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FACES IN THE MIST
Choral music by Richard Peat
The Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge
The Girl Choristers of Ely CathedraL
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Description

This is the first recording dedicated to the choral works of Richard Peat, with a varied collection of sacred and secular pieces written during the last twenty years.

Richard has a highly developed facility in composition and a unique voice. He has successfully submitted works to the John Armitage Memorial’s anonymous annual Call for Music six times, many of which can be heard on this recording. This makes him the most performed composer in over twenty years of the Call for Music.

Richard Peat’s first publicly performed work, Tenebrae, was premièred by the Britten Sinfonia at the Sounds New festival in 1997 while he was still at school. In 2008 Richard studied with Sir Peter Maxwell Davies on the Advanced Composition course at the Dartington International Summer School; he was selected again in 2021 to study with Nico Muhly. His music has been performed all over the world and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. He has received awards from the John Armitage Memorial, Oxford festival of the Arts, the Isolda Composition Foundation, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, London New Wind Festival and Glasgow University.

Track List

All these things†
13:40
I Nativity
2:57
II Lullaby
0:35
III Dance
2:14
IV Lullaby
0:59
V Farewell
4:48
VI Lullaby
2:07
Sanctorum Cantuarienses*
13:15
I Ritual: Responsum est
4:40
II Drama: Turbulent Priest
2:12
III Dream: Why did God?
6:23
Corpus Christi Carol†
4:47
Winter Landscape†
8:32
Watching the Dark*
10:28
I Prelude
1:28
II Suicide in the trenches
2:04
III Bach and the sentry
2:51
IV Does it matter?
2:30
V Postlude
1:35
Faces in the mist†
10:00
I A deep-sworn vow
2:28
II Vanished
0:40
III Melody, O melody
2:39
IV Mourning
0:25
V The remorseful day
3:48
Tread softly*
11:41
I Never seek to tell thy love
3:08
II Fair, kind, and true
3:54
III The Rescue
1:04
IV Tread softly
3:35
I am not there†
3:21

Total playing time: 75:50

Production credits

Recorded in Ely Cathedral on 10/11 January and 7/8 February 2020 by kind permission of the Dean and Chapter

Recording producer: Gary Cole

Assistant engineer: Andy Gammon

Sample audio extracts

Reviews

‘The music is beautifully written, basically tonal with dissonant moments, uses the voices and instruments in creative ways, and is deeply expressive of the texts.’ American Record Guide March/April 2023

‘Recorded in Ely Cathedral, the rich tonal and textural sounds created by two superb choirs, The Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge, and the Girl Choristers of Ely Cathedral have a compelling warmth through Sarah MacDonald’s superb direction… Peat’s brilliant choral writing justly deserves an album to itself as he is a tremendous contemporary music communicator.’  Chimeo.com

There is much to admire in this showcase of the choral writing of Richard Peat… The performances by the young teams of singers, mainly a cappella, are committed and largely very effective, distinguished particularly by precise tuning…’ Choir and Organ December 2022
‘Peat’s distinctive compositional voice is exceptionally well-served here with excellent performances all round.’ Cathedral Music Magazine Spring 2023

‘…one cannot but be amazed at the way Peat manages to create striking and evocative music when writing for such a variety of different forces…’ Planet Hugill