Anna Lapwood - The Waiting Sky (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Anna Lapwood MBE is an organist, conductor and broadcaster, and holds the position of Director of Music at Pembroke College (Cambridge), Associate Artist of the Royal Albert Hall (London) and Artist in Association with the BBC Singers. In 2023 she was awarded the prestigious ‘Gamechanger’ Award from the Royal Philharmonic Society, and signed to SONY Classical as an exclusive recording artist.
Having made her debut for the BBC Proms as a soloist in Saint-Saëns ‘Organ Symphony’ with The Hallé conducted by Sir Mark Elder in 2021, Anna gave her Proms recital debut with her programme ‘Moon and Stars’ in July 2023. Anna regularly performs concertos with leading symphony orchestras and conductors, has guested at Classic FM Live and collaborated with artists including Alison Balsom, Raye, Bonobo and Benedict Cumberbatch. Highlights of 2023/4 include concerts on the East and West coast of the United States including her recital debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
Anna’s debut solo organ album ‘Images’ was released on Signum Records in 2021 and features her transcription for organ of Britten’s ‘Four Sea Interludes’ from “Peter Grimes”. Three further albums with The Choirs of Pembroke College have also been released on Signum to great acclaim. Under Anna’s direction, the Choirs guested on “To Shiver the Sky” on Decca with multi-Grammy-winning composer, Christopher Tin, recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Signing exclusively to SONY in 2023, the relationship launched with an EP – ‘Midnight Sessions at the Royal Albert Hall’. Her first album on SONY Classical, LUNA, was released on 29th September 2023.
Making her TV presenting debut hosting coverage of BBC Young Musician, she went on to present a televised Prom from the Royal Albert Hall. In 2022, she served as Chair of the Jury for BBC Young Musician and an adjudicator for the televised Welsh choral competition, Côr Cymru. As a radio broadcaster, she is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4 alongside independent stations and has been featured in multiple global television and radio programmes and podcasts.

TRACKLIST

1. Anna Lapwood - Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God
2. Anna Lapwood - Peaceful Was the Night
3. Anna Lapwood - Cradle Lullaby
4. Anna Lapwood - Winter Time
5. Anna Lapwood - Abendlied
6. Anna Lapwood - The Waiting Sky



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