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Jonathan Bielby: Seven Last Words from the Cross
REGCD594 (Regent Records, CD)
DDD
FIRST RELEASE (14 February 2025)
Playing time: 81'11"
Tracks: 25
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Allocated to a reviewer
on 11 January 2025
Katherine Mann, soprano
Ben Davies, baritone
The Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge
Adam Field, organ
Sarah MacDonald, director
Jonathan Bielby is Organist Emeritus of Wakefield Cathedral, where he was Organist and Director of Music for forty years from 1970 to 2010.
This album brings together a selection of his recent sacred choral compositions. The major work is Seven Last Words from the Cross which explores the Crucifixion story from the point of view of St Mary Magdalene. There are also a Mass setting, evening canticles and anthems.