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2022-06-06 06:38:32
Precious Things: a lovely survey of Bernard Hughes' recent choral music from Epiphoni Consort on Delphian
[…] demonstrate that Hughes does not shy away from strong, discordant harmonies. Partly the sheer variety stems from Hughes' eclectic selection of texts. The title track Precious Things sets three texts by poet contemporaries of Hughes, Antony Dunn, Helen Eastman and Andrew George (two of whom Hughes knew at university). Elsewhere there is Michael Symmons Roberts, Kevin Crossley Holland, Vera Brittain, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Longfellow, Robert Herrick, and Shakespeare, plus the Bible. In I Sing of Love, written for Seattle Pro Musica in America in 2012, Hughes uses texts from Song of Solomon, the Islamic mystic Rumi, and I Corinthians. The sound world is some way towards a 21st century English part-song tradition, and you feel that such works as RVW's folk-song arrangements and Shakespeare songs are in the back of Hughes' cupboard along with other interesting English composers. Hughes interest in words, per se, means that we also get a distinct whiff of […]
2020-12-21 01:41:00
The Annual Christmas post
Hello all!Again we have teamed up to present a collection of Christmas Music from the 15th through the 20th Centuries. We hope you enjoy our selection. We feel there may be a little something for everybody during this Blessed Holiday Season. May you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ~ Thomas Cadfael, Dutch Publisher & the rest of the Core Team ~ Au Sainct Nau Ensemble Clément Janequin Dominique Visse - direction Label: Alpha 198 Recorded: June 2013 [flac & scans] Download 1fichier uptobox zippy Weihnachten; A German Christmas Works of Praetorius, Nicolai, Schütz, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Distler Seattle Pro Musica Karen P. Thomas - direction Label: SPM CD 9804 Recorded June 2002 [flacs & scans] Download 1fichier uptobox zippy Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495-1560) Magnificat I, Salve Regina, Credo, Tulerunt Dominum […]
2019-05-18 00:27:38
You may know Estelí Gomez as the soaring soprano of the Grammy-winning vocal troupe Roomful of Teeth. She’s also a globe-trotting soloist, performing alongside collaborators ranging from the Seattle Symphony to Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble. This weekend, …
2018-08-16 00:01:00
Seattle Symphony Digital Release of "La mort d’Orphée" Features Tenor Kenneth Tarver
[…] LIVE RECORDING OF BERLIOZ’S MONUMENTAL REQUIEM ON SEPTEMBER 14 DIGITAL ALBUM INCLUDES STUDIO SESSION OFLA MORT D’ORPHÉE FEATURING TENOR KENNETH TARVER SEATTLE, WA – On September 14 Music Director Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony release the live recording of Berlioz’s colossal Requiem featuring an expanded orchestra of 109 players and over 190 choristers from the Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Pro Musica and Vocalpoint! Seattle. Exclusive to the digital release, the Requiem is coupled with the rarely recorded La mort d’Orphée, featuring acclaimed tenor Kenneth Tarver, a “voice of considerable beauty and freedom” (Washington Post). The live performance of the Berlioz Requiem in Benaroya Hall in November 2017 included brass choirs positioned aloft at each corner of the hall to generate the directional, “surround-sound” effect that Berlioz […]
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