The Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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Recording & Production
This album features multiple premiere recordings, including the Missa Speravimus, Sicut cervus, Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, A Prayer of St Thérèse, and The Oratory Mass.
Composer Biography
Matthew Martin, the composer, spent six years as Assistant Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral before deciding to focus more on composition in 2010.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Matthew Martin, the composer, aims to create 'useful music' for young choirs in a style he loved as a chorister, drawing from composers like Britten, Leighton, Berkeley, and Walton.
Performer Biography
The Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, regularly commissions new works from composers such as Francis Grier, Sir James MacMillan, and Judith Weir.
Composer Biography
Matthew Martin has won awards for his compositions, including the Liturgical category in the 2013 Ivors Composer Awards and the Choral category in the 2019 BBC Music Magazine Awards.
Recording & Production
The album was recorded at St John the Evangelist, Islington, London, UK, over five days in July 2023.
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