I saw Eternity Phoenix Consort & Adam Whitmore

• Alexander Campkin (b. 1984): World of merriment:
• 1 Campkin: World of merriment 03:50
• Bright Apollo:
• 2 Campkin: Bright Apollo 03:33
• Calm me, O Lord:
• 3 Campkin: Calm me, O Lord 06:17
• True Love:
• 4 Campkin: True Love 04:35
• Ivor Gurney (1890 - 1937): Sleep:
• 5 Gurney: Sleep 03:32
• I saw Eternity:
• 6 Campkin: I saw Eternity 03:15
• I flying:
• 7 Campkin: I flying 06:05
• Dazzling Darkness:
• 8 Campkin: Dazzling Darkness 04:28
• Bright Shadows:
• 9 Campkin: Bright Shadows 04:45
• Sleep, Holy Babe:
• 10 Campkin: Sleep, Holy Babe 04:48
• I saw Eternity like a shadow:
• 11 Campkin: I saw Eternity like a shadow 03:07
• Tommy's Carol:
• 12 Campkin: Tommy's Carol 03:03
• I saw Eternity and the sun:
• 13 Campkin: I saw Eternity and the sun 02:49
• Awake, Awake!:
• 14 Campkin: Awake, Awake! 03:19
• Total Runtime 57:26

Info for I saw Eternity

Reflecting the composer’s life journey, Alexander Campkin‘s choral music is a fascinating odyssey from darkness to light. Recorded by the young voices of the Phoenix Consort, this collection includes new music and premiere recordings, settings of prayers, poetry and Shakespeare, some of it deeply personal responses by the composer to his own life events.

“I composed I saw Eternity one evening in 2010, after reading Henry Vaughan’s poem of the same name earlier that day. Since then, I have written four further works which reference musical themes of this piece. These are all brought together with Bright Apollo on this album, alongside some of my other choral music, to depict a journey from darkness to light.

The Phoenix Consort have warm and resonant lower voices, whilst the upper voices soar majestically in higher notes. This is exactly the sound I had envisaged when writing this music.” (Alexander Campkin)

Phoenix Consort
dam Whitmore, conductor

The Phoenix Consort
is a UK-based vocal ensemble, specialising in choral music from polyphony of the Renaissance to contemporary compositions of the 21st century.

The group consists of young artists, currently or formerly students at Durham University, and emphasises the perpetuation of choral music’s influence among young people today.

Formed during the pandemic, the group has performed across the United Kingdom. In November 2023, the group won two third prizes at the 54th Tolosa Choral Competition, and performed in cities and towns across the Basque Country, Spain.

Adam Whitmore
founded the Phoenix Consort whilst studying for his degree in Modern Languages at Durham University, and currently also conducts the Durham University Chamber Choir.

Whilst on a placement year, he was fortunate to sing with chamber choirs and early music groups in Spain and Estonia.

Adam also often works with the Rodolfus Foundation, which, much like the Phoenix Consort, aims to spread choral music’s influence among young people in the UK.

This album contains no booklet.