One foot in Eden still, I stand: Choral Music by Nicholas Maw

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Schola Cantorum, Oxford’s premier mixed choir, connects deeply with Maw’s Romanticism, and gives a rich, sound-driven account … More Maw, say I — BBC Music Magazine More…

Release Date: 2nd Jan 2007
Catalogue No: CDA67615
Label: Hyperion
Length: 57 minutes

Maw, N: Three Hymns

Work length13:06

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Jeremy Filsell (organ)
Schola Cantorum of Oxford
Mark Shepherd

I. Morning Hymn

Track length2:56

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II. Pastoral Hymn

Track length2:17

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III. Evening Hymn

Track length7:53

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Maw, N: Five Epigrams

Work length6:38

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Schola Cantorum of Oxford
Mark Shepherd

I. On a noisy polemic

Track length1:31

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II. On the death of Robert Ruisseaux

Track length1:12

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III. On a henpecked country squire

Track length0:35

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IV. On a lady famed for her caprice

Track length1:55

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V. Andrew Turner

Track length1:25

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Maw, N: The angel Gabriel

Work length2:24

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Lois Gallagher (soprano)
Schola Cantorum of Oxford
Mark Shepherd

Maw, N: Our Lady’s song

Work length2:34

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Schola Cantorum of Oxford
Mark Shepherd

Maw, N: Balulalow

Work length2:20

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Schola Cantorum of Oxford
Mark Shepherd

Maw, N: Corpus Christi Carol

Work length3:25

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Lois Gallagher (soprano), Emily Bradshaw (soprano), Simon Jones (piano)
Schola Cantorum of Oxford
Mark Shepherd

Maw, N: Swete Jesu

Work length4:26

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Schola Cantorum of Oxford
Mark Shepherd

Maw, N: Five Irish Songs

Work length15:11

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Simon Jones (tenor)
Schola Cantorum of Oxford
Mark Shepherd

I. I shall not die for thee

Track length3:04

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II. Dear dark head

Track length3:07

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III. Popular song

Track length1:11

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IV. Ringleted youth of my love

Track length4:36

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V. Jig

Track length3:13

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Maw, N: One foot in Eden still, I stand

Work length7:52

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Schola Cantorum of Oxford
Mark Shepherd

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Nicholas Maw is a dominant force in contemporary British music. His Violin Concerto won for Joshua Bell the Mercury Music Prize for Classical Album of the Year in 2000, while his latest opera, Sophies Choicea Covent Garden commission setting William Styrons harrowing tale of Auschwitz and its aftermathis currently receiving its American premieres. Throughout his long career Maw has periodically found time amidst his predominantly orchestral and operatic output to craft some inimitable choral works. This new recording by Schola Cantorum of Oxford present many first recordings and gives a broad overview of Maws choral achievements. Swelling organ accompaniment opens the programme with the Three Hymns; Maws reponses to these metaphysical texts are innovative and effective. Two cycles of five miniatures, Epigrams and Irish Songs, show a very different complexion. From the ribald humour of On a noisy polemic to the intense lyricism of Ringleted youth of my love Maw puts his singers to the test, with results that are at once entertaining and moving. The programme is completed by five carol settings and One foot in Eden, commissioned by Kings College Cambridge as part of their 500th anniversary celebrations in 1990. It demonstrates a composer in total command of his medium and is impressive in its varied choral writing and striking use of harmony and melody. Performances by Oxford Universitys crack chamber choir, Schola Cantorum, under their director Mark Shepherd, are taut and responsive, the perfect vehicle for this music which deserves the opportunity to reach a wider public. All works except for One foot in Eden still, I stand and Balulalow are here recorded for the first time.

All works except for One foot in Eden still, I stand and Balulalow are here recorded for the first time.

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Schola Cantorum, Oxford’s premier mixed choir, connects deeply with Maw’s Romanticism, and gives a rich, sound-driven account … More Maw, say I

Congratulations to Hyperion for producing this CD, which is not attached to an anniversary, simply because it is a superb example of choral writing performed by a first-class choir … Schola Cantorum of Oxford gives an excellent performance and is obviously enjoying every minute. A totally
enjoyable experience

One foot in Eden still, I stand

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