This album was recorded in the Pembroke Chapel with choristers socially distanced, and some choristers were lost to track and trace during the recording process.
Performer Biography
Anna Lapwood, the conductor, is the Director of Music at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and was the first female organ scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Album & Artwork
The album "Celestial Dawn" includes both sacred and secular music, and features some pieces being recorded for the first time.
Performer Biography
The Pembroke College Girls' Choir was founded in 2018 by Anna Lapwood and specializes in performing and commissioning new contemporary music.
Interpretation
The album's conductor, Anna Lapwood, chose to record in Pembroke Chapel despite the organ's limitations to capture the authentic Pembroke choral tradition sound.
Instruments
The organ used for this recording in Pembroke Chapel is a reconstruction of an early 18th-century instrument, lacking a swell box or playing aids.
Recording & Production
The album was recorded in the chapel of Pembroke College, Cambridge, over three days in July 2021.
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