The Schola Cantorum of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in London is an unusual group within the constellation of English choirs, consisting entirely of boys ages 11 to 18. The sound is entirely distinctive, different from the classical cathedral choir sound, not so much in the younger boys' sections but in the tenors and basses, who have a bright, earnest sound that's immensely appealing. The group performs liturgical duties at the school but also performs in the concert world with a range of material that is not ...
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The Schola Cantorum of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in London is an unusual group within the constellation of English choirs, consisting entirely of boys ages 11 to 18. The sound is entirely distinctive, different from the classical cathedral choir sound, not so much in the younger boys' sections but in the tenors and basses, who have a bright, earnest sound that's immensely appealing. The group performs liturgical duties at the school but also performs in the concert world with a range of material that is not necessarily Catholic in nature. It has made a number of recordings, but its association with the Aparte label and the Little Tribeca engineering team from Paris has brought it to new heights. On Great Is the Lord, the Schola Cantorum offers a program straight out of the late 19th and early 20th century English playbook, diverging from it just for a single piece by Henry Purcell and for one by contemporary composer James MacMillan, who wrote Emitte lucam tuam expressly for the Schola...
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