The Vanishing Bridegroom
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JUDITH WEIR
The Vanishing Bridegroom
Ailish Tynan, Anna Stéphany, Andrew Tortise, Owen Gilhooly & Jonathan Lemalu / BBC Singers & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
[ NMC / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Monday 21 July 2014
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Judith Weir's opera, commission by Glasgow District Council for the 1990 City of Culture celebrations, takes three Scottish folktales, all concerned with disappearance: The Inheritance features a runaway bride, a singing forest and a lost sum of