James Gilchrist, the tenor on this album, started singing at a young age as a chorister at New College, Oxford, and later as a choral scholar at King's College, Cambridge.
Performer Biography
Tenor James Gilchrist initially trained and worked as a doctor before pursuing a full-time music career in 1996.
Composer Biography
Eric McElroy, the composer, won the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Young Artist Competition in 2015.
Composer Biography
Eric McElroy, the composer, considers composition his fundamental pursuit, viewing other disciplines like performance or teaching as distractions.
Recording & Production
All the works on this album are first recordings, meaning they have never been commercially released before.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Eric McElroy views song-setting as a way of delineating the indefinite and a consequence of his love of language, believing great poetry makes the body sing.
Composer's Artistic Vision
For composer Eric McElroy, song-cycles are not merely works but parts of him, stemming from a concern with preservation and a wish to sidestep time and loss.
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