Stephen Leek
Stephen Leek writes choral music built for real voices in real rooms: liturgical settings with unexpected colour, carols, and pieces shaped by long work with youth, community and professional choirs across Australia and abroad.
On record his Sanctus and Agnus Dei sit inside a serene, cathedral glow yet call for novel colour, including Tibetan overtone singing. Peace joins other modern Australian carols in seasonal programmes. Much of the catalogue grew from residencies and practical work with singers rather than the desk alone; he co-founded The Australian Voices to keep new Australian choral writing in regular performance, and his scores travel widely among choirs that need music that is singable, distinctive and useful.
Compositions by Stephen Leek appear on
Mass of the Dreaming
It is remarkable that 2016 brought the first recording by an Australian choir devoted entirely to Australian sacred choral music. This disc fills that long gap with newly commissioned and recent works.
Christmas Day
Ranging from a cappella singing to full orchestral colour, these carols make an ideal gift for music-loving friends. The programme is mostly modern, yet warmly listenable.
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