The Midnight of your Birth

Demands on the choir are modest, and these pieces are accessible to a wide range of ensembles. For those familiar with Katie Melua's album or wanting attractive settings of popular carols, these four arrangements will be a welcome arrival.

Autorentext
Bob Chilcott has become one of the world's most widely performed composers and arrangers of choral music. His compositional output reflects his wide taste in music styles and his commitment to writing music that is both singable and communicative. He has been involved in choral music most of his life he was a chorister and then a choral scholar in the choir of King's College, Cambridge, and was a member of the British vocal group The King's Singers for whom he made a number of popular arrangements of well-known songs from all genres. As well as being a full-time composer he is also a highly acclaimed choral conductor. He has been privileged to conduct many choirs all over the world. He is Principal Guest Conductor of The BBC Singers and in 2019 he was appointed Principal Conductor of Birmingham University Singers. His music has been widely recorded by many choirs and groups including The King's Singers, Tenebrae, and The BBC Singers.

Klappentext

This collection brings together five new carols for upper voices and piano. Suitable for women's choirs or youth choirs, the carols weave an imagery of birds and the natural world with the Christmas narrative, setting texts by long-term collaborator Charles Bennett.