Advent Calendar 2017

Free Advent Track Day 5: Adam lay y-bounden by Howard Skempton

Note: This promotion has ended. To purchase this track and the full album, visit: www.orasingers.co.uk. Track Name: Adam lay y-bounden Composer: Howard Skempton Text: Anonymous English Carol Duration: 1:10 Nationality: British Howard While Skempton is an English composer, pianist, and accordionist. Skempton’s work is characterised by stripped-down, essentials-only choice of materials, absence of formal […]

Free Advent Track Day 4: In the stillness by Sally Beamish

Note: This promotion has ended. To purchase this track and the full album, visit: www.orasingers.co.uk. Track Name: In the stillness Composer: Sally Beamish Text: Katrina Shepherd Duration: 2:01 Nationality: British Sally Beamish initially trained as a viola player at the Royal Northern College of Music before moving to Scotland in 1990 to develop her career […]

Free Advent Track Day 3: Gabriel’s Message by Jim Clements

Note: This promotion has ended. To purchase this track and the full album, visit: www.orasingers.co.uk. Track Name: Gabriel’s Message Composer: Jim Clements Text: Trad. Basque/S. Baring Gould (1834-1924) Duration: 3:29 Nationality: British Jim Clements studied music at Manchester University, where he established and directed the close-harmony groups The Merrell Barbershop Quartet and The Goo Dats. […]

Free Advent Track Day 2: Venite Gaudete by Adrian Peacock

Note: This promotion has ended. To purchase this track and the full album, visit: www.orasingers.co.uk. Track Name: Venite Gaudete Composer: Adrian Peacock Duration: 2:18 Nationality: British Grammy nominated producer and with many UK and European awards to his name, Peacock is pleased to be able to include The King’s Singers, Voces8, The Gabrieli Consort, Polyphony, […]