I Know that my Redeemer Liveth - Handel

A wordless choral lament for Aleppo, a great city devastated by terrible civil strife. Composed in 2016 for the Portugese choir Voz Nua. This is a live recording of a performance by echo chamber choir, London, 2017, dir. Sarah Latto. A different recording of the piece has been broadcast by BBC Radio 3.

Photo of war damage in Aleppo from Voice of America. Public domain.

songs of sorrow

Sheffield-born soprano Lindsey James is a first-class graduate of King's College London with a PGCE in Secondary Music Education from the UCL Institute of Education. During her studies, she secured singing lessons from the Royal Academy of Music whilst maintaining a busy schedule of tours, radio broadcasts and album recordings with the Choir of King's College London. Lindsey then trained further on the competitive Genesis Sixteen and VOCES8 Scholarship schemes. She now divides her time between her part-time role as Music Teacher and Choral Lead at NLCS (the UK's oldest academic girls' school), the running of her own private teaching studio, and a range of freelance concerts and workshops.

I Know that my Redeemer Liveth - Handel

Lindsey James

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