Allain: Choral Music

Miller, Francesca; Nicholas, Benjamin; Little, Alexander; Keefe, Patrick; Fetherstonhaugh, Thomas; McEwen, Finn; Choir of Merton College, Oxford

Celebrating ten years since the inception of Merton College’s choral foundation, the choir’s seventh Delphian recording follows the themed anthologies which brought it such immediate critical acclaim with what will be the first in a series of close collaborations between the choir and individual living composers. Richard Allain writes music across a wide spectrum of genres; he and Benjamin Nicholas have put together a programme showcasing his oeuvre – from a setting of the Evening Canticles, animated then impassioned, to a sumptuous reimagining of the spiritual ‘Don’t you weep when I am gone’ and Allain’s most performed work, the wedding anthem ‘Cana’s Guest.’ The Choir of Merton College is one of Oxford’s leading mixed-voice choirs and sings the services, during term-time, in the thirteenth century chapel. The choir consists of thirty undergraduates and post-graduates, many of whom hold choral scholarships at Merton College.

Price: $28.98