The latest addition to the English Symphony Orchestra library of online music is the first performance of Philip Sawyers‘ major choral work, Mayflower on the Sea of Time.

With its ‘luminous and ecstatic choruses’ picked out by Richard Whitehouse in his review of the initial concert, this is an affirmative and major piece by one of the finest contemporary English composers.

Soprano April Fredrick and baritone Thomas Humphreys are joined by the ESO Chorus and English Symphony Orchestra in the premiere from Worcester Cathedral, given on 17 June this year.

You can watch a preview clip below, and access the full performance at the English Symphony Orchestra website.