Mark Summerbell
Mark Summerbell works as an arranger of traditional hymns for choir and brass, and as a conductor of contemporary chamber scores that set saxophone against piano, percussion and ensemble colour.
His hymn arrangements support Cantus Choro through the Christian year, from Advent carols to Easter and All Saints, with brass fanfares colouring several numbers in a cathedral acoustic. As conductor he shapes programmes that place mid-century Australian saxophone sonatas beside later pieces drawing on jazz, improvisation and harder rhythmic edge, holding the line between songful contour and more explosive modern writing.
Mark Summerbell is featured on the following titles
Hymns For All Seasons
Sixteen further hymns from Cantus Choro, recorded in the grand acoustic of St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne. The programme opens with Advent and follows the great events of the Christian year, with Norman Kaye at the organ and the Melbourne Brass Ensemble.
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