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SANSARA
Приєднався 14 гру 2013
Transformational choral experiences.
"a sound that takes us beyond our everyday selves" - Edinburgh Music Review
Led by Artistic Director Tom Herring, SANSARA is a community of professional singers, composers and creatives from the UK. Together, we share choral music we love to create spaces for reflection and renewal - whatever that means for you. From intimate a cappella performances to immersive vocal soundscapes - in a beautiful venue or through your headphones - we invite you to join us.
Recent collaborations include projects with ensembles Manchester Collective, Fretwork, United Strings of Europe, and instrumentalists Ruth Gibson, Julian Azkoul, Liam Byrne and Basel Saleh. New music is in our DNA: commissions include works by Natalia Tsupryk, Piers Connor Kennedy, Jasmin Kent Rodgman, Rebecca Dale and Marco Galvani.
"choral singing with real depth" - The Guardian
"SANSARA slips easily into the elite ranks of exceptional performers...breathtaking" - Choir & Organ
"a sound that takes us beyond our everyday selves" - Edinburgh Music Review
Led by Artistic Director Tom Herring, SANSARA is a community of professional singers, composers and creatives from the UK. Together, we share choral music we love to create spaces for reflection and renewal - whatever that means for you. From intimate a cappella performances to immersive vocal soundscapes - in a beautiful venue or through your headphones - we invite you to join us.
Recent collaborations include projects with ensembles Manchester Collective, Fretwork, United Strings of Europe, and instrumentalists Ruth Gibson, Julian Azkoul, Liam Byrne and Basel Saleh. New music is in our DNA: commissions include works by Natalia Tsupryk, Piers Connor Kennedy, Jasmin Kent Rodgman, Rebecca Dale and Marco Galvani.
"choral singing with real depth" - The Guardian
"SANSARA slips easily into the elite ranks of exceptional performers...breathtaking" - Choir & Organ
To the Hands: VI. i will hold you - Caroline Shaw
This final movement of Caroline Shaw's powerful 'To the Hands' forms a fitting conclusion to this striking six-part piece.
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“SANSARA and United Strings of Europe have combined for exquisite performances. Their recording is incredibly detailed and moving, and I’m so grateful to be included in this beautiful album.” - Caroline Shaw
Text:
VI. i will hold you
i would hold you
i would hold you
ever ever will i hold you
ever ever will i enfold you
in medio
in medio
in medio
in medio
in medio manuum tuarum
Text by Caroline Shaw: the final line is a reprise from the Zechariah text
Performed by SANSARA and @UnitedStringsofEurope, conducted by Tom Herring and featured on our latest release 'in the midst'.
🎥 Ben Tomlin
🎙️ Dave Rowell & Matthew Bennett
Listen now wherever you get your music: platoon.lnk.to/in-the-midst
“SANSARA and United Strings of Europe have combined for exquisite performances. Their recording is incredibly detailed and moving, and I’m so grateful to be included in this beautiful album.” - Caroline Shaw
Text:
VI. i will hold you
i would hold you
i would hold you
ever ever will i hold you
ever ever will i enfold you
in medio
in medio
in medio
in medio
in medio manuum tuarum
Text by Caroline Shaw: the final line is a reprise from the Zechariah text
Performed by SANSARA and @UnitedStringsofEurope, conducted by Tom Herring and featured on our latest release 'in the midst'.
🎥 Ben Tomlin
🎙️ Dave Rowell & Matthew Bennett
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Our new album - 'in the midst'
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Our new album in collaboration with @UnitedStringsofEurope is OUT NOW on all streaming platforms #inthemidst Today, millions are forcibly displaced from their homes, set on perilous journeys in search of places of safety. Finding refuge depends on the kindness of others - individuals, communities and nations. But the longing for sanctuary is not always met with open arms. 'in the midst' sees SA...
and the swallow - Caroline Shaw (arr. Kennedy)
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Our new arrangement of Caroline Shaw’s 'and the swallow' by Piers Connor Kennedy for choir and strings. Originally commissioned by the Netherlands Chamber Choir as an a cappella piece, 'and the swallow' sets text from Psalm 84 describing the yearning for a place to call home. This new version brings together choir and strings in a subtly crafted combination that gives the sense of two choirs, o...
SANSARA + @UnitedStringsofEurope + @BasselSaleh | Sanctuary & Solidarity - showreel
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In November 2022, we teamed up with acclaimed ensemble @UnitedStringsofEurope and Syrian oud player @BasselSaleh to present the UK premiere of Caroline Shaw's powerful contemporary cantata 'To the Hands' alongside music by @hildurgunadottir6634, Natalia Tsupryk, Dietrich Buxtehude and Houtaf Khoury. The concert also featured oud improvisations and original music by Basel, including Tahmeel Hija...
