 Critical
acclaim of this order, repeated consistently over the past twenty years,
testifies to the rise of a voice of uncommon eloquence and seriousness
of purpose. These qualities have drawn increasing attention to the
dramatic, questing and profoundly spiritual music of the national and
international prize-winning composer Francis
Pott, which has been performed by artists of international
distinction in eighteen countries worldwide, broadcast in four, widely
recorded for commercial CD and published by four major houses in the
UK
Acknowledged
above all hitherto for his sacred choral and organ output and for his
chamber works, Pott is now building upon the foundations laid by his
oratorio for soloists, chorus, organ and orchestra, A
Song on the End of the World. Taking its name from a poem written in
the Warsaw of 1944 by the late Czesław Miłosz, this ‘overpoweringly
dramatic’ work earned a five minute standing ovation and national
acclaim at its world premičre as the Elgar Commission of the Three
Choirs Festival at Worcester (1999), where it was performed by the Three
Choirs Festival Chorus and the Philharmonia Orchestra under Adrian
Lucas. Francis Pott is currently working on a concerto for cor anglais
and small orchestra and is making preparations for a three act opera, a
piano concerto and a symphony for large orchestra. The most recent
recordings of his work have come from
Signum Records.
He is also a busy piano soloist and accompanist, working with many
singers and instrumentalists and maintaining regular two-piano
recital partnerships with both Jeremy Filsell and Roger Owens.
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Meditations
and Remembrances
Choir of
Christchurch Cathedral Dublin
Conductor, Judy Martin
A new collection of choral and organ pieces of
extraordinary tenderness and masterly technique by Francis
Pott
Signum Classics SIGCD 080 |
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Christmas
at St. John's
The Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
Director of Music, Davd Hill
A sequence of music leading from the darkness of Advent to
the blazing light of Christmas, Epiphany and beyond.
Francis Pott: Lullay my liking
Hyperion CDA67576 |
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Children
of our time
Schola Cantorum of Oxford
Jeremy Summerly
Tippett Five Negro Spirituals
and new choral works by Ruth Byrchmore, Mark Edgley Smith,
Antony Pitts, Francis Pott, Nicholas O'Neill, Eugenio
Manuel Rodigues.
Francis Pott: Amore Langueo
Hyperion CDA67575 |
picture
of Francis Pott: Emma Barley Photography
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