An oratorio scored for any 7 instruments, chorus and soloists. Based on the life and work of palaeontologist and theologian Teilhard de Chardin, with texts by Fred LaHaye. The entire work was premiered at the Skibbereen Arts Festival in 2019 to a sold-out audience at UILLINN. During the first COVID-19 lockdown in April 2020 I undertook a remote project with what became known as ‘The Lockdown Choir’ to record select movements from the work. Singers and musicians from around the world sent me their parts which I edited together into these beautiful performances. The project became a source of hope for all of us during a very uncertain time, and was celebrated in local press.

Movements recorded by The Lockdown Choir in the year of the pandemic 2020