Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212104026
Catalog number: SIGCD 1040
Releasedate: 16-10-26
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212104026
Releasedate: 16-10-26
The Promise: Jazz Inspired Music for Advent and Christmas brings together two distinct programmes by English composer Will Todd, performed by St Martin's Voices and the Will Todd Ensemble under director Andrew Earis. The centrepiece is The Promise, Todd's third large-scale jazz oratorio, commissioned by the Soochow University Alumni Choir and premiered in Taiwan in December 2025, setting Advent and Christmas texts alongside an original lyric by the composer. The album also presents a new recording of Todd's popular jazz carol arrangements, originally commissioned by St Martin-in-the-Fields in 2012 and reissued here in updated editions, with St Martin's Brass.
The Promise: Jazz Inspired Music for Advent and Christmas brings together two distinct programmes by English composer Will Todd, performed by St Martin's Voices and the Will Todd Ensemble under director Andrew Earis. The centrepiece is The Promise, Todd's third large-scale jazz oratorio, commissioned by the Soochow University Alumni Choir and premiered in Taiwan in December 2025, setting Advent and Christmas texts alongside an original lyric by the composer. The album also presents a new recording of Todd's popular jazz carol arrangements, originally commissioned by St Martin-in-the-Fields in 2012 and reissued here in updated editions, with St Martin's Brass.
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1The Promise: Music for AdventMusic for Advent: No. 1, I Look From Afar05:13
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2The Promise: Music for AdventMusic for Advent: No. 2, Four Thousand Winters02:54
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3The Promise: Music for AdventMusic for Advent: No. 3, Cónditor alme síderum03:19
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4The Promise: Music for AdventMusic for Advent: No. 4, The Angel Gabriel (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd)05:35
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5The Promise: Music for AdventMusic for Advent: No. 5, Magnificat03:11
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6The Promise: Music for AdventMusic for Advent: No. 6, O Oriens04:13
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7The Promise: Music for AdventMusic for Advent: No. 7, A Great Light05:05
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8The Promise: Music for AdventMusic for Advent: No. 8, A Rose Has Sprung Up03:26
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9The Promise: Music for AdventMusic for Advent: No. 9, The Promise05:29
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10The Promise: Music for AdventMusic for Advent: No. 10, On Them Will The Light Shine02:44
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11A Jazz Christmas: 9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd)9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd): No. 1, God Rest You Merry Gentlemen01:51
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12A Jazz Christmas: 9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd)9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd): No. 2, Personent Hodie04:59
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13A Jazz Christmas: 9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd)9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd): No. 3, In The Bleak Midwinter02:52
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14A Jazz Christmas: 9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd)9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd): No. 4, Once in Royal David's City05:01
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15A Jazz Christmas: 9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd)9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd): No. 5, Away in a Manger03:34
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16A Jazz Christmas: 9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd)9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd): No. 6, I Saw Three Ships03:47
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17A Jazz Christmas: 9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd)9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd): No. 7, Silent Night04:57
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18A Jazz Christmas: 9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd)9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd): No. 8, We Three Kings04:39
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19A Jazz Christmas: 9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd)9 well-known carols with a jazz twist (Arr. for Ensemble by Will Todd): No. 9, Christmas Song04:07