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The distinguished composer and pianist John McCabe has written in almost every genre, and has long been one of Britain’s leading musicians. In his choral music he has taken a variety of texts – including anonymous sixteenth-century Latin, and the poems of Henry Vaughan and Thomas Hardy – and fashioned them into powerful settings. He evokes a rich variety of vocal colours and textures, remaining at all times communicative and vital, not least in the beautiful Marian Carols and the contrasting riches of the Mangan Triptych.
John McCabe: I sing of a maiden
I sing of a maiden
John McCabe: Upon the High Midnight
Upon the High Midnight: Dormi Jesu
John McCabe: Mary Laid her Child
Mary Laid her Child
John McCabe: Mangan Triptych
I. Visions
II. Siberia
III. Motet
John McCabe: Amen/Alleluia
Amen/Alleluia
John McCabe: Proud Songsters
Proud Songsters
John McCabe: The Lily-white Rose
The Lily-white Rose
John McCabe: The Morning Watch
The Morning Watch
John McCabe: The Evening Watch
The Evening Watch
John McCabe: Great Lord of Lords
Great Lord of Lords
John McCabe: A Hymn to God the Father
A Hymn to God the Father
John McCabe: The Last and Greatest Herald
The Last and Greatest Herald
March 2013
*****
“McCabe writes that he composes carols 'as relaxation from sterner stuff'. It is classy relaxation...[I Sing of a Maiden] is raptly atmospheric and consummately crafted, while the writing for solo soprano in Dormi, Jesu! is alluring. The 'sterner stuff' comes in Mangan Triptych...It's demanding listening, made easier by the superlative performances of the BBC Singers.”
I sing of a maiden
