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Patrick Hawes is one of the many English composers contending to fill the John Rutter space in the market, the demand for tuneful, easy-to-listen-to choral music that aspires to uphold an imagined English tradition. This holiday release centered on the Nativity scene has several distinctive features going for it. One is that his program has a distinctive shape. In Hawes' words, "The album begins with the question What Child is This? (Hawes' own setting of the text, not the familiar Christmas hymn) and each of the carols and motets which follow offer their own particular response." There is a six-part musical exegesis on the Nativity scene, plus various freestanding pieces; this is not an oratorio, but it is a novel way of linking a set of independent pieces. The Nativity scene and many of the other pieces have texts by Hawes himself, which is unusual; the rest are drawn from English poetry. His own texts are simple and vivid. Musically, Hawes pushes his language in a crossover direction; it is broadly tonal, and in a piece like "The Shepherds" from the Nativity set, he inclines toward rhythmic, sing-song material. The pieces are a cappella, organ accompanied, or, in the final, The Colours of Christmas, accompanied by a piano. The singing by the Voce chamber chorus, American rather than English, is limpid and attractive, although the sound from a church in Connecticut is overly noisy. Everything suggests that this will be a popular holiday release in 2023 and beyond.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Patrick Hawes, Composer, MusicPublisher - Mark Singleton, Conductor - Voce Chamber Choir, Ensemble, MainArtist - Stephen Scarlato, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Album review
Patrick Hawes is one of the many English composers contending to fill the John Rutter space in the market, the demand for tuneful, easy-to-listen-to choral music that aspires to uphold an imagined English tradition. This holiday release centered on the Nativity scene has several distinctive features going for it. One is that his program has a distinctive shape. In Hawes' words, "The album begins with the question What Child is This? (Hawes' own setting of the text, not the familiar Christmas hymn) and each of the carols and motets which follow offer their own particular response." There is a six-part musical exegesis on the Nativity scene, plus various freestanding pieces; this is not an oratorio, but it is a novel way of linking a set of independent pieces. The Nativity scene and many of the other pieces have texts by Hawes himself, which is unusual; the rest are drawn from English poetry. His own texts are simple and vivid. Musically, Hawes pushes his language in a crossover direction; it is broadly tonal, and in a piece like "The Shepherds" from the Nativity set, he inclines toward rhythmic, sing-song material. The pieces are a cappella, organ accompanied, or, in the final, The Colours of Christmas, accompanied by a piano. The singing by the Voce chamber chorus, American rather than English, is limpid and attractive, although the sound from a church in Connecticut is overly noisy. Everything suggests that this will be a popular holiday release in 2023 and beyond.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:11
- Main artists: Voce Chamber Choir Mark Singleton Stephen Scarlato
- Composer: Patrick Hawes
- Label: Signum Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
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