A New Heaven

Hubert Parry's glorious Coronation anthem 'I was glad' unfolds in waves of increasing elation and broad, sweeping lyricism. It's a tremendous performance by The Sixteen, and it's an effective... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 18th May 2009
Catalogue No: 1795732
Label: ucj
Length: 70 minutes

Gramophone Awards

2009

Finalist - Choral

Parry: I was glad

Work length5:37

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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Recorded: 2009

Wood, C: O thou the central orb

Work length4:03

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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Recorded: 2009

Harris, W: Faire is the Heaven

Work length5:13

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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
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Stanford: Beati quorum via, Op. 38 No. 3

Work length3:28

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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
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Bairstow: Blessed City, heavenly Salem

Work length8:59

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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Recorded: 2009

Parry: Jerusalem

Work length2:47

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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
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Gardiner, H B: Evening Hymn (Te lucis ante terminum)

Work length6:38

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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
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Goodall, H: The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23)

Work length3:11

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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Recorded: 2009

Bainton, E: And I saw a new heaven

Work length5:07

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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Recorded: 2009

Parry: My soul, there is a country (No. 1 from Songs of Farewell)

Work length3:53

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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
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Stainer: I saw the Lord

Work length7:07

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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
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Howells: Like as the Hart

Work length6:24

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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Recorded: 2009

Wood, C: Hail, gladdening Light

Work length3:13

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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
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Rutter: The Lord is my shepherd

Work length4:54

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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Recorded: 2009

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After thirty years of world-wide performance and recording, The Sixteen, "The Voices of Classic FM", are recognised as one of the world’s greatest ensembles. Comprising both choir and period instrument orchestra, The Sixteen's total commitment to the music it performs is its greatest distinction. Its special reputation for performing early English polyphony, masterpieces of the Renaissance, bringing fresh insights into Baroque and early Classical music and a diversity of twentieth century music, is drawn from the passions of conductor and founder, Harry Christophers.

The Sixteen has recently featured in the highly successful BBC Four television series, Sacred Music, presented by actor Simon Russell Beale.

The Sixteen’s album IKON was nominated for a 2007 Grammy.

A New Heaven narrows the gap between our secular age and a time when the Anglican Church was among the most important patrons and consumers of British music. It also offers listeners the chance to reconnect with spiritual matters richly expressed by composers with the flair and imagination required to distil big issues of life and death into miniature forms.

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May 2009

Hubert Parry's glorious Coronation anthem 'I was glad' unfolds in waves of increasing elation and broad, sweeping lyricism. It's a tremendous performance by The Sixteen, and it's an effective composition. There are many others like it… These are proud, expansive, superlatively sung performances...

May 2009

…The Sixteen provide such precision in their attention to detail in dynamics, diction, attack and, most of all, intonation. For me, however, the most luminous singing is reserved for Parry's My soul, there is a country where, owing to the careful shading of dynamics, the meaning of Vaughan's poem is conveyed with a new and revelatory insight.

A New Heaven

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