César Franck
Panis Angelicus
Franck's "Panis Angelicus" (Bread of Angels) is extracted from his Mass Op. 12. Originally composed for solo tenor with organ, harp, cello, and double bass, it has been arranged in countless versions for solo voice, choir, and various instrumentations. Its soaring melody and simple, devotional text have made it a staple of sacred music programmes.
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Panis Angelicus
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Emily Wenman
Emily Wenman is a soprano who completed her MA in Vocal Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama under Leah Marian Jones, and now studies with Gail Pearson. She is a principal soprano with Blossom Street, the St Martin's Voices Fellowship at St Martin-in-the-Fields, the Gesualdo Consort, Seren Singers and Newman Hall Choir, and a former choral scholar of King's College London and the BBC National Chorus of Wales. An experienced singing teacher and vocal animateur, she has led projects for the BBC National Chorus of Wales, the Arts Active Trust and WNO Max.
Phillipa Thomas
Phillipa Thomas is a soprano who began in the Cantamus Girls' Choir before reading music at the University of York, where she took an MA, won the University Concerto Prize and became a founder member of Blossom Street. She continued her studies at Birmingham Conservatoire, winning the Conservatoire Singing Prize and placing as a finalist in several competitions. Alongside operatic work she remains active on the London choral scene and continues to sing with Blossom Street.
Sam Corkin
Sam Corkin sings the alto line with several leading English choirs and is also an accomplished saxophonist, having studied at King's College London and the Royal Academy of Music. After graduating in 2007 he took a Master's in saxophone at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, followed by an Artists Fellowship, and holds a Licentiate of the Royal Academy in saxophone teaching. He performs with the choirs of Canterbury Cathedral and the Chapels Royal at Hampton Court Palace and Windsor Castle, and teaches within the music faculty at Canterbury Christ Church University.
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Hilary Campbell
Hilary Campbell is a freelance choral conductor who founded and directs the professional chamber choir Blossom Street, and is Musical Director of Bristol Choral Society, Chiswick Choir and the Music Makers of London. Her guest conducting includes the BBC Symphony Chorus, Trinity Laban Chamber Choir, the BBC Radio 4 Daily Service Singers and the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Chorus, whom she prepared for Mahler's Symphony No. 2 under Semyon Bychkov; she also directed the P&O Ferries Choir to victory in BBC Two's The Choir. She collaborates each year with Judith Weir at the Royal Academy of Music, works as an adjudicator and workshop leader, and is a published, prize-winning composer and founding member of the Voices of London Festival.
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