New Music Written for the Choir of St Mary's Cathedral

Over the years the Choir has worked closely with a number of leading composers, commissioning, performing and recording works by Kenneth Leighton, Arvo Pärt, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Sir James MacMillan, Howard Skempton and Gabriel Jackson, amongst others.  Collaborations with orchestras have included performances with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the 60th birthday concert of American composer John Zorn and at the Glasgow Tectonics Festival.  In 2014-15 the choristers performed again with the BBC SSO, including a semi-staged version of Berg’s Wozzeck under conductor Donald Runnicles.

Recording & Broadcasting

The Choir is well known for working closely with numerous leading contemporary composers, commissioning, performing and recording new choral works, and is also acclaimed for its many appearances on BBC Radio 3, Radio 4 and Radio Scotland, including live broadcasts of Choral Evensong. 

In 2016 the Choir released a disc of Stravinsky’s choral music with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra to critical acclaim.  Other recent recordings which have covered music from the 16^th to the 21^st centuries have all earned Editor’s Choice in one or more specialist music magazines and won widespread praise in the press.

	2019 Kenneth Leighton: Sacred Choral Works  - Delphian Records
	2016 Stravinsky: Choral Works (with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and soloists Ruby Hughes and Nicholas Mulroy) - Delphian Records
	2014 Sheppard: Sacred Choral Music (with Duncan Ferguson) - Delphian Records
	2012 Gabriel Jackson: Beyond the Stars - Sacred Choral Works Vol II (with Duncan Ferguson) - Delphian Records
	2011 Bruckner: Motets (with Duncan Ferguson) - Delphian Records
	2010 Taverner: Sacred Choral Music (with Duncan Ferguson) - Delphian Records

Delphian Records is one of the UK’s foremost independent music labels. Their catalogue is curated to inspire the adventurous: from ancient bone flutes to string quartet with Scottish Highland bagpipes and almost everything in between. Regularly awarded editors’ choices in the media, Delphian was winner of Gramophone’s prestigious Label of the Year award in 2014.