Release date: 30 January 2026
The seventh recording in the Young Composers series – a collaboration with the National Youth Choir.
The works featured on the recording are by Fraz Ireland, Kornélia Nemcová, Esther Bersweden and Ryan Morgan, the four National Youth Choir Young Composers for 2025. This album showcases the extraordinary range of four emerging choral composers, moving effortlessly through a rich array of imaginative sound worlds.
Now in its seventh year, the Young Composers series is a collaboration between the National Youth Choir and NMC Recordings. Both partners have the shared ethos of supporting emerging professional artists, enabling new choral music and promoting it through professional release. Supporting the project was composer Joanna Marsh as lead mentor, alongside guest mentors Huw Watkins, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Helen Neeves and Owain Park.
Explore previous NYC Young Composers releases here
TRACKLISTING
1) Fraz Ireland 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich
2) Kornélia Nemcová What She Carried
3) Esther Bersweden Down Hill on a Bicycle
4) Fraz Ireland Kite
5) Ryan Morgan OBEAH
6) Esther Bersweden The Mock Turtle's Song
7) Kornélia Nemcová That's Where the Dog is Buried
8) Ryan Morgan Permission to Play
National Youth Choir 18-25 (Tracks 1,3,5,7)
Nicholas Chalmers conductor
National Youth Choir Fellowship Ensemble (Tracks 2,4,6,8)
Ailsa Campbell Soprano
Kwan Ruangtrakool Soprano
Peter Hicks Countertenor
Megan Webb Alto
Chris O'Leary Tenor
Andrew Moore Tenor
Josh Quinlan Baritone
Freddie Crowley Bass
Emily Dickens Conductor
RECORDING CREDITS
Production Team
Josh Quinlan Album Producer
David Jones Mastering Engineer
Tracks 1,3,5,7
Josh Quinlan Audio Producer
David Jones Recording Engineer
Recorded at Rossall School, Fleetwood (July 2025)
Tracks 2,4,6,8
Ben Parry Audio Producer
Stefano Civetta Recording Engineer
Hester James Assistant Engineer
Josh Quinlan Editor & Mix Engineer
Recorded at School Farm Studios (October 2025), with thanks to the generous support of Audio Network, Andrew Sunnucks and the School Farm Studios team.
Catalogue number: NMC DL3061
Release date: 30 January 2026
FUNDERS
The Young Composers scheme is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. We are most grateful to the following for their kind grant support, partnership and advocacy: Stainer & Bell, Steinberg Media Technologies (Dorico), ABRSM, Britten Pears Arts, School Farm Studios, The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, PRS for Music Foundation and Vaughan Williams Foundation.
NMC Recordings is a charitable company (reg. no. 328052) established for the recording of contemporary music by the Holst Foundation; it is grateful for funding from Arts Council England, The Delius Trust and The Hinrichsen Foundation.
