All Will Be Well

Will Todd writes:

"This new collection of my choral music features recent commissions from choirs near and far. The overall theme of the album is one of hope but also concern for our relationship with living things and the planet we inhabit. Thus, in Earthificat I have based a new secular, environmental text on the words and structure of The Magnificat and in Renew Me In The Sunlight the words ask for strength to move forward in balance with nature. There is a movement, Reverence from my secular mass M=pV, a work about our stewardship of nature and our place within the universe and a setting of some beautiful words by the great ‘nature poet’ William Wordsworth. Alongside this are Christmas settings and other choral songs. The timbres weave between my more classical ‘a cappella and strings’ texture, towards a more jazz inflected sound world in tracks such as On This Night and Let All The People Praise You. I have worked many times with the inspirational Newcastle-based choir Voices of Hope who won BBC Choir of The Year in 2016 and who have continued to grow in vocal magic and audience since that time. It’s been a joy to work with them and their choir director Mark Edwards alongside my own ensemble and string players from The Alina Orchestra."

Track Listing
01 All Will Be Well (4:13)
02 We Are Laid Asleep (5:09)
03 Blessed Are The Peacemakers (4:33)
04 Earthificat (3:22)
05 See Amid The Winter’s Snow (3:31)
06 Reverence (3:16)
07 On This Night (5:02)
08 “O Magnum Mysterium ” (5:53)
09 Renew Me In The Sunlight (3:31)
10 Take Away My Sorrow (3:46)
11 Let All The People Praise You (4:24)
12 This Miracle We Share (3:29)
13 Sing Me Home (5:10)
14 A New Sunrise (4:13)

More information about the sheet music for this album can be found here