An interview with British composer James Whitbourn about a new Naxos CD of his choral music with Commotio choir, soloists Christopher Gillett, Levine Andrade, Steffan Jones, Andrew Ker, Henry Parkes and special narrator Desmond Tutu, all conducted by Matthew Berry. The texts used in Whitbourn’s music are as varied as the performers as he draws on The Bible, Issac of Nineveh, Julian of Norwich, Buddhist mystic Ryonen and Desmond Tutu.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570031

 

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Tags: 8.572103, Andrew Ker, British Choral Music, British composers, Christopher Gillett, Commotio, Desmond Tutu, Henry Parkes, James Whitbourn, Levine Andrade, Luminosity, Matthew Berry, Naxos Classical Music Spotlight, Steffan Jones

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