May the Spirit Sing in your Heart - Thomas Hewitt Jones
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Caritas, Latin for 'charity', is a chamber choir based in Cardiff. We perform a range of music, unaccompanied or with organ, from the Renaissance period to the present day. Formed of professional and other high-quality singers, all members give of their own time and aim to raise at least £1,000 per performance for charitable organisations and good causes.
Since our first performance in March 2013, Caritas have presented 49 concerts and events, building a large and wide-ranging repertoire of over 300 pieces as well as raising over £63,000 for 66 charities and other good causes. With the release of May the Spirit Sing in your Heart, Caritas will be fundraising for the Cardiff Branch of Samaritans.
Samaritans is a charity working across the UK and Ireland and their vision is that fewer people die each year by suicide. They are there for anyone struggling to cope - day or night, 365 days a year. They take action to prevent people reaching crisis point, helping people find ways to cope and learn the skills to be there for others. They need your support to make this a reality so if you are able to make a donation via the link below we would be hugely grateful.
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Lindsay Gray, founder and director of Caritas, is celebrating his 70th Birthday on 22nd July 2023. Susanna Gray-Jones, Lindsay’s daughter, commissioned a new choral work to mark this special day and we’re thrilled to share it with you here.
Susanna invited her long-time friend, the talented composer Thomas Hewitt Jones (@thomashewittjones) to write a piece for the occasion; combining forces with the well-known writer Gordon Giles in respect of the lyrics, the two have created a beautiful work ‘May the Spirit Sing in your Heart’ which is a fantastic addition to the Caritas repertoire; we would like to thank Thomas and Gordon warmly for all they’ve done towards this project and we’re looking forward to being able to sing the anthem for you live in our next concert on 18th November in Llandaff Cathedral.
Susanna Gray-Jones says, ‘The anthem's soaring melody aims to reflect and celebrate the contribution Lindsay has made to choral music, both as a singer himself, choral conductor and in his various roles as a headmaster and as a former director of the Royal School of Church Music. The poignant words by Gordon Giles, Canon Chancellor of Rochester Cathedral, reflect on music, faith and spirituality and we hope will make an enjoyable and meaningful liturgical anthem, as well as being hopefully fun to sing. I’d like to thank my Dad for being an incredible father - for me that includes being my singing coach, headteacher, cricket bowling coach, business support advisor, choir director, counsellor and grandfather to our children. Happy 70th birthday Dad!'
The music is available via UA-cam, Spotify and other streaming networks.The sheet music is available from Encore Publications: www.encorepublications.com
Heavenly….no better word! Thank you for your divine focus. I hope these songs speak to you, the performers, as they do to me.
Keep coming back to listen to this…the blend of voices are beautiful and uplifting.
Thank you so much, Helen - really glad that you’re enjoying this. It sure is a lovely piece; I’m very honoured to have it as a commissioned birthday present and I’m thrilled with the Choir’s superb response after just two run-throughs. We’ve now raised £1,280 for the Cardiff Sams too!
Listening all the time from Dubai ❤️
Thank you again - it was a wonderful birthday present which has gone on to raise over £1300 for the Samaritans.
Truly stunning.
Well done to composer, choir, organist & conductor.
So glad that you've enjoyed this, Lance!
The Lydian inflection in the organ part at the Amen was the cherry on the cake.