![]() ![]() “We simply hit play, and then never take the time to say, ‘I’m going to simply sit and listen rather than find an activity to do while doing so.’ So if we bring in the element of an additional step – how to relax – it’s all the more to the listener’s benefit. Most people “don’t know how to listen to music”, says Lawson. ![]() Lawson’s podcast encouraged people to relax during the enforced pause. Max Richter’s eight-and-a-half-hour lullaby Sleep was broadcast to BBC Radio 3 listeners over the course of a night in April 2020 the album is (at the time of press) on its 356th week atop the charts. Pianist Khatia Buniatishvili’s numbers went up 35 per cent during lockdown, while 23-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason saw his grow by 64 per cent week-on-week. The pandemic amplified the streaming figures of classical musicians as a younger listenership turned to the genre as “mood music”. Pianist and composer Chad Lawson © Joseph Lynn ![]() His compositions regularly top the classical charts: Stay, a warm, rippling piano piece, held its place in the Top 25 for more than 55 weeks while his mindfulness podcast, Calm It Down, has 60,000 weekly listeners. Lawson’s mindful music is now a global sensation. “Some basic techniques in calming the mind,” he explains, “activities to help reduce the chaos and listen to music for the sheer enjoyment of it, rather than it being an after-restaurant entertainment activity.” With the room centered, he performs his interpretations of Bach and Chopin, looping the melodies to create smooth, EDM-inflected refrains. It’s a first for Lawson, whose career has spanned 25 years, with TV composition credits including Lore and The Vampire Diaries, but he has only lately found his groove in merging neoclassical piano melodies with meditation. He begins the evening by leading the audience through a simple breathing exercise. “The singing of the 24 members of Tenebrae in this work is simply marvellous.Pianist and composer Chad Lawson is leading a performance at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. “Choir and soloist… come together in the great Chaconne, to wrenching and compelling effect” The Observer Their blend is nothing short of sensational, and they fit the acoustic of St Giles’ Cripplegate as though it had been tailor made for them…perhaps the finest recorded performance of the Fauré Requiem I have come across” MusicWeb International “The singing of Tenebrae is marvellous here. “The choral singing from Tenebrae is exceptionally clear and pure in tone, but not at all bloodless as can be the case with choirs aiming for just these qualities in this particular work.” International Record Review “…a unity that is compelling… simply mindblowing” ***** The Scotsman “Choral music doesn’t get more magnificent than this.” Classic FM The English choral tradition at its Zenith.Īn ideal balance between transcendental calm and galvanising passion. The choral singing is matchless…nothing surpasses the serene beauty of this performance. My first choir has to be Nigel Short’s recording with Tenebrae. Calm Radio présente une nouvelle chaîne de musique apaisante mettant en vedette les plus grandes compositions de Johann Sebastian Bach. “Devastingly beautiful… I have no hesitation in labelling this the very best Fauré Requiem on disc.” Gramophone Magazine Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden (Matthäus-Passion BWV 244) 2 in D - Sarabande (BWV 1004)ĭen Tod niemand zwingen kunnt (BWV 277ii) BuyĪch Herr, laß dein lieb Engelein (Johannes-Passion BWV 245) Add individual tracks to your shopping cart by ticking their boxes in the table below. ![]()
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