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- REQUIEM by Will Todd
"Will Todd's most impressive, well-structured, 'agonized-over' work to date..emotive high points from gospel singer Bethany Halliday...a stunningly adaptable soprano." Jill Barlow/Tempo/2009
"An outstanding response to the text" Alan Bullard/Choir & Organ/2010
"This haunting work is both utterly original and eerily familiar, drawing on opera, folk music and plainsong for its inspiration, and revelling in the many gorgeous colours an electric guitar can conjure"Ralph Woodward, conductor - The Fairhaven Singers (commissioner)
Fairhaven Singers / Conductor: Ralph Woodward
soprano: Bethany Halliday / electric guitar: Thomas Gray
Will Todd Ensemble
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- TE DEUM by Will Todd
Will Todd's Te Deum was commissioned by the Vivace Chorus and dedicated to the memory of Keith Hester. It was premiered at Guildford Cathedral on the 16 May 2009 and received a standing ovation and local critical acclaim.
"Todd,s brilliant new piece was the highpoint of the evening . . . From the bold virtuosic timpani writing in the opening bars of the Te Deum it was clear that the audience was in for a treat. Todd's musical language is drawn from a variety of sources which are integrated into a compelling musical cocktail. Todd's musical language is drawn from a variety of sources which are integrated into a compelling musical cocktail. If there were echoes of Walton and Britten in one movement, there were traces of Sondheim and Duke Ellington in another....Elsewhere, soprano Bethany Halliday and saxophonist Paul Fawcus impressed with gripping solo turns." Stephen Goss/ Surrey Advertiser/ 2009
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