Our last song is an original carol written by the incomparable composer and arranger, Chris Hoban. Chris has written many of Show Of Hands’ big hits including, ‘Lily and the Rose’ which he wrote for Miranda Sykes and The Lost Sound. We’ve performed this t...  moreOur last song is an original carol written by the incomparable composer and arranger, Chris Hoban. Chris has written many of Show Of Hands’ big hits including, ‘Lily and the Rose’ which he wrote for Miranda Sykes and The Lost Sound. We’ve performed this together with Show Of Hands, at their 25thAnniversary concert in The Royal Albert Hall in 2017. Chris explains the background of ‘Though We Lie Underground’ for us: I first came across the stories surrounding the curious tradition of West Country miners singing carols underground when listening to a recording of Alan Lomax’s extraordinary live BBC 1957 broadcast “Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year”, a feat of radio genius involving hundreds of performers and groups all over the country, seamlessly brought together for one scintillating hour. At one point, Lomax described how the miners of Devon and Cornwall would celebrate Christmas underground in an almost pagan fashion: they would select the largest lump of tin ore they could handle, set it up in...    less

Direction artistique: Aude Fabre Direction musicale: Stéphan Nicolay Le Sacre des Saisons Spectacle autour de la symbolique des saisons, pour récitant, solistes, choeur et orchestre. Textes: Gil Florini Mise en scène: Aude Fabre Orchestration: Jea...  moreDirection artistique: Aude Fabre Direction musicale: Stéphan Nicolay Le Sacre des Saisons Spectacle autour de la symbolique des saisons, pour récitant, solistes, choeur et orchestre. Textes: Gil Florini Mise en scène: Aude Fabre Orchestration: Jean-Louis Luzignant Direction musicale: Stéphan Nicolay  

Barlow Bradford's Utah Chamber Artists perform "Sleep" by Eric Whitacre at their Autumn concert September, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Photographs by Dallas Graham from UCA's 2008 European Tour.

Ninth movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Folk Songs of the Four Seasons. Sung by the Les Sirènes Female Chamber Choir and accompanied by the Les Sirènes Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Nunn. St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow, 26/06/11.

Barlow Bradford's Utah Chamber Artists sing "There is Sweet Music" by Edward Elgar for their 2009 Autumn Concert at Libby Gardner Concert Hall in Salt Lake City, Utah. Photographs taken by Dallas Graham from the Utah Chamber Artists European tour in 2008.