Anam: Music to Move the Soul Apollo5

• Fraser Wilson: Anam:
• 1 Wilson: Anam 04:05
• Rebecca Tavener: O Rubor Sanguinis
• 2 Tavener: O Rubor Sanguinis 01:56
• James MacMillan (b. 1959): Os Mutorum:
• 3 MacMillan: Os Mutorum 04:22
• Philippe Verdelot: Donna, se fiera stella:
• 4 Verdelot: Donna, se fiera stella 02:39
• Cipriano de Rore (1516 - 1565): Hor che l'aria e la terra:
• 5 Rore: Hor che l'aria e la terra 03:37
• Lucy Walker: My Heart, My God, Is Steadfast:
• 6 Walker: My Heart, My God, Is Steadfast 01:59
• C.H.H. Parry (1848 - 1918): My Soul, There Is a Country:
• 7 Parry: My Soul, There Is a Country 03:30
• Francis Pott (b. 1957): When Music Sounds:
• 8 Pott: When Music Sounds 04:39
• Paul Smith (1906 - 1985): A Study (A Soul):
• 9 Smith: A Study (A Soul) 03:22
• Traditional: Ca' the Yowes (Arr. by Adrian Peacock):
• 10 Traditional: Ca' the Yowes (Arr. by Adrian Peacock) 03:57
• Paul Mealor (b. 1975): Beneath Thy Compassion:
• 11 Mealor: Beneath Thy Compassion 02:53
• Henrik Dahlgren (b. 1991): Without Knowing:
• 12 Dahlgren: Without Knowing 03:23
• Traditional: Black is the Colour (Arr. by Blake Morgan):
• 13 Traditional: Black is the Colour (Arr. by Blake Morgan) 04:39
• Michael McGlynn (b. 1964): Am gaeth i m-muir:
• 14 McGlynn: Am gaeth i m-muir 02:40
• Tom Petty (1950 - 2017): Wildflowers (Arr. by Penelope Appleyard):
• 15 Petty: Wildflowers (Arr. by Penelope Appleyard) 03:21
• Teena Lyle: The Eternal Rose (An Rós Síoraí):
• 16 Lyle: The Eternal Rose (An Rós Síoraí) 04:08
• Mairi Campbell (b. 1965): Auld Lang Syne (Arr. by Christopher Moore):
• 17 Campbell: Auld Lang Syne (Arr. by Christopher Moore) 03:34
• Total Runtime 58:44

Info for Anam: Music to Move the Soul

Marking the fifteenth anniversary of the British vocal group, APOLLO5 present their seventh studio album: Anam, a collection of Music to Move the Soul comprised of world premieres and musical storytelling. With ‘anam’ meaning ‘soul’ in Gaelic, a strong Celtic theme underpins the album, which features new arrangements of folk songs, pagan texts, poetry by Robert Burns, brand new commissions inspired by Scottish and Irish musical traditions, and even traditional instruments. Other strands include Italian Renaissance madrigals, new settings of Romantic English poetry, and recordings of pieces by much-loved British composers Charles Hubert Parry and James MacMillan. There is a strong presence of women composers across the disc, with new pieces and arrangements by Lucy Walker, Teena Lyle, Rebecca Tavener and APOLLO5 soprano Penelope Appleyard, and the poetry of Christina Rosetti is also represented. Anam features more instrumentation than ever before on an APOLLO5 album, with guest appearances from clàrsach player Ruth Wall, uilleann pipe player Rita Farrell, and percussionist Teena Lyle. Together, the album’s seventeen tracks explore how the rich bardic tradition of storytelling and a connection to homeland, heritage and nature can inspire music and poetry that resonates timelessly with powerful imagery and emotional depth. Anam blends tradition with innovation in a journey across centuries and cultures.

Apollo5
Clare Stewart, mezzo-soprano
Penny Appleyard, soprano
Oscar Golden-Lee, tenor
Gus Perkins Ray, bass-baritone
Joseph Taylor, tenor

Apollo5
The international award-winning British vocal ensemble Apollo5 delights audiences with versatile and engaging performances on the concert platform, singing repertoire ranging from renaissance, classical and contemporary choral music to folk, jazz and pop.

Frequently performing in their home city of London they have sung in venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Kings Place (London A Cappella Festival), the Barbican, the Houses of Parliament and Wembley Arena. They regularly give concerts at their home in the heart of the City of London, the Gresham Centre.

As well as concerts across the UK Apollo5 has enjoyed giving performances internationally. Last season the five outstanding vocalists undertook a month-long debut tour of the USA and in 2016 they made their south Asian debut, taking part in the Taipei International Choral Festival. Over the last two years they have given performances in Italy, Germany, Holland and France. This season includes international performances in France (Via Aeterna Music Festival), Poland (for La Folle Journée) and a collaboration with the Academy of Ancient Music.

Apollo5 is part of the VCM Foundation, and leads its innovative education programme aiming to inspire creativity through music. Working alongside vocal ensemble VOCES8 and Paul Smith the programme reaches 40,000 young people annually in the UK, Germany, France, Sweden, the USA and Asia. The Foundation has its home at the Gresham Centre, at St Anne and St Agnes Church. In partnership with the Diocese of London, VCM has established a hub for excellence in education, outreach and the performance of vocal music. Last season saw the first Gresham Centre Festival in which the group performed with VOCES8 and the VOCES8 Scholars.

Apollo5 leads regular workshops, masterclasses, and a children’s concert series at the Gresham Centre, as well as longer term projects and residency programmes. The group oversees an extensive outreach project called the Open Mind Programme in Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Newham. Now in its third year, the Open Mind Programme has received support from Arts Council England, The Merchant Taylors’ Company and the Worshipful Company of Plaisterers. The education programme is also supported by Holman Fenwick Willan and the Ernest Cook Trust.

Apollo5 has released albums with VCM Records, including “The Spirit Like a Dove”, music by Josquin des Prez performed with the Ingenium Ensemble which was Number 4 in the UK Classical Chart, and “With a Song in my Heart”, an album of folk, jazz and pop. Also released is “Journey” on the Edition Peters Sounds label featuring the group with former King’s Singer Paul Phoenix. A new album “O Radiant Dawn”, which explores the human journey through birth, love, struggle, the end of life and reflection will be released in May 2019.

Apollo5 will start to publish its musical arrangements with Edition Peters this year.

This album contains no booklet.