Meditations & Remembrances

"This is likely to be one of my Recordings of 2006 and I recommend it with the greatest possible enthusiasm."
(MusicWeb July 2006)

"A fine sequence of choral and organ music by Francis Pott, built round his a cappella Mass in Five Parts. Expertly performed, the music is the product of a composer who clearly has something to say and who writes in a stimulatingly contemporary but accessible style. Though the music is often not overtly emotional, as you hear it you feel it is, nonetheless, written from the heart.The performances are splendid. The choir has been excellently trained by Judy Martin and they sing with precision, tonal beauty and complete conviction. The sound quality is first rate, as is the documentation. I hope this recording will win a still wider audience for the music of Francis Pott."
(MusicWeb Recordings of the Year 2006)

"The music of Francis Pott is rapidly gaining attention for its silky lines and sensitivity. The items that give the album its title, Meditations and Remembrances, are settings of the 17th-century thinker Thomas Traherne. One senses Pott's pleasure at painting the word "love" with such glowing warmth in A Meditation. He is well served by a beautifully tuned choir. The Osanna in the Five-Part Mass is light and crisp and Psalm 126 ends with the sort of melismatic Amen for which the Church was once reprimanded"
- The Times

"First comes the word and here we have a composer who has an implicit understanding and love of the text, which manifests itself throughout his music"
- Choir and Organ

"The music of Francis Pott is rapidly gaining attention for its silky lines and sensitivity"
The Knowledge
- The Times

Described by The Times as "thrilling. contemporary, and original... impressive and profoundly affecting", Francis Pott's writing provides a treasure-trove of astonishingly beautiful composition. Meditations & Remembrances is a new collection of choral and organ pieces of extraordinary tenderness and masterly technique.

Francis Pott began his musical life as a chorister at New College Oxford. He held open music scholarships at Winchester College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. Francis was appointed Administrative Head of Music at London College of Music and Media in 2001, subsequently becoming its Head of Composition and Research Development on Music, Media and Creative Technologies. He was also a member of Winchester Cathedral Choir under David Hill from 1991 until 2001. Francis remains an active pianist and accompanist, uniting both compositon and academic research.

Christ Church Cathedral Choir enjoys an enviable reputation as one of Ireland's most outstanding choirs. Under the direction of Judy Martin, Director of Music at the cathedral, the present choir is a mixed ensemble of 20 adult singers. In addition to the full part it plays in the worship in the cathedral, the Cathedral Choir is active with concerts, tours and regular broadcasts.