
An excerpt from Stay with me (Padre Pio's Prayer) by Roxanna Panufnik - Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation
An excerpt from Padre Pio's Prayer by James MacMillan - Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation
In June 2008 at Westminster Cathedral, one of the largest ecclesiastical buildings in the UK, The Sixteen gave premieres of three works commissioned by the Genesis Foundation: all were settings of Padre Pio's Prayer After Communion, Stay with Me Lord.
The Sixteen - choral projects
After thirty years of worldwide performance and recording, The Sixteen, a British group founded and conducted by Harry Christophers, is recognised as one of the world's leading ensembles in its field. Comprising both choir and period-instrument orchestra, The Sixteen has gained a particular reputation for performances of early English polyphony, Renaissance, Baroque, early Classical and 20th Century music.
The productive partnership between The Sixteen and the Genesis Foundation continues with the release in May 2009 of a CD of three new choral works from three of Britain’s most respected contemporary composers: James MacMillan, Roxanna Panufnik and Will Todd. Each work is a setting of the prayer Stay With Me, Lord, by the Capuchin priest Padre Pio (the familiar name by which millions know St Pius of Pietrelcina).
The productive partnership between The Sixteen and the Genesis Foundation continues with the release in May 2009 of a CD of three new choral works from three of Britain’s most respected contemporary composers: James MacMillan, Roxanna Panufnik and Will Todd. Each work is a setting of the prayer Stay With Me, Lord, by the Capuchin priest Padre Pio (the familiar name by which millions know St Pius of Pietrelcina). The purpose of the commissions was to refresh approaches to creating contemporary liturgical music and to inspire and delight people of every faith and conviction.
An excerpt from Stay with Me (Padre Pio's Prayer) by Will Todd - Commissioned by the Genesis Foundation
A holy trinity of composers - James MacMillan, Roxanna Panufnik and Will Todd - has been commissioned by the Genesis Foundation to set music to a prayer by one of the most popular saints of the 20th century. The new works will be premiered at Westminster Cathedral in a free concert on 3rd June 2008 by the choir of The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers.
A holy trinity of composers - James MacMillan, Roxanna Panufnik and Will Todd - has been commissioned by the Genesis Foundation to set music to a prayer by one of the most popular saints of the 20th century. The new works will be premiered at Westminster Cathedral in a free concert on 3rd June 2008 by the choir of The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers.
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Thursday, 17 June 2010To celebrate the success of LAMDA Genesis Foundation scholars, we are pleased to present this documentary which features current second and third year students preparing for their end of year performances alongside Peter James, the Principal of LAMDA.
View media...Tom Riley (class of 2005) will be appearing at 9pm tonight (6th September) in the ITV1 drama Bouquet of Barbed Wire alongside Trevor Eve and fellow LAMDA alumnus, Hermione Norris. Meanwhile, Paul Tinto (class of 2010) is currently understudying in the critically acclaimed Black Watch at the Barbican Theatre which will run from 27th November 2010 to 22nd January 2011.
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