - 23 - ALSO AVAILABLE on signumclassics

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