Chapel Choir Record New Album

The Chapel Choir spent three days at the start of January rehearsing and recording in New Hall. The choir were joined by a number of extra singers for this project (principally due to the nature of the repertoire and the need for a more expansive sound to match and balance with a full orchestra) and the London Mozart Players.

The most substantial piece recorded was Gerald Finzi’s ‘Lo, the full final sacrifice’. This will be a rare recording of Finzi’s original (and very fine) full orchestration. Then followed a number of pieces with strong Winchester connections, either composers or arrangers, with music by Stanford, Ireland, Balfour Gardner, Dyson and Tarney.