Anchorae Isolation Choir - The World (Peter Relph)

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Like many other musicians, the planned concerts of Vocal Quartet Anchorae were cancelled in the spring of 2020 due to the outbreak of coronavirus. We decided that, during this period of uncertainty, we wanted to do something positive, which is why we launched the Anchorae Isolation Choir, an international collaborative project which sought to bring together a community of musicians of all abilities. ​A brand-new piece was written by composer Peter Relph, and film director and producer Owen Franklin produced a YouTube Video of the finished performance. In all, there were 30 contributions from three nation states. This track is the result of that project.

ANCHORAE ISOLATION CHOIR
CREATIVE TEAM
Adam Lloyd - Alto
Chessie Mills Smith - Soprano
Ned Tennet - Tenor
Owen Franklin - Video Producer
Peter Relph - Musical Director, Composer, Bass
SOPRANO
Celia Mike (UK)
Charlotte de Grey
Chessie Mills Smith (Bristol, UK)
Elaine Wilson (Bristol, UK)
Elizabeth Gerow (CANADA)
Elizabeth Relph (Penrith, UK)
Frances Pugh (London, UK)
Liz Berrisford (Bath, UK)
Maggie McLean (Holmfoth, UK)
Sarah Lee
Sarah Mitchell (Chicago, USA)
Vic Whitters
ALTO
Adam Lloyd (Chippenham, UK)
Anne Macdowell (Little Kingshill, UK)
Elaine Wilson (Bristol, UK)
Nadia Nishizono Miller (Bristol, UK)
Olga Tylman
Samantha Goldberg (Boston, USA)
Tammy Stamford (USA)
TENOR
Iain Mclean (Shirley, CANADA)
Marquis Mcbride
Ned Tennet (Bristol, UK)
Peter Relph (Bristol, UK)
Richard White
Rupert Kirby
BASS
Charles Berrisford (Bath, UK)
Iain Mclean (Shirley, CANADA)
Jake Coventry (Reading, UK)
Peter Relph (Bristol, UK)

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The world is bright with beauty, and its days
Are filled with music; could we only know
True ends from false, and lofty things from low;
Could we but tear away the walls that graze
Our very elbows in life's frosty ways;
Behold the width beyond us with its flow,
Its knowledge and its murmur and its glow,
Where doubt itself is but a golden haze.

Ah brothers, still upon our pathway lies
The shadow of dim weariness and fear,
Yet if we could but lift our earthwood eyes
To see, and open our dull eyes to hear,
Then should the wonder of this world draw near
And life's innumerable harmonies.

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from Anchorae Isolation Choir, track released May 8, 2020

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Anchorae Bristol, UK

Anchorae is a Vocal Quartet, founded in 2018 by four singers in Bristol, UK.

Our main mission is to broaden awareness of modern classical music. We've premiered more than 10 new pieces over the last two - years, as well as set up the Anchorae Isolation Choir. ... more

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