Released in 2023, ‘Angelus’ was MusicWeb’s ‘Recording of the Month’ and was highly praised by BBC Music Magazine. A disc of French wonders featuring music for Soprano (Sarah Fox), organ (Rupert Gough|), and harp (Cecily Beer).
Angelus: French Sacred Song
HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II, 1926-2022: The Commemorative Album.
This album commemorates in music the life, times and passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
Cecily plays alongside harpist Lise Vandermissen on Paul Mealor’s ‘A Welsh Prayer’, accompanying The Choir of Royal Holloway.
George Arthur: All Angels
A new album of choral works by British composer George Arthur, performed by The Choir of Royal Holloway and directed by Rupert Gough. It features ‘Speciosa’, George’s response to Benjamin Britten’s ‘A Ceremony of Carols’. The piece is scored for solo harp and distanced groups of upper voices who sing verses from the Stabat Mater Speciosa sequence, in Latin.
Flare features the cantata Pearl of Freedom: a musical record of the events immediately leading up to the Derby of 1913, the incident of the collision between Emily Davison and the King’s horse Anmer, and its aftermath. The work opens with words that Emily Davison wrote in her diary about her passion for women’s suffrage. She uses the expression ‘Pearl of Freedom’ to refer to the ultimate prize of votes for women. Performed here by The London Mozart Players and The Choir of Royal Holloway.