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Light for the World (album)

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2020 studio album / Recorded by Poor Clares of Arundel
Light for the World
Studio album / Recorded by Poor Clares of Arundel
ReleasedOctober 2020
Recorded2020
VenueArundel
GenreChoral music
LabelDecca

Light of the World is an album by the Poor Clares of Arundel, a community of nuns in England. It consists of plainchant Latin medieval texts set to music by composers James Morgan and Juliette Pochin. The album debuted at number one in the UK Classical music chart in October 2020, a position it has retained for 19 weeks.

References

  1. "Swing out, sisters: the nuns singing through lockdown". The Guardian. 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  2. Nannar, Nina (2020-10-20). "Meet the nuns turning their hands to music - and creating a whole album". ITV. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  3. ^ "Nuns storm classical charts as ancient plainchant strikes a chord in pandemic times". Classic FM. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  4. Official Specialist Classical Chart Top 30, p. 16 October 2020 - 27 February 2021
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