Dan Locklair: Sing To The World Adam Whitmore, Phoenix Consort & Iain Farrington

• Dan Locklair (b. 1949):
• 1 Locklair: That Music Always Round Me 03:15
• 2 Locklair: The Singers 07:36
• 3 Locklair: An Hymn to the Morning 05:04
• 4 Locklair: Master of Music 05:03
• 5 Locklair: The Musical Ass 01:43
• 6 Locklair: For This Is Love 04:01
• 7 Locklair: Bond and Free 05:40
• 8 Locklair: The Lilacs Bloomed: "...I mourned" 02:57
• 9 Locklair: The Lilacs Bloomed: "...fallen star" 03:10
• 10 Locklair: The Lilacs Bloomed: "...a miracle" 02:41
• 11 Locklair: For Amber Waves 05:27
• 12 Locklair: Tapestries 07:50
• 13 Locklair: The Cloths of Heaven 04:03
• 14 Locklair: changing perceptions: what do we know about life 03:43
• 15 Locklair: changing perceptions: A.M.H. 04:20
• 16 Locklair: changing perceptions: Grief Poem 02:17
• 17 Locklair: changing perceptions: High Flight 03:12
• 18 Locklair: changing perceptions: like the river that passes away 03:19
• 19 Locklair: EPITAPH 01:30
• Total Runtime 01:16:51

Info for Dan Locklair: Sing To The World

This album brings together a remarkable collection of secular choral works by the eminent American composer Dan Locklair, celebrated for his gift of weaving words with rich, expansive, harmonious and lyrical music.

Drawing on texts by poets as diverse as Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, W.B. Yeats, Phillis Wheatley, Christine Teale Howes, John Gillespie Magee, Jr. and Rabindranath Tagore, these pieces explore themes of love and loss, nature and freedom, moments of intimate reflection and events of world-shaking resonance, always with a voice that is deeply rooted in American culture.

Spanning more than three decades, the works range from intimate unaccompanied choral partsongs to expansive cantatas, all commissioned by a range of ensembles, youth choirs and choral societies.

Phoenix Consort
Iain Farrington, piano
Adam Whitmore, conductor

Adam Whitmore
founded the Phoenix Consort whilst studying for his degree in Modern Languages at Durham University, and currently also conducts the Durham University Chamber Choir.

Whilst on a placement year, he was fortunate to sing with chamber choirs and early music groups in Spain and Estonia.

Adam also often works with the Rodolfus Foundation, which, much like the Phoenix Consort, aims to spread choral music’s influence among young people in the UK.

The Phoenix Consort
is a UK-based vocal ensemble, specialising in choral music from polyphony of the Renaissance to contemporary compositions of the 21st century.

The group consists of young artists, currently or formerly students at Durham University, and emphasises the perpetuation of choral music’s influence among young people today.

Formed during the pandemic, the group has performed across the United Kingdom. In November 2023, the group won two third prizes at the 54th Tolosa Choral Competition, and performed in cities and towns across the Basque Country, Spain.

Iain Farrington
is a pianist, organist, composer and arranger, trained at the Royal Academy of Music and Cambridge. He has performed at the BBC Proms and major venues worldwide with leading artists and orchestras. At the London 2012 Olympics he played with Rowan Atkinson, the LSO and Sir Simon Rattle. For the Coronation of King Charles III (2023) he composed Voices of the World for organ and arranged music by Elgar and Holst. His recordings are widely heard, and his adaptations and original works are performed internationally. He became a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 2025.

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