In Time Of Daffodils
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JOHN METCALF
In Time Of Daffodils
Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn
[ Signum / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 3 September 2007
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A collection of works spanning twelve years of creative output from one of Wales's leading contemporary composers, John Metcalf, featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Grant Llewelyn.Two instrumental orchestral pieces, Paradise Haunts & Three Mobiles, are accompanied by a beautiful collection of songs based on a series of texts from poets including William Wordsworth and Amy Lowell, based around the central theme - and emblem of Wales - the daffodil.
"Thomas Bowes has the right kind of sound - warm and dutifully expressive - to highlight the music's melodic strengths, and his energetic pursuit of Metcalf's lavish decoration powers the music onwards… Three Mobiles for saxophone and orchestra is rather too cute; In Time of Daffodils, settings of Keats, Wordsworth and others for baritone and orchestra, is sturdier with a natural sense of narrative that flows from the poetry." (Gramophone)
"The music, as in the other works of Metcalf, is often warmly melodic and lyrical as well as strongly expressive" (MusicWeb)
Tracks:
Paradise Haunts ...
Three Mobiles
In Time of Daffodils
