Lift Up Your Voices

Inside the image.

The square cover is a photographic collage of a large male choir performing in a grand concert hall. The main image is viewed from the side and slightly above the orchestra: rows of singers fill a broad, stepped platform that rises towards the back of the hall. Many wear dark suits, with blocks of bright red jackets especially prominent through the centre and left of the choir. At the right edge, a line of singers in dark formal clothing stands in profile, facing towards the performers and orchestra. The densely packed figures form a sloping sweep from the lower left towards the upper right, with smaller rows receding into the distance.

The orchestra occupies the lower-left foreground, where music stands, instruments and a conductor's area are visible. The audience appears as a dark mass beneath a balcony at left. Behind the choir, the hall's ornate interior is picked out in warm cream, gold, red and muted blue: a balcony with decorative railings runs across the upper left, while the right side shows tall architectural panels and a brightly lit wall. Small overhead lights and chandeliers glimmer above the performers. The image is tightly cropped, with no separate border; a darkened band across the top and a black strip along the bottom provide ground for the lettering.

A second photographic strip across the top shows the choir more closely, cropped to a line of faces and upper bodies against a dark background. Large white italic serif lettering reading “Lift up your voices” crosses this strip, with a subtle dark shadow or outline helping it stand out. Below it, pale grey uppercase serif lettering reading “FESTIVAL OF MALE CHOIRS” sits across the transition into the main concert-hall photograph; its low contrast makes parts of the phrase blend into the image.

At the bottom, centred white serif capitals read “GWYL CORAU MEIBION CYMRU LLUNDAIN” and, beneath, “THE LONDON WELSH FESTIVAL OF MALE CHOIRS”. A smaller line below reads “At The Royal Albert Hall”. Near the lower right, the italic text “Yn Neuadd Frenhinol Albert” appears in a pale, muted tone. The photographs have a soft, slightly grainy and compressed appearance, with the dim audience and orchestra contrasting against the brighter, crowded choir and ornate hall.