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Gramophone 'Editor's Choice' Award Winner
The Cathedral Choir’s recently-released album of music Choral Works by Gabriel Jackson has been awarded Editor’s Choice in Gramophone magazine’s August issue.
Gramophone is generally regarded as one of the world’s leading classical music magazines, so this is a very great achievement. You can read the review here.
As we celebrate the release of the Cathedral Choir’s latest album and receipt of this award, we reflect upon the recordings, and the work of the Cathedral musicians, including the boy and girl choristers, that led up to this achievement.
The first recording sessions for the album took place on 8, 9 and 10 July 2024, with the boy choristers, girl choristers and Lay Clerks all attending recording sessions in the Quire after hours. The second and final recording sessions took place on 1 and 2 October 2024, which meant that two different cohorts of choristers (from different academic years) were able to take part. Composer Gabriel Jackson - who was a Canterbury Cathedral chorister for three years - was present for all of the recording sessions.
Six of the thirteen compositions on the album are world premiere recordings. Track 1, the anthem Praise ye the Lord, was written to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the admission of girl choristers to Canterbury Cathedral Choir and was first performed at Evensong on Sunday 28 January 2024. Track 3, Canterbury Concertos, is played on the Cathedral organ by Assistant Director of Music, Jamie Rogers, and was written for Jamie and this recording. As well as conducting the Choir throughout, Director of Music, David Newsholme, played the organ for Southwark Symphonies, the solo piece on Track 12.
The cover image is a part of ‘The Damson Tree’ window in the Cathedral cloisters - designed by Hughie O'Donoghue, RA, and made by stained glass artist Grace Ayson in 2018 at The Cathedral Studios.
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