Michael Walsh was a member of the Chichester Cathedral Choir for 18 years, from 1972-1990, and later sang for another ten years in Portsmouth Cathedral Choir.
Composition History
Both the Requiem and The Way of Love, featured on this album, were commissioned by Andrew Naylor for the chamber choir Chichester Voices.
Composition History
The Way of Love was written by composer Michael Walsh during a holiday in France in 2001, while he was recovering from severe sunburn.
Performer Biography
Matthew Cann, the director of αntiphoη, was a chorister at Gloucester Cathedral and later a Lay Clerk at Norwich Cathedral and a Lay Vicar of Exeter Cathedral Choir.
Compositional Technique
The Requiem, first performed in 2015, was deliberately conceived by composer Michael Walsh as an homage to other great Requiems, borrowing hints from composers like Fauré, Duruflé, and Mozart, but with an English melodic flavor.
Composer Biography
Michael Walsh, the composer, first sang in a cathedral setting at Exeter Cathedral in 1968, which inspired his lifelong involvement in choral music.
Composition History
The Mass of the Holy Trinity was a gift to Alan Thurlow, who was appointed organist of Chichester Cathedral in 1980, and was first performed in 1988.
