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Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse

Heaven Full of Stars
the performances are beautifully shaped, tuning is exemplary and some of the unaccompanied singing is exquisite. There is much to enjoy on this celebratory disc.

Choir & Organ, January/February 20214 out of 5 stars

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Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse

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the performances are beautifully shaped, tuning is exemplary and some of the unaccompanied singing is exquisite. There is much to enjoy on this celebratory disc.

Choir & Organ, January/February 20214 out of 5 stars

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Contemporary sacred choral music has been central to the repertoire of Vasari Singers throughout its existence, and to mark its 40th anniversary it has selected a sequence of anthems, mostly with starbased themes, the vast majority of which are by living composers. The rich variety to be heard reflects the choir’s commitment to the genre, whether in the ecstasy of Ēriks Ešenvalds, the serenity of Jonathan Dove, the shimmering harmonies of Eric Whitacre, or the ethereal beauties of Paul Mealor.

Contents and tracklist

Ešenvalds: Stars (Version for Mixed Choir)
Work length4:51
Dove: Seek him that maketh the seven stars
Work length6:36
Ešenvalds: O salutaris hostia (Version for Mixed Choir)
Work length3:36
Gowers: Viri Galilaei
Work length8:00
Stopford: Ave Maria (Arr. for Choir & Organ)
Work length4:04
McDowall, C: Aurea luce
Work length6:02
Dubra: O Crux Ave
Work length2:24
Panufnik, R: Deus est Caritas
Work length4:14
Todd: Christ is the Morning Star
Work length5:07
Rutter: For the Beauty of the Earth (Version for Mixed Choir & Organ)
Work length4:10
Mealor: Ave Maris Stella
Work length4:11
Weir: Human Hymns (2)
Work length3:24
No. 2, Like to the Falling of a Star
Track length3:24
Whitacre: Lux aurumque (Version for Mixed Choir)
Work length3:27
Jackson, Gabriel: Creator of the Stars of Night
Work length4:38
Chilcott: Salisbury Motets
Work length16:37
  • Martin Ford (organ), Muriel Daniels (cello), Sarah Mistry (bell), Elizabeth Limb (soprano), Rachel Robinson (soprano), Stephanie May (alto)
  • Vasari Singers
  • Jeremy Backhouse
No. 1, I Sing of a Mayden
Track length3:58
No. 2, When to the Temple Mary Went
Track length3:33
No. 3, Lovely Tear of Lovely Eye
Track length6:07
No. 4, Hail, Star of the Sea Most Radiant
Track length2:59

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January/February 2021

the performances are beautifully shaped, tuning is exemplary and some of the unaccompanied singing is exquisite. There is much to enjoy on this celebratory disc.
4 out of 5 stars

December 2020

One of the UK’s best amateur chamber choirs, the group has a light, youthful sound that lends itself well to pieces designed to glow, to radiate, to shimmer...There are some interesting lesser-known anthems here. Cecilia McDowall’s Aurea luce is a slow-grower..Judith Weir’s Like to the falling of a star brings a welcome hit of rhythm to a programme dominated by meditative stillness.
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