SANSARA + @FretworkViols | Lamentations à5 - Robert White (LIVE)
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Back in April 2022, we teamed up with Fretwork to present a programme for Holy Week featuring music by Arvo Pärt and this stunning set of Lamentations by Robert White (1538-1574). His Lamentations in five parts are the very best of his music and represent one of the high points of English vocal music of the time. The set was given pride of place in Robert Dow’s magnificent part books of the 158...
SANSARA + Liam Byrne | Malmesbury Motets - Nico Muhly
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As we enter the new year, here's our performance of Nico Muhly's Malmesbury Motets - a reflective sequence in three movements for choir and solo viola da gamba, featuring the brilliant Liam Byrne. Setting three well-known Biblical texts, their enduring theme of light in darkness is a timely reminder of the strength of hope and optimism. Translations I. And the earth was without form, and void; ...
Tom Herring talks to Sky News about SANSARA's single for Ukraine
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#AQuietNight #TyhoyiNochi On Sunday 28 August 2022, our Artistic Director Tom Herring spoke to Sky News anchor Kimberley Leonard about our commission for Ukraine - Natalia Tsupryk's hauntingly beautiful piece 'A Quiet Night - Tyhoyi Nochi'. Find out more about the project here: www.sansarachoir.com/a-quiet-night Watch the full music video: ua-cam.com/video/ZICZ4q2tF_M/v-deo.html&ab_channel=SANS...
SANSARA | A Quiet Night - Tyhoyi Nochi, Natalia Tsupryk (Official Music Video)
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#AQuietNight #TyhoyiNochi A Quiet Night - Tyhoyi Nochi is a new piece of choral music by Ukrainian composer Natalia Tsupryk. Commissioned by SANSARA for Ukrainian Independence Day and to mark six months since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, the piece is a musical expression of solidarity with the people of Ukraine: it is also a catalyst for connection, providing a creat...
SANSARA | A Quiet Night - Tyhoyi Nochi, Natalia Tsupryk (trailer)
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#AQuietNight #TyhoyiNochi A Quiet Night - Tyhohi Nochi is a creative response to the full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces in early 2022 and the ongoing conflict across the country which has displaced millions of Ukrainian civilians. Written by Ukrainian composer Natalia Tsupryk, A Quiet Night sets text by renowned Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan and quotations from one of President Vol...
SANSARA | My North - Rebecca Dale (trailer)
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#MyNorth #WalktheWall Released on all streaming platforms on Friday 22 April 2022, My North is a new choral piece by composer Rebecca Dale. Premiered on 29 March 2022 at a commemorative event at the National Covid Memorial Wall, My North was commissioned as part of our ground-breaking Rite to Grieve project, uniting choral music with peer-to-peer grief support in the wake of the pandemic. Dale'...
SANSARA + Fretwork | Stabat Mater (trailer)
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We've teamed up with the renowned viol consort Fretwork to present a striking programme of music for Holy Week featuring a rare opportunity to hear Pärt's Stabat Mater arranged for viols and voices. Tickets available via the links below: 07.04.22: St Cross, Winchester www.tickettailor.com/events/sansarachoir/646868/ 14.04.22: St John's Smith Square, London www.sjss.org.uk/events/sansara-and-fre...
Giving voice to grief through choral music - Rite to Grieve (trailer)
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In October 2021, we hosted our first in-person Rite to Grieve event with our partners The Grief Series. This short trailer provides an introduction to the project, sharing our approach and giving an insight into the format of a Rite to Grieve day. Find out more about the project here: www.sansarachoir.com/rite-to-grieve Video: Ben Tomlin Productions Music: Marco Galvani Artwork: Charlie Barton ...
SANSARA | O nata lux - Anna Lapwood (LIVE)
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SANSARA | O nata lux - Anna Lapwood (LIVE)
SANSARA | There is an old belief - Hubert Parry (LIVE)
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SANSARA | There is an old belief - Hubert Parry (LIVE)
SANSARA | Never weather-beaten sail - Hubert Parry (LIVE)
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SANSARA | Never weather-beaten sail - Hubert Parry (LIVE)
SANSARA | I know my soul hath power - Hubert Parry (LIVE)
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SANSARA | I know my soul hath power - Hubert Parry (LIVE)
SANSARA | My soul, there is a country - Hubert Parry (LIVE)
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SANSARA | My soul, there is a country - Hubert Parry (LIVE)
SANSARA | Quemadmodum - John Taverner (LIVE)
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SANSARA | Quemadmodum - John Taverner (LIVE)
SANSARA | Sicut cervus - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (LIVE)
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SANSARA | Sicut cervus - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (LIVE)
SANSARA | O nata lux - Rhiannon Randle (LIVE)
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SANSARA | O nata lux - Rhiannon Randle (LIVE)
SANSARA | Selig sind die Toten - Heinrich Schütz (LIVE)
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SANSARA | Selig sind die Toten - Heinrich Schütz (LIVE)
SANSARA | Warum ist das Licht gegeben? - Johannes Brahms (LIVE)
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SANSARA | Warum ist das Licht gegeben? - Johannes Brahms (LIVE)
SANSARA | Abendfeier in Venedig - Clara Schumann (LIVE)
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SANSARA | Abendfeier in Venedig - Clara Schumann (LIVE)
SANSARA | O Quam Gloriosum - Tomás Luis de Victoria (LIVE)
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SANSARA | O Quam Gloriosum - Tomás Luis de Victoria (LIVE)
SANSARA | Invisible Cities - introduction ft. Marco Galvani
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SANSARA | Invisible Cities - introduction ft. Marco Galvani
SANSARA | O nata lux - Thomas Tallis
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SANSARA | O nata lux - Thomas Tallis
Jonathan talks about Tallis' Videte miraculum
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Jonathan talks about Tallis' Videte miraculum
SANSARA + Liam Byrne | Les Voix Humaines
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SANSARA Liam Byrne | Les Voix Humaines
The arrangement makes it sound like an accompaniment for To the Hands, love it!
