Vasari Singers directed: Jeremy Backhouse with Bethany Halliday
"The performances are excellent, as is the recording"
Musical Opinion
"The Vasari Singers deliver the irregular rhythms with great punch ... Will Todd’s music receives the strongest possible advocacy on this CD"
MusicWeb International
Mass in Blue, performed by ‘one of the most accomplished small choral
groups of our time’ (Gramophone), is a brilliant blend of driving jazz
grooves and clear, strong, choral writing against which the solo piano and
solo soprano voice weave and blend in a delightful aural tapestry.
Leading young composer Will Todd performs a unique fusion of sacred
choral music and jazz in his Mass in Blue. This central work is
complemented by beautiful musical settings of religious texts, infused
with a highly individual and melodic style, bringing the composer’s
lifelong love of traditional choral music into the 21st century with
spiritual sensitivity and a contemporary edge.
