Alleluia | Christopher Ryan Roncales

Alleluia | Christopher Ryan Roncales Third prize - Friends of the Vox Emerging Composers 2024 Call For Scores, in association with Dan Forrest Music. Alleluia was written by Christopher Ryan Roncales from The Philippines: "This Alleluia was written by me during the height of a storm. To calm and dispel fear, I wrote a song with the sole lyrics being Alleluia. You'll notice in this composition that at first, it's just calm, but in the subsequent parts, the tempo increases, and the singers exchange lines, indicating that the storm and wind are growing stronger. In the middle, there is the "Lento" part because there were reports on television about people dying and missing; this serves as a prayer for those affected, and those who lost loved ones. The storm intensified again, and on the final day, it calmed down, just as written in the piece." Recorded by Vox Anima Chamber Choir at the VOCES8 Centre, London, May 2025. Conductor | James M. Meaders Vox Anima Chamber Choir Soprano 1: Jane Hill, Laura Fowler, Pam Palmer, Alice Shires Soprano 2: Tracey Boulton, Isabella Chambers, Alexandra Meaders, Victoria Soames Alto 1: Laura Cloke, Rebecca Masalovich, Hannah Pinney-Thomson Alto 2: Ruth Gordon, Anni Neumann, Helen Steel Audiovisual Production | Alexander Van Ingen For more information about Emerging Composers 2024 visit friendsofthevox.org/emergingcomposers2024 Recording made possible thanks to Friends of the Vox and the generous support of the campaign donors.