08) A New Heaven – Anthony Chadney

Amid 'A New Heaven' there is a perpetual underlying presence, a constant bed of warmth that grows out of the depths and recedes to cherish the volume of singing, cradling the voices from beneath.

The advent of soloist Anthony Chadney is a revelation, producing a delicate, mellifluent tone that cleanses a path in the air. Ethereal voices from the new heaven resound in close harmony, their tender sonority echoing eternally.

Repetitions drift seamlessly, hanging like a daydream. Each choral moment is followed by a second in which the key appears to lift, a glimmer of a bright opening.

The harp adds a flavour of weightlessness trickling up and down like the spray of a waterfall. A violin joins with the angels, singing from another height.

At the passing, voices of a lower range sing, so gentle and soft that the soul folds into itself, and following is an echo of purity at the summit where the voices come as a last breath in the light.