Roderick Williams: Sacred Choral Works
Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir, Ralph Allwood, Jonathan Eyre
This CD presents a variety of influences which also show different stages of his composi tional development. Williams’s music is tuneful and accessible to choirs, but there is also much here...
Roderick Williams: Sacred Choral Works
Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir, Ralph Allwood, Jonathan Eyre
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This CD presents a variety of influences which also show different stages of his composi tional development. Williams’s music is tuneful and accessible to choirs, but there is also much here...
About
On their premiere recording, the Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir, directed by celebrated choral conductor Ralph Allwood, perform the works of British Choral Award winner Roderick Williams. Based in Greenwich, East London the choir is comprised of both students from the conservatoire (including several choral scholars) as well as outstanding volunteer singers. It is unique amongst cathedral, church and collegiate choirs in the UK in that it has ready access to the wide range of musical resources at the Conservatoire, collaborating frequently in a wide variety of genres as well as performing for services at the beautiful 18th Century Chapel of St Peter & St Paul. As well as being renowned as a singer Roderick Williams is also well-respected as a composer, and his works have been premiered at the Wigmore and Barbican Halls, the Purcell Room and live on national radio.
Contents and tracklist
- Daisy Walford, Archie Buchanan
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Jonathan Eyre
- Jonathan Eyre
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Ralph Allwood
- Jonathan Eyre
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Ralph Allwood
- Rebecca Leggett
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Ralph Allwood
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Ralph Allwood
- Jocelyn Coates, Andrew Woodmansey, Simon Oakley
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Ralph Allwood
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Ralph Allwood
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Ralph Allwood
- Roderick Williams
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Ralph Allwood
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Ralph Allwood
- Michael Lafferty, Daisy Walford
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Ralph Allwood
- Andrew Woodmansey
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Ralph Allwood
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Ralph Allwood
- Matthew Norriss
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Ralph Allwood
- Archie Buchanan, Jocelyn Coates
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Ralph Allwood
- Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir
- Ralph Allwood
Awards and reviews
March 2018
This CD presents a variety of influences which also show different stages of his composi tional development. Williams’s music is tuneful and accessible to choirs, but there is also much here to put singers on their mettle. As the CD progresses, the music gets more creative and interesting, including one of the most striking concepts of O Adonai I have come across – it’s haunting.
February 2018
Attractive and beautifully written music, which deserves a much wider audience…Allwood obtains a vivid, rich blend from his 27 Greenwichian voices, eight of whom do splendid service as soloists, most notably Rebecca Leggett.
14th December 2017
It’s hardly at the contemporary cutting edge, but it doesn’t pretend to be; generally, this is well-crafted, singer-friendly stuff.