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 LATEST NEWS

STELLA NATALIS SPENDS A FOURTH WEEK AT NO.1 (December 2009)
Karl Jenkins
's new album, Stella Natalis continues its run at No.1 on the UK Specialist Classical Chart, spending a fourth week at the top spot.
Click here to see the current week's chart (hosted by Gramophone.co.uk).

FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD (December 2009)
To celebrate the release of Stella Natalis, EMI is offering you the chance to download a copy of the track 'Palace Of The Crystal Bridge' absolutely free. Click here to sign-up to the Karl Jenkins mailing list and receive your free MP3 download!


SKY NEWS ENTERTAINMENT FEATURE (November 2009)
Sky News broadcast a feature highlighting the importance of the Christmas market for classical CD sales and featured an interview with Karl Jenkins on the release of Stella Natalis. Click here to watch the piece.


BIRTHDAY CONCERT AND AWARD FOR KARL JENKINS (November 2009)
Karl Jenkins celebrated his birthday at the Wales Millennium Centre on 14 November by conducting a concert marking three special occasions: his birthday, the fifth anniversary of the opening of the Wales Millennium Centre and the 10th anniversary of the devolution of Wales. The concert brought together Sinfonia Cymru and three choirs (Cor Caerdydd, Cordydd and Cantata) with soprano Rebecca Evans, harpist Catrin Finch, singers Elin Fflur, Geraint Llry Owen and former X Factor runner up Rhidian Roberts, virtuoso euphonium player David Childs and rising young cellist Steffan Morris. All the music performed was by Karl Jenkins, who was later presented with the Cymry for the World award. Among the actors on stage and in the audience for the WMC Awards ceremony were Sian Phillips, Robert Hardy, Sir Derek Jacobi and Jonathan Pryce.


STELLA NATALIS TOUR CONDUCTED BY KARL JENKINS (November 2009)
Karl Jenkins will be touring England for five dates to celebrate the release of his new album, Stella Natalis. An exclusive EMI artist, Karl Jenkins's name shines bright amongst contemporary classical composers, having reached global stardom with such works as Adiemus, Requiem and The Armed Man. Released on the 2nd November 2009 Stella Natalis embraces Karl's signature melodies with the Christmas message in a benchmark new work for all audiences. Karl will be accompanied by Tenebrae, the renowned choir led by Nigel Short, as well as a specially created ensemble of musicians led by John Gibbons.

28 November 2009 Chelmsford Cathedral Click here to book tickets
2 December 2009 St. Albans Cathedral Click here to book tickets
4 December 2009 Clifton Cathedral, Bristol Click here to book tickets
19 December 2009 Banbury St. Mary's Church Click here to book tickets
22 December 2009 Norwich Cathedral Click here to book tickets
     
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STELLA NATALIS - THE NEW ALBUM (October 2009)
Soloists on the album: Alison Balsom (trumpet) and Kate Royal (soprano) togteher with Karl JenkinsKarl Jenkins has composed a new work for choir and orchestra, Stella Natalis, as a gift to music lovers of all stylistic and spiritual backgrounds for the 2009 holiday season. Its coupling, Joy to the world, features arrangements by Jenkins of carols from around the globe in keeping with his inclusive and universal approach to the message of music. The performers represent a mixture of classical and popular artistry. “It has been a privilege,” said Karl Jenkins recently, “to feature the astounding talents of fellow EMI artists Kate Royal [soprano] and Alison Balsom [trumpet] and to introduce BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the year 2008, Alice Halstead. The choir is Tenebrae, whilst as a counterpoint to their ‘classical’ sound, I have revisited my past and re-introduced the ethnic sound of Adiemus, featuring Mary Carewe, who sang on the first Adiemus album Songs of Sanctuary, and Mae McKenna. My orchestration has the usual classical and ethnic percussion mix, the latter played by Jody K Jenkins and Zands. The orchestra is the Marylebone Camerata, a hand-picked group of the finest young players in London, assembled by cellist Jonathan Byers.”
“Stella Natalis means ‘star of birth’ or ‘star of origin,’ continues Jenkins, “and the music conveys the Christmas message of peace, goodwill, compassion and a new beginning whilst using a wider palette of inspiration than is usual in such treatments: Zulu text, reference to Hindu gods, as well as the Old Testament, all make an appearance! The libretto, for the most part, is by Carol Barratt together with some established text in Latin and English.” Joy to the world consists of a set of idiosyncratic arrangements by Karl Jenkins to carols from England, Germany, France, Spain, the West Indies and the African-American Go tell it on the mountain. Karl Jenkins’s 65th birthday concert at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on November 14 will feature music from this new EMI CD.  Click here for more information.
 

WIN STELLA NATALIS CDS AND CONCERT TICKETS! (October 2009)
To promote the Stella Natalis album and tour, there are various competitions running on the web.  Here are just a few of them:
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FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD (October 2009)
To celebrate the release of Stella Natalis, EMI is offering you the chance to download a copy of the track 'Palace Of The Crystal Bridge' absolutely free. Click here to sign-up and receive your free MP3 download!


MILLENNIUM CENTRE BIRTHDAY CONCERT - 14 NOVEMBER 2009 (October 2009)
To mark his 65th Birthday with an all-Welsh celebration, the world’s most popular classical composer Karl Jenkins joins us for an uplifting evening showcasing his best-loved music and launching his latest work, a special composition to mark 10 years of devolution in Wales. Massed voices of Welsh choirs Côrdydd, Côr Caerdydd, Aelwyd y Waun Ddyfal and Cantata take to the spectacular Donald Gordon stage alongside Sinfonia Cymru with a stellar Welsh line-up of soloists, including Neath-born international soprano Rebecca Evans, favourite harpist Catrin Finch and talented singer Elin Fflur. Karl will be sharing the podium for the evening with conductor Gareth Jones. As well as excerpts from the million-selling Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary, Requiem, Stabat Mater and The Armed Man, Karl Jenkins lifts the baton for the very first time on his latest work.
Click here to find out more and to buy tickets


KARL JENKINS ON KARL JENKINS (September 2009)
A new 10-minute documentary of Karl Jenkins talking about his life and music, from his childhood in Wales and classical training, through his work in jazz and advertising, to his recent series of large-scale choral works including The Armed Man. This film, produced by Boosey & Hawkes, includes an interview with Karl Jenkins at his home in South Wales. It features music from Jenkins' EMI recordings together with footage from the 2005 South Bank Show film on the composer.  Click here to watch the film.


EMI VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE (September 2009)
EMI have uploaded several promotional and music videos to their YouTube channel.  Here follows a few of them...

        

       


PERFORMANCES OF MUSIC BY KARL JENKINS
Click here for a complete list of forthcoming performances of music by Karl Jenkins.