In November 2013, the choir’s fifth CD The Rose in the Middle of Winter – Carols by Bob Chilcott was released and reached no.1 in the Specialist Classical Chart.Ĭommotio’s sixth recording, featuring jazz-inspired choral works by Bob Chilcott, was released in September 2017 and reached no.11 in the UK Jazz Charts. In August 2013 Commotio featured as a gala choir at the Association of British Choral Directors’ Convention. Their second Naxos CD, In the Heart of Things ( 8.572739), the choral works of Francis Pott, was released on the Naxos label in February 2012. The choir recorded a disc of the music of James Whitbourn which was released on the Naxos label ( 8.572103) in February 2010 and reached no.2 in the Specialist Classical Chart.
A track from the latter disc, Richard Allain’s Ubi caritas, was chosen to feature on the Classic FM core playlist and appears in the compilation CD Smooth Classics – the Ultimate Collection. Their début CD of South African choral music was released in February 2006, followed by a CD for choir and cello in February 2008. Commotio also promotes and performs the works of a younger generation of composers including, most recently, Grace-Evangeline Mason, David Bednall, and Kerensa Briggs. Performances have included the second UK performance of Alfred Schnittke’s mighty Requiem and other rarely heard works including Paul Hindemith’s Mass and Kenneth Leighton’s Mass for Double Choir, and the world premiere of Pierre Villette’s Inviolata. Commotio was formed in August 1999 to promote neglected contemporary choral repertoire.
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