Artist:
ORA Singers
Suzi Digby
Harry Baker
Lucy Cox
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
76:31
Record Label:
Orchid Classics
Purchase Album:
CD, Amazon Music,
Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
March 13, 2026
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
ORA Singers
Suzi Digby
Harry Baker
Lucy Cox
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
76:31
Record Label:
Orchid Classics
Purchase Album:
CD, Amazon Music,
Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
March 13, 2026
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
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Product Description: Songs of Angels marks the 400th anniversary of Orlando Gibbons' death, with a thoughtfully curated program of choral music forming a landmark recording in Ora Singers' Reflections series. Here, Renaissance masterworks inspire living composers to respond in their own voices - not in imitation of Gibbons, but in dialogue with him across the centuries. Performed by the highly acclaimed choir under Suzi Digby OBE, the album places the ten complete surviving full anthems by Orlando Gibbons at it's centre-ranging from favourites such as O clap your hands and Hosanna to the Son of David to lesser-heard masterpieces including I am the resurrection and O Lord, how do my woes increase. Several works appear in modern reconstructions by David Skinner, allowing these pieces to be heard complete. Interwoven throughout are Gibbons' hymns from Hymns and Songs of the Church (1623), reimagined for the 21st century in jazz-inflected arrangements by pianist and arranger Harry Baker, combining choir and piano in a fresh yet respectful sound world. Continuing Ora Singers' commitment to commissioning, across a stellar decade of activity as one of the UK's foremost chamber choirs, new works by Marco Galvani, Nicola LeFanu, Cecilia McDowall and Will Todd respond directly to Gibbons' originals-offering a vivid contemporary counterpart to his clarity, balance and depth of feeling.
TRACK LIST:
1 .
The Song of Moses (No. 1 .from Wither's "The Songs and Hymns of the Church") [Arr. for Soprano, Choir and Piano by Harry Baker]
(03:26)
2 . Hosanna to the Son of David Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (02:36)
3 . Hosanna to the Son of David (A reflection on Orlando Gibbons - Hosanna to the Son of David) Ora Singers, Suzi Digby, Isabella Gibber & Martha Mclorinan (04:58)
4 . Almighty and everlasting God Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (02:16)
5 . eliver us, O Lord Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (03:32)
6 . The Song of Angels (No. 34 .from Wither's "The Songs and Hymns of the Church") [Arr. for Choir and Piano by Harry Baker] Ora Singers, Suzi Digby & Harry Baker (01:15)
7 . O clap your hands Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (04:47)
8 . O clap your hands Re-imagined (A reflection on Orlando Gibbons - O clap your hands) Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (04:19)
9 . Lift up your heads Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (02:30)
10 . O Lord, how do my woes increase Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (01:21)
11 . The Lamentation of David over Saul and Jonathan (No. 5 .from Wither's "The Songs and Hymns of the Church") [Arr. for Vocal Soloists, Choir and Piano by Harry Baker] Ora Singers, Suzi Digby, Harry Baker, Isabella Gibber, Martha Mclorinan, Jack Granby & Eoghan Desmond (03:11)
12 . O Lord, in Thy wrath rebuke me not Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (03:09)
13 . Be still, my soul (A reflection on Orlando Gibbons - O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not) Ora Singers, Suzi Digby, Julie Cooper & Jeremy Budd (05:20)
14 . Short Service: VI. Magnificat Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (03:04)
15 . Short Service: VII. Nunc Dimittis Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (02:10)
16 . Who's this, that leaning on her friend (No. 18 .from Wither's "The Songs and Hymns of the Church") [Arr. for Soprano, Choir and Piano by James Weeks] Ora Singers, Suzi Digby & Lucy Cox (02:37)
17 . Arise thou North-winde from the North (No. 14 .from Wither's "The Songs and Hymns of the Church") [Arr. for Soprano, Tenor, Choir and Piano by James Weeks] Ora Singers, Suzi Digby, Lucy Cox & Jeremy Budd (04:49)
18 . The Song of Hezekiah (No. 22 .from Wither's "The Songs and Hymns of the Church") [Arr. for Choir and Piano by Harry Baker] Ora Singers, Suzi Digby & Harry Baker (02:31)
19 . O Lord, I lift my heart to thee Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (01:21)
20 . I am the resurrection Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (04:18)
21 . O Lord, in thee is all my trust Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (05:53)
22 . Veni Creator Spiritus (No. 44 .from Wither's "The Songs and Hymns of the Church") [Arr. for Choir and Piano by Harry Baker] Ora Singers, Suzi Digby & Harry Baker (02:53)
23 .Veni Creator (A reflection on Orlando Gibbons - Veni Creator) Ora Singers, Suzi Digby & Harry Baker (04:29)
2 . Hosanna to the Son of David Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (02:36)
3 . Hosanna to the Son of David (A reflection on Orlando Gibbons - Hosanna to the Son of David) Ora Singers, Suzi Digby, Isabella Gibber & Martha Mclorinan (04:58)
4 . Almighty and everlasting God Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (02:16)
5 . eliver us, O Lord Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (03:32)
6 . The Song of Angels (No. 34 .from Wither's "The Songs and Hymns of the Church") [Arr. for Choir and Piano by Harry Baker] Ora Singers, Suzi Digby & Harry Baker (01:15)
7 . O clap your hands Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (04:47)
8 . O clap your hands Re-imagined (A reflection on Orlando Gibbons - O clap your hands) Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (04:19)
9 . Lift up your heads Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (02:30)
10 . O Lord, how do my woes increase Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (01:21)
11 . The Lamentation of David over Saul and Jonathan (No. 5 .from Wither's "The Songs and Hymns of the Church") [Arr. for Vocal Soloists, Choir and Piano by Harry Baker] Ora Singers, Suzi Digby, Harry Baker, Isabella Gibber, Martha Mclorinan, Jack Granby & Eoghan Desmond (03:11)
12 . O Lord, in Thy wrath rebuke me not Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (03:09)
13 . Be still, my soul (A reflection on Orlando Gibbons - O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not) Ora Singers, Suzi Digby, Julie Cooper & Jeremy Budd (05:20)
14 . Short Service: VI. Magnificat Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (03:04)
15 . Short Service: VII. Nunc Dimittis Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (02:10)
16 . Who's this, that leaning on her friend (No. 18 .from Wither's "The Songs and Hymns of the Church") [Arr. for Soprano, Choir and Piano by James Weeks] Ora Singers, Suzi Digby & Lucy Cox (02:37)
17 . Arise thou North-winde from the North (No. 14 .from Wither's "The Songs and Hymns of the Church") [Arr. for Soprano, Tenor, Choir and Piano by James Weeks] Ora Singers, Suzi Digby, Lucy Cox & Jeremy Budd (04:49)
18 . The Song of Hezekiah (No. 22 .from Wither's "The Songs and Hymns of the Church") [Arr. for Choir and Piano by Harry Baker] Ora Singers, Suzi Digby & Harry Baker (02:31)
19 . O Lord, I lift my heart to thee Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (01:21)
20 . I am the resurrection Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (04:18)
21 . O Lord, in thee is all my trust Ora Singers & Suzi Digby (05:53)
22 . Veni Creator Spiritus (No. 44 .from Wither's "The Songs and Hymns of the Church") [Arr. for Choir and Piano by Harry Baker] Ora Singers, Suzi Digby & Harry Baker (02:53)
23 .Veni Creator (A reflection on Orlando Gibbons - Veni Creator) Ora Singers, Suzi Digby & Harry Baker (04:29)
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