Head Space: Candlelight is the first EP in The King’s Singers’ Head Space series, aiming to connect choral music with calmness and reflection. Inspired by compline, the Catholic night service, it features plainchant, including “In manus tuas Domine” and “Salva nos Domine vigilantes,” emphasizing breath-led pacing. The album also includes wordless Orlando Gibbons “Songs,” contemporary pieces by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Judith Bingham, and Arvo Pärt, and the experimental “4’33”” by John Cage, concluding with Robert Parsons’ “Ave Maria” and Edvard Grieg’s “Ave Maris Stella,” all designed to create a contemplative atmosphere.
Head Space: Candlelight
The King’s Singers
Release date: 23rd January 2026
Catalogue number: SIGCD950
Barcode: 635212095027
[1] In manus tuas Domine – Plainchant
[2] Christe qui lux es et dies (I) – Robert White
[3] Song 13 – Orlando Gibbons
[4] Heyr þu oss himnum à -Anna Thorvaldsdottir
[5] Song 1 – Orlando Gibbons
[6] Ave virgo sanctissima -Judith Bingham
[7] Song 20 – Orlando Gibbons
[8] Zwei Beter – Arvo Pärt
[9] O Euchari – Hildegard von Bingen
[10] 4’ 33” – John Cage
[11] Ave Maria – Robert Parsons
[12] Song 9 – Orlando Gibbons
[13] Ave Maris Stella – Edvard Grieg
[14] Salva nos Domine – Plainchant