{"title":"Helen Charlston | mezzo-soprano","description":"\u003cp\u003eHelen Charlston (mezzo soprano) joined Le Jardin des Voix academy with Les Arts Florissants in 2021, and the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, and also became winner of the Ferrier Loveday Song Prize in the Kathleen Ferrier Awards. Recent and upcoming concert highlights include Bach’s Weihnachtoratorium with Casa da Musica, Judas Maccabaeus with the RIAS Kammerchor, a worldwide tour of Handel’s \u003cem\u003eMessiah \u003c\/em\u003ewith the Sea le Symphony, the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and solo recitals at York Early Music Festival, London Handel Festival, Händel-festspiele Halle, Korčula Baroque Festival, Leicester International Music Festival, and Fitzrovia Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"philip-wilby-an-english-passion","title":"Philip Wilby: An English Passion according to Saint Matthew","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMhairi Lawson (soprano)\u003cbr\u003eHelen Charlston (mezzo-soprano)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Elwin (tenor)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeán Boylan (baritone)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBen McAteer (baritone)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJack Wilson (organ)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Leigh (chamber organ)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBelfast Cathedral Choir\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatthew Owens (conductor)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposer Phillip Wilby has built his reputation on writing for brass band and music for the Christian liturgy, for which he composes extensively. The three works presented on this album were all composed between 2014 and 2019, the earliest of which is the Knaresborough Service, commissioned by the Parish Church of St John the Baptist in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. The anthem \u003cem\u003eGod’s Grandeur \u003c\/em\u003ewas written in 2017 and is a setting of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s poem of the same name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilby’s An English Passion According to Saint Matthew was written in 2018, for Matthew Owens and the choir of Wells Cathedral. One important characteristic of the work is the congregational hymns are taken from the collection of English tunes, published by Vaughan Williams in his \u003cem\u003eEnglish Hymnal \u003c\/em\u003eof 1906. These hymns, with their timeless melodies, anchor the Passion in a very English setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/7977\/8534\/files\/RES10298_booklet.pdf?v=1646678181\" title=\"Album Booklet - Philip Wilby: An English Passion according to Saint Matthew\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlbum Booklet (PDF)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout the Artists: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/belfast-cathedral-choir\" title=\"Belfast Cathedral Choir - Resonus Classics\"\u003eBelfast Cathedral Choir;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/mhairi-lawson-soprano\" title=\"Mhairi Lawson - soprano - Resonus Classics\"\u003eMhairi Lawson;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/helen-charlston-mezzo-soprano\" title=\"Helen Charlston - mezzo-soprano - Resonus Classics\"\u003eHelen Charlston;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/thomas-elwin-tenor\" title=\"Thomas Elwin - tenor - Resonus Classics\"\u003eThomas Elwin;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/sean-boylan-baritone\" title=\"Seán Boylan - baritone - Resonus Classics\"\u003eSeán Boylan;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/ben-mcateer-baritone\" title=\"Ben McAteer - baritone - Resonus Classics\"\u003eBen McAteer;\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/matthew-owens-conductor-organ\" title=\"Matthew Owens - conductor - Resonus Classics\"\u003eMatthew Owens\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"resonusclassics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42582125347046,"sku":"RES10298","price":10.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/7977\/8534\/products\/RES10298_Wilby_An_English_Passion.jpg?v=1651179766"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/7977\/8534\/collections\/Helen_Charlston.jpg?v=1794514056","url":"https:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/collections\/helen-charlston-mezzo-soprano.oembed","provider":"Resonus Classics \u0026 Inventa Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}