The Dawn of Grace: Music for Christmas Berkeley Ensemble The award-winning London vocal ensemble

The award-winning London vocal ensemble SANSARA

the album moves from the fluid harmonies of a Konkani wedding song to deep somatic meditations inspired by the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore

Also featured is Kenneth Leighton’s Missa Cornelia and John Tavener’s challenging Missa Brevis alongside sacred works from Diana Burrell

and the monumental six-part Media vita in morte sumus is undoubtedly among the greatest of his creations

Amy McKean (oboe)

The Dawn of Grace: Music for Christmas Berkeley Ensemble The award-winning London vocal ensembleSomerville College Choir, Oxford Will Dawes (director) Oxfords Somerville College Choir under its director Will Dawes presents this compelling new programme of seasonal choral works solely by female composers from across the twentieth and twenty first centuries, and including no fewer than eleven world premieres. This wide ranging selection of repertoire reflects Somervilles unique role as the only non denominational college chapel at Oxford, as well