Contemporary

About this playlist

The choir as an instrument is enduringly popular with contemporary composers, probably due to its versatility. Here we focus more on the softer side of contemporary choral music – gorgeously scrunchy harmonies, soft vocal choral beds and soaring vocal melodies.

Tracklist

Pärt: Nunc dimittis

Nunc dimittis

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Paul Hillier

6:55

Gjeilo: Ubi Caritas

Ubi Caritas

Voces8

5:24

Vasks: The Fruit of Silence

The Fruit of Silence

Latvian Radio Choir

7:05

Alexander Levine: Prayers for Mankind

No. 2. A Prayer for Unity

Tenebrae

9:49

Toivo Tulev: Songs (2005)

VI. I am come into my garden

Robin Blaze, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

2:58

Nørgård: Wie ein Kind (Like a Child)

Fruhlings-Lied (Spring Song)

Ars Nova

7:46

J. Sandström: Det Är En Ros Utsprungen

Det är en ros utsprungen (Arr. J. Sandström)

Pitea School of Music Chamber Choir

4:41

Anne Boyd: As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

Ars Nova Copenhagen

11:10

Urmas Sisask

Five songs from "Gloria Patri" (1988): XXIII. Oremus

Paul Hillier and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

8:12

Ensemble Allegria: Immortal Bach (after J.S. Bach's Komm, susser Tod, BWV 478) (arr. G. Pedersen for choir and strings)

Immortal Bach (after J.S. Bach's Komm, susser Tod, BWV 478) (arr. G. Pedersen for choir and strings)

Det Norske Solistkor

4:46

Arvo Pärt: Adam's Lament

Estonian Lullaby

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste

2:08

Morten Lauridsen

O Magnum Mysterium

Voces8

5:51

Rodney Bennett: A Good Night

A Good-Night

Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh

2:33

Mealor: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal

Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal (Four Madrigals On Rose Texts): Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal

Tenebrae

3:20

Edward C. Bairstow: I sat down under his shadow

I sat down under his shadow

Cambridge Singers

1:42

Rihm: Sieben Passions-Texte

V. Caligaverunt oculi mei

RIAS Kammerchor and Hans-Christoph Rademann

4:29

Walton: Set me as a seal upon thine heart

Set me as a seal upon thine heart

Laudibus

3:32

Matan Porat

Lux Aeterna

David Orlowsky

4:08

Roderick Williams

Ave verum corpus Re-imagined

ORA

5:45

Curated by

Rutger Mauritz

Choral Conductor & Guest Curator

About this playlist

Curated by

Rutger Mauritz

Choral Conductor & Guest Curator

Contemporary

Contemporary

Choral Focus

About this playlist

Tracklist

Nunc dimittis

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Paul Hillier

6:55

Ubi Caritas

Voces8

5:24

The Fruit of Silence

Latvian Radio Choir

7:05

No. 2. A Prayer for Unity

Tenebrae

9:49

VI. I am come into my garden

Robin Blaze, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

2:58

Fruhlings-Lied (Spring Song)

Ars Nova

7:46

Det är en ros utsprungen (Arr. J. Sandström)

Pitea School of Music Chamber Choir

4:41

As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams

Ars Nova Copenhagen

11:10

Five songs from "Gloria Patri" (1988): XXIII. Oremus

Paul Hillier and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

8:12

Immortal Bach (after J.S. Bach's Komm, susser Tod, BWV 478) (arr. G. Pedersen for choir and strings)

Det Norske Solistkor

4:46

Estonian Lullaby

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste

2:08

O Magnum Mysterium

Voces8

5:51

A Good-Night

Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh

2:33

Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal (Four Madrigals On Rose Texts): Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal

Tenebrae

3:20

I sat down under his shadow

Cambridge Singers

1:42

V. Caligaverunt oculi mei

RIAS Kammerchor and Hans-Christoph Rademann

4:29

Set me as a seal upon thine heart

Laudibus

3:32

Lux Aeterna

David Orlowsky

4:08

Ave verum corpus Re-imagined

ORA

5:45

Curated by

Rutger Mauritz

About this playlist

Curated by

Rutger Mauritz

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