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Meditations & Remembrances
Francis Pott
Choir of Christchurch Cathedral Dublin

"The music of Francis Pott is rapidly gaining attention for its silky lines and sensitivity. The items that give the album its title, Meditations and Remembrances, are settings of the 17th-century thinker Thomas Traherne. One senses Pott's pleasure at painting the word "love" with such glowing warmth in A Meditation. He is well served by a beautifully tuned choir. The Osanna in the Five-Part Mass is light and crisp and Psalm 126 ends with the sort of melismatic Amen for which the Church was once reprimanded"

The Times

  "First comes the word and here we have a composer who has an implicit understanding and love of the text, which manifests itself throughout his music"

Choir and Organ

    "The music of Francis Pott is rapidly gaining attention for its silky lines and sensitivity" 

The Knowledge - The Times

       

Described by The Times as "thrilling. contemporary, and original... impressive and profoundly affecting", Francis Pott's  writing provides a treasure-trove of astonishingly beautiful composition. Meditations & Remembrances is a new collection of choral and organ pieces of extraordinary tenderness and masterly technique. 

Francis Pott began his musical life as a chorister at New College Oxford. He held open music scholarships at Winchester College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. Francis was appointed Administrative Head of Music at London College of Music and Media in 2001, subsequently becoming its Head of Composition and Research Development on Music, Media and Creative Technologies. He was also a member of Winchester Cathedral Choir under David Hill from 1991 until 2001. Francis remains an active pianist and accompanist, uniting both compositon and academic research.

Christ Church Cathedral Choir enjoys an enviable reputation as one of Ireland's most outstanding choirs. Under the direction of Judy Martin, Director of Music at the cathedral, the present choir is a mixed ensemble of 20 adult singers. In addition to the full part it plays in the worship in the cathedral, the Cathedral Choir is active with concerts, tours and regular broadcasts.

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Francis Pott
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin

Release date: May 2006
Order code: SIGCD080
Barcode: 635212008027

 

1. A Meditation [3.58]  [3.58]
2. Turn our Captivity [Psalm 126] [13.18]
3. Kyrie from Mass in five parts
 [4.02]
4. Gloria from Mass in five parts  [6.02]
5. Jesu Dulcis Memoria [4.50]
6. Introduction & Toccata
 [7.03]
7. Fugue [7.54]
8. Sanctus from Mass in five parts
 [2.36]
9.  Benedictus from Mass in five parts [1.36]
10. A Remembrance [7.40]
11. Agnus Dei from Mass in five parts
 [7.51]
12. O Lord, Support us all the Day Long [3.57]
   
Total running time: [70.52]

 

 

 

 

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