The Lord’s Prayer
Taken from David Fanshawe’s 1972 masterpiece, AFRICAN SANCTUS, The Lord’s Prayer is an exquisite short piece for Soprano and Alto voices only, although in true The Self-Isolation Choir tradition, we sang a special version for Tenors and Basses.
In African Sanctus the Latin Mass is juxtaposed with live recordings of traditional African music, which the composer had recorded himself between 1969 and 1973 during a journey up the Nile, from the Mediterranean Sea to Lake Victoria. The work consists of 13 movements and follows the journey of the composer through Africa. The Lord’s Prayer is taken from this.
Under the wing of our lovely course Director Ellie Slorach, we were taught The Lord’s Prayer through a series of live rehearsals. Our voices were then recorded and mixed entirely in isolation, which can now be listened to below.
Course Director
Ellie Slorach is a conductor based in the North West. She graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music with a masters degree with distinction in conducting in 2018 after studying music at the University of Manchester.
Ellie is the Musical Director of the Hallé Youth Orchestra, Radius Opera, Chester Festival Chorus and Stafford Choral Society and the Associate Conductor of Manchester Chamber Choir and Huddersfield Choral Society. In 2015 she founded Kantos Chamber Choir www.kantoschamberchoir.com. With Kantos, Ellie has been the director and chorus master for numerous recordings and performances including with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Philharmonic on labels including Decca Classics. Ellie regularly directs for the BBC Radio 4 Daily Service and Sunday Worship broadcasts and directed Kantos in Rome and Assisi for special edition broadcasts.
In the 2019-20 season, Ellie made her debut with the Hallé Orchestra. She also toured the major UK theatres with Matthew Bourne’s new production of Romeo and Juliet as the Young Associate conductor. In the 2020-21 season she will make her debut with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir for a world première performance and will conduct Northern Ballet’s production of The Great Gatsby.
