The Sixteen: Angel of Peace - COMPACT DISCS

The Sixteen: Angel of Peace - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Angel of Peace

Artist:

The Sixteen

Label:

Coro

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

828021621024

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2025-04-04

Number of Discs:

1

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.

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