A meditation (headphones recommended)

Danny Boy

Joshua Adams - Three Eucharistic Motets (2019)
These three motets are settings of hymn texts by the influential theologian and writer, Thomas Aquinas. O Salutaris Hostia (O Saving Victim), Panis Angelicus (Bread Of Angels), and Tantum Ergo (Hence So Great A Sacrament) each pertain to the Eucharist - a central aspect of Christianity. The chant melodies of these texts are layered with other material (both derived from the tune and freely written) in a similar fashion to create linked, but unique modern textures - each uses predominately the same pitches, but with different use of modality producing different colours in the sound world.

These recordings are a dedicated effort for this release by some of my dear friends in the gently reverberant acoustic of the chapel at Trinity College, East Perth.
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Recorded: 3rd March 2020 - Trinity College Chapel, East Perth.
Soprano: Jade Hansen,  Bonnie de la Hunty
Alto: Gabrielle Scheggia, Lydia Gardiner
Tenor: Kieran Lynch, Jason Kroll
Bass: Rowan Swarbrick, Jonty Coy
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Director: Joshua Adams
Recording: Thomas Friberg

Tantum Ergo

Momentum

Parallax

Steelpan Dreaming

Dusk

Dawn

Orbit

Get Up (South Sudance)

An electronic rework of Joshua Adams' choral piece 'Behold, the star'.

Monument

Australian composer and singer.
MA Music (SVES) at the University of York, UK.

Tantum Ergo

Joshua Adams - Composer

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