The music of Timothy Corlis is both strikingly atmospheric and bursting with vigour, qualities that are clearly demonstrated on this new album. As a composer/teacher/choral director, Corlis's output is currently performed and broadcast by some of Canada's most prominent artists and ensembles, not least the Edison Singers, conducted here by their founding director Noel Edison. The centrepiece on this programme is Corlis's Missa Pax, one of his major works that reinterprets the traditional liturgical text with abundant modes of expression and irresistible vitality.
Timothy CORLIS (b. 1972)
Immortality
Choral Works
The Edison Singers • Noel EdisonTimothy Corlis is a JUNO-nominated composer hailed for his music’s depth, passion and colour. His Missa Pax, a major work, reinterprets the liturgical tradition giving it new expression and vitality. Corlis is also devoted to social change, with activism at the core of his creativity. In Loveliest of trees, a setting of A. E. Housman’s poem of the same name, he celebrates nature’s beauty and bounty. The place of the divine feminine in the birth of Christ is reflected upon in O magnum mysterium; the dynamism of New York City is the inspiration behind Immortality; and In paradisum reminds us that paradise is often experienced on earth.
Kyrie
– ClassicsToday.com
– American Record Guide
Corlis • Enns • Tiefenbach • Watson Henderson • Halley
Galbraith • Mozetich • Sirett • Buhr • Raminsh • Chatman
The Elora Singers
Edison
– Gramophone
– BBC Music Magazine ★★★★



































