Devised by the Bristol Choral Society’s director Hilary Campbell, the choir’s second album with Delphian is a celebration of British choral music ranging from Holst and Vaughan Williams, by way of Britten’s much-loved Rejoice in the Lamb, to some of today’s most vibrant voices.

At its heart are three premiere recordings: of Dame Judith Weir’s PraiseHim with Trumpets, Grace-Evangeline Mason’s A Memory of the Oceanfor choir, piano and cello, a Royal Philharmonic Society commission whose first performance the choir gave in 2023, and an exciting recent rediscovery – Elizabeth Poston’s Festal Te Deum.

To complement the larger choral pieces, the choir’s long-term collaborator Charlotte Mobbs and pianist Steven Kings bring to life vivid Shakespeare settings by Vaughan Williams, Elizabeth Maconchy and Cecilia McDowall.