SSA Choir
SKU:
BT.MUSM570366033
By
James Whittle_Paul Slid.
Hymns & Chorals. Book
Only. 145 pages.
University of York Music
Press #MUSM570366033.
Published by University
of York Music Press
(BT.MUSM570366033).
English.
A
genre-defying collection
of songs for female vocal
trio, Songspin Songbook
is a collaboration
between Juice Vocal
Ensemble and UYMP, funded
by an Arts Council
England grant. Described
as “the 21st
century’s answer to
the Swingles or
King’s
Singers” (The
Times), Juice have
emerged as the face of a
revitalised experimental
scene for vocal music.
Songspin Songbook
publishes songs from
their debut album,
Songspin. The album was
released on Nonclassical
in 2011 to critical
acclaim, winning an
international Independent
Music Award for Best
Contemporary Classical
Album in 2012. Featuring
remixes by the likes of
Camille producer MaJiker
and
Björkcollaborator
Mikhail Karikis, the
album was reviewed by The
Observer as
“eighteen
immaculately achieved
tracks, spanning
Elisabeth Lutyens to
Gabriel Prokofiev via
folk song and avant
garde, enchant and
enthrall”. Songspin
also featured the
premiere recording of
Elisabeth Lutyens' Of The
Snow, which The Telegraph
described of a
performance by Juice as
an amazing sustained
piece of virtuosity.
Songspin Songbook
was edited by James
Whittle and Paul Sild.
Artwork designed by
Christopher Leedham and
Martin Scheuregger.
Song of Song
