O Rex Gentium

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6-minute unaccompanied work for SATB choir with divisi, setting the Latin text ‘O Rex Gentium', one of the seven ancient advent ‘O Antiphons'.

Roderick Williams is one of the UK's most sought-after baritones, encompassing a repertoire from the baroque to world premieres of contemporary music. As a composer he has had works premiered at the Wigmore and Barbican Halls, the Purcell Room and live on national UK radio. His choral works are frequently performed and recorded and include Ave verum corpus re-imagined, composed for the ORA singers, and Now Winter Nights composed for VOCES8. He was awarded an OBE for services to music in June 2017.