songs of solace

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Christian Forshaw - Saxophone
Grace Davidson - Soprano
Alexander Mason - Organ
Rob Farrer - Percussion
The Sanctuary Voices directed by Nigel Short
1. The Traveller
Christian Forshaw/Ella Wheeler Wilcox
2-5. Fear No More
Christian Forshaw/William Shakespeare
6. Life's Strange Waltz
Christian Forshaw
7. Idle Tears
Christian Forshaw/Lord Alfred Tennyson
8. Defiled
Christian Forshaw/Alexander Mason/Rob Farrer
9. A Time
Christian Forshaw/Ecclesiastes 3
10. Fear No More Reprise
Christian Forshaw/William Shakespeare
11-15. Anointed
Christian Forshaw/Julie Nicholson
16. The Traveller Reprise
Christian Forshaw
17. Remembrance
Christian Forshaw
Songs of Solace is a musical response to Julie Nicholson's book A Song for Jenny. It contains settings of text by Shakespeare, Tennyson, Wheeler Wilcox and from the book of Ecclesiastes, as well as a number of powerful songs without words.
Produced by Christian Forshaw and Richard Sutcliffe
Mastered by Richard Sutcliffe
Released July 2012