REVELATION RELEASE DAY

The release day for Revelation, my eighth album, has finally arrived!  Woo hoo!

Order now on iTunes or Amazon.

The album features twenty-two brand new choral works including two choral collections which I wrote early last year.  The pieces were then premiered in Canada in July by The Elora Singers who then recorded the album a couple of days later under the Naxos label.  

The first of the new collections, Revelation, is a collection of nine pieces based on text from the last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation, written by St John on the island of Patmos.

The second work, Beatitudes, is a collection setting the eight Beatitudes of Christ from the Gospel of St Matthew and captures the essence of Christ’s message that those people normally thought of as being unfortunate are, in fact, blessed.

Five other standalone works complete the album including The Word which sets the beautiful poetry of the Johanine Prologue, The Lord’s Prayer from my mass setting The Edenham Eucharist, and a new recording of my 2004 piece Quanta Qualia, in the arrangement I wrote for Voces8’s album Eventide.

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INTERVIEW: BBC RADIO NORFOLK

It was lovely to be in the BBC Radio Norfolk studios again with Anthony Isaacs talking about Revelation! 

Click the video below for the full interview.

Revelation, is released on 10th Feb and features twenty-two brand new choral works including two choral collections.

Pre-order your copy now at iTunes or Amazon.

The first of the new collections, Revelation, is a collection of nine pieces based on text from the last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation, written by St John on the island of Patmos.

The second work, Beatitudes, is a collection setting the eight Beatitudes of Christ from the Gospel of St Matthew and captures the essence of Christ’s message that those people normally thought of as being unfortunate are, in fact, blessed.

Five other standalone works complete the album including The Word which sets the beautiful poetry of the Johanine Prologue, The Lord’s Prayer from Patrick’s mass setting The Edenham Eucharist, and a new recording of Patrick’s 2004 piece Quanta Qualia, in the arrangement he wrote for Voces8’s album Eventide.

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REVELATION & BEATITUDES VIDEOS

A couple of gorgeous videos showcasing my Revaltion and Beatitudes collections.  Love them!

Revelation, is released on 10th Feb and features twenty-two brand new choral works including two choral collections.

Pre-order your copy now at iTunes or Amazon.

The first of the new collections, Revelation, is a collection of nine pieces based on text from the last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation, written by St John on the island of Patmos.

The second work, Beatitudes, is a collection setting the eight Beatitudes of Christ from the Gospel of St Matthew and captures the essence of Christ’s message that those people normally thought of as being unfortunate are, in fact, blessed.

Five other standalone works complete the album including The Word which sets the beautiful poetry of the Johanine Prologue, The Lord’s Prayer from Patrick’s mass setting The Edenham Eucharist, and a new recording of Patrick’s 2004 piece Quanta Qualia, in the arrangement he wrote for Voces8’s album Eventide.

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REVELATION - INSPIRATIONS

Love this short video which reveals the inspiration behind my new album Revelation.  It follows my pilgrimage last year to the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Greek island of Patmos where St John wrote The Book of Revelation.

Revelation, is released on 10th Feb and features twenty-two brand new choral works including two choral collections.

Pre-order your copy now at iTunes or Amazon.

The first of the new collections, Revelation, is a collection of nine pieces based on text from the last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation, written by St John on the island of Patmos.

The second work, Beatitudes, is a collection setting the eight Beatitudes of Christ from the Gospel of St Matthew and captures the essence of Christ’s message that those people normally thought of as being unfortunate are, in fact, blessed.

Five other standalone works complete the album including The Word which sets the beautiful poetry of the Johanine Prologue, The Lord’s Prayer from Patrick’s mass setting The Edenham Eucharist, and a new recording of Patrick’s 2004 piece Quanta Qualia, in the arrangement he wrote for Voces8’s album Eventide.

Read more →

REVELATION - NEW ALBUM

My new album, Revelation, is released on 10th Feb and features twenty-two brand new choral works including two choral collections! 

The first of the new collections, Revelation, is a collection of nine pieces based on text from the last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation, written by St John on the island of Patmos.

The second work, Beatitudes, is a collection setting the eight Beatitudes of Christ from the Gospel of St Matthew and captures the essence of Christ’s message that those people normally thought of as being unfortunate are, in fact, blessed.

Five other standalone works complete the album including The Word which sets the beautiful poetry of the Johanine Prologue, The Lord’s Prayer from Patrick’s mass setting The Edenham Eucharist, and a new recording of Patrick’s 2004 piece Quanta Qualia, in the arrangement he wrote for Voces8’s album Eventide.

More info on how to Pre-Order your copy will be available soon.

THE KING'S SINGERS

I was thrilled, in Autumn of last year, to be commissioned by the The King’s Singers to write a new piece for them.   The double Grammy® award-winning ensemble will perform the World Premiere of Musica Dei Donum at the Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista in Venice on 24th January.

The piece sets the ancient Latin words and a version in English is set to follow later in the year.

Musica Dei donum optimi

trahit homines, trahit deos:

Musica truces mollit animos

tristesque mentes erigit.

Musica vel ipsas arbores

et horridas movet feras

cunctisque solatia prestans.

Music, the gift of the supreme God,

draws men, draws gods;

music makes savage souls gentle

and uplifts sad minds;

music moves the trees themselves

and wild beasts,

affording solace to all.

CHILDREN'S OPERA

There's only two weeks left for Norfolk schools to apply to be in my Children's Opera in association with Into Opera!

The opera, A King’s Ransom, offers an unusual twist on the well-known story of Robin Hood.  It explores what happens when Robin is unable to save the day and instead the community must look within itself for answers to its problems.  

The opera was originally written in 1994 and, twenty-one years on, Patrick and brother Andy, the opera’s librettist, have returned to this work with fresh eyes and are collaborating with Into Opera to revise and expand the work.  Together they aim to develop A King’s Ransom into a National Education Project.  Into Opera are embarking on this journey in partnership with the Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts.

A King’s Ransom is an opera written especially for children to sing.  Each time this opera is staged we aim to work with four schools; integrating, collaborating, working side by side and learning from each other with this opera at its core.  The characters in the opera clearly split into four chorus sections: the villagers, soldiers, bagmen and masons.  Each of these chorus sections will be sung by a separate school.  

So, if you're a school in Norfolk with Key Stage 2 pupils and want to find out more, email: genevieve.raghu@into-opera.org.uk for info.  

The opera is being launched in early 2018 in Norfolk and performances around the nation will follow.  For more information on the opera visit the Into Opera website.