Quivi è la rosa in che’l verbo divino
carne si fece; quivi son li gigli
al cui odor si prese il buon cammino.

[Here is that rose through whom the Divine Word
was made into flesh; here too those lilies
by whose fragrance was taken the just road.]


Dante Aligheri, Paradiso, Canto XXIII, 73-75
English translation by Christopher Lyndon-Gee


Il nome del bel fior - 02. Quivi è la rosa

The music of Joanne Metcalf, critically acclaimed as “music of great beauty” (Klassik-Heute) and “extraordinarily beautiful” (International Record Review), is known for its evocative lyricism, rhythmic extravagance, and “beautiful use of vocal colours and texture” (Glasgow Herald). Ms. Metcalf has received commissions from the Hilliard Ensemble; Singer Pur, Germany’s pre-eminent vocal ensemble; Cappella Nova; and Canty, Scotland’s premiere vocal quartet. Her choral compositions have been performed by Variant 6, the Gothic Voices, and The Crossing.