New film: ‘I Stand upon a Landscape of Infinity’ from Mårten Jansson’s ‘Requiem Novum’

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Barnaby Smith conducts Anna Dennis, the VOCES8 Foundation Choir and the Philharmonia Orchestra

Ahead of the start of Live from London Easter tomorrow, the latest in the organisation's series of acclaimed online festivals, we've another beautiful film from the premiere recording of Mårten Jansson’s ‘Requiem Novum’, which sets poems by Charles Anthony Silvestri interwoven with the text of the Requiem Mass. This movement is ‘I Stand upon a Landscape of Infinity’.

It's performed by soprano Anna Dennis, the VOCES8 Foundation Choir (drawing on members of VOCES8 and APOLLO5, and friends) and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Barnaby Smith.

You can hear the complete work on the album, available to listen to via Apple Music below, while the full film of the work will be broadcast on Easter Day, April 17, as part of the LIVE From London Easter Festival. Full details here.

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