We are delighted to share some exciting news from OQ Eleanor Grant this week. She has just released a lockdown version of ‘The Way of Light’ composed by Nigel Hess.

Eleanor's recording is the signature track on the Way of Light album, which is released on 5 February. The album is a retrospective compilation of Hess' music and was recorded with the BBC Concert Orchestra at their Maida Vale Studios in London.

Joining Eleanor, other artists performing on the album include Richard Balcombe (conductor), Emma Tring & Benjamin Hughes (cello), Sir Derek Jacobi (speaker), the BBC Singers and Metro Voices. Additional tracks will feature Piers Lane & Nicholas McCarthy (pianists), the Girls' Choir of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, the Central Band of the Royal Air Force and the Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Portsmouth.

You can download both the single and album from multiple streaming platforms including Spotify and Amazon Music.