Sudden Light The Epiphoni Consort & Tim Reader

• David Bednall (1979- ):
• 1 Lux Orta Est Iusto 07:41
• 2 Rise Up, My Love 07:37
• 3 Te Lucis Ante Terminum 02:50
• 4 3 Songs of Love: No. 1, First Love 03:21
• 5 3 Songs of Love: No. 2a, Though You Are in Your Shining Days 01:25
• 6 3 Songs of Love: No. 2b, The Cloths of Heaven 02:17
• 7 3 Songs of Love: No. 3, Then and Now 04:01
• 8 Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day 04:59
• 9 Welcome All Wonders: XI. Tribus Miraculis Ornatum 03:32
• 10 Welcome All Wonders: XIII. But Peaceful Was the Night 04:49
• 11 Tota Pulchra Es 04:13
• 12 Everyone Sang 05:17
• 13 Sonnet 98 04:48
• 14 A Wedding Prayer 03:20
• 15 Sudden Light 02:27
• 16 The Argument of His Book 03:41
• 17 Welcome All Wonders: II. Alleluia 04:24
• Total Runtime 01:10:42

Info for Sudden Light

There is something in the music of David Bednall that speaks of the English genius; it is present in his harmonic language, in its extended diatonic chords and shimmering polytonal beauty, and there too in the folk-like melodies of many of the works on this recording. His art grows from the ground of native tradition, that of the Anglican cathedral and collegiate choir and its revival in the decades since the First World War. A disciple of Vaughan Williams, Finzior Howells.

His music also harbours traces of Messiaen, Duruflé and Vierne.The Epiphoni Consort and their director Tim Reader are passionate advocates of Bednall's music, and this enterprising debut recording opening with the ravishing depiction of luminosity that is his 40-part motet Lux orta est iusto serves to highlight why Bednall is well on his way to becoming one of the UK's best-loved living choral composers.

The Epiphoni Consort
Tim Reader, direction

The Epiphoni Consort
The Epiphoni Consort was founded in 2014 as a project-based chamber choir for singers of an advanced training but who, in the majority of cases, pursue other primary careers.

Since our debut recital at the Gresham Centre in April 2014, we have embarked on an ambitious and eclectic programme of activity including Strauss’s fearsome Deutsche Motette in 20 parts at St John’s Smith Square and a concert-drama with music and acted scenes commemorating the centenary of the 1914 Christmas Truce.

In 2015 we were invited to appear at festivals including The Brandenburg Choral Festival, the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music and the London International A Cappella Choir Competition (LIACCC). Before a jury chaired by Peter Phillips of the Tallis Scholars, Epiphoni proceeded through the heats to the Grand Final. Phillips commended us on our “excellent interpretation and atmosphere” of the sixteenth century repertoire and vocal coach Ghislaine Morgan called us “mesmerising”. We went on to take second prize.

In November 2015 the world-renowned Tenebrae invited us to join them on stage at their Brahms and Bruckner CD launch at St James’, Spanish Place, after they awarded us first prize in their Locus Iste competition.

On January 1st 2016 we made our BBC TV debut in a documentary about the life and work of Sergei Rachmaninoff, The Joy of Rachmaninoff.

Booklet for Sudden Light