so beautiful
greetings from the US I happened to stumble upon this arrangement because I love Caroline's shaw music. Is there a possibility this arrangement score is published to purchase for concerts?
O, you beautiful people. What a gift is this. Thank you from the deeply troubled USA. Love to you, and to all here. Praise to Caroline Shaw and to all who made this recording possible.
Incredible singing, every voice impeccable and so beautifully blended! Its a wonderful piece to sing and you guys sang it wonderfully!
Magnifique..
Omg, using the strings to take over the second choir writing style is genius. Such a great angle of this beautiful piece
Beautiful!
When the strings come in at the beginning, the whole work just comes together for me. So moving. beautifully done!
It’s an amazing conclusion to the work ❤
Fantastic
Thank you so much 😀
gorgeous
So moving, thank you for this recording!
The track is OUT NOW on all streaming platforms 🎉 Here’s a link for Apple Music & Spotify: Platoon.lnk.to/and-the-swallow-arr-for-choir-and-strings-by-piers-connor-kennedy
Wow! This was already one of my favorite contemporary pieces for choir, but this new version is amazing, thank you!
This is such a powerful piece of choir music on its own (Caroline Shaw is amazing!) and for quite a while now the rendition by the Chapel Choir of Pembroke College led by the terrific Anna Lapwood (the level of refinement she achieves with these young college boys and girls is phenomenal) was my preferred recording. And then this version showed up today ... WOW, that's another level of powerful! The strings add a whole new layer of depth and warmth and these vocalists are simply stunning. Kudos for the sound quality of the recording that tops it all off. I'm blown away!
Thanks so much @edwing71 🙏 - so glad you like this new arrangement 😊
Absolutely jaw dropping. Hope this gets released on streaming platforms!
It's available on Spotify already (as an early single for now).
@@edwing71 Not on Apple Music yet!
@@Rehmossit should be now! It’s the final track of our new album which comes out in full on 6 Sept 🎉
Thank you. Tight!! Parry!! Beautiful!!!❤❤❤. (Great recording engineer work!!)
I love how the dissonance resolves to such exquisite harmony at the end. Thank you.
Beautifully!
Wait, another recording in the original key? This is fantastic!
Fantastic performance. Which score edition was used here?
This is incredibly moving. Greetings from a fellow composer in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
A fine recording of this all too rarely performed masterwork - arguably the finest setting of the Lamentations. Les Baker
Byrd doesn't get done very often either, and is also excellent.
Do you happen to have a recording of “Love is in the House” sung by students from Larkrise? Thank you!
Дуже красиво, але співаєте на український мові, а де ж український текст?Мені потрібно допомогти хору з Ісландії з вимовою. Потрібен український текст - українською. Дякую
Thank you. Well performed, and a treat for those, who like myself enjoy the music of Robert White - although it has become increasingly difficult to find cd`s to replace my aging vinyl pressing. A rare treat :)
Sang this last night with Pegasus chamber choir. It was so emotional and sounded fantastic in the acoustic of St George's Bloomsbury. Thank you for commissioning and sharing it!
Magnifique !
Thank you for a superb performance, as good as I have heard of this piece.
Dieu vous garde
beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
So beautiful...Slava Ukraini! 💛💙
So beautiful!
Man versteht leider kein Wort
Bravi!
Exquisite...thank you!
It's SO compellingly rich and simple : LOVE it ; AND your performance of it!
I wish they would just play the music and respectfully shut the F UP.
Thank you - quite perfect.
this is amazing! is there a recording coming out soon?
Watch this space!
So beautiful...thank you!
wow, this is incredible. Besides the musicans, I'd like to tip my hat for all the engineers. What a nice production! Wonderful experience that comes through very well on UA-cam just like that. Great job
Heavenly.
Sublime
Thank you
I hear a "querstand" ( a false relation in "florid"style ) in this "O Nata Lux " from Thomas Tallis
perfection
Дякую Вам
Beautiful, reminds me a bit of parts of Faure’s Requiem, one of my favourite pieces of music ……,
After this, I know that God exists