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Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins is a Welsh composer who started in jazz and film music before creating the Adiemus series in the early 1990s. These choral pieces use wordless...
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Pitran, Patran
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Cortège (Cantata Memoria)
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Lament For The Valley, Agnus Dei (Cantata Memoria)
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Lacrymosa Lullaby
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Lux æterna - Cantata Memoria
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Adiemus
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And-a-Half - Cantata Memoria
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Benedictus
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Did I Hear The Bird? (Cantata Memoria)
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Satin Feathers (Cantata Memoria)
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When The Shadows Die
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Karl Jenkins is a Welsh composer who started in jazz and film music before creating the Adiemus series in the early 1990s. These choral pieces use wordless vocals, with songs like 'Adiemus' and 'Pitran, Patran' becoming well-known. Some critics called the work 'musical Esperanto,' though it found a wide audience.
His Adiemus albums include titles like Songs of Sanctuary and Cantate Mundi, recorded with groups such as the London Symphony Orchestra and Welsh National Opera Chorus. Later pieces like 'Cortège (Cantata Memoria)' and 'Lux æterna - Cantata Memoria' continued in a similar vein, blending choral and orchestral elements without conventional lyrics.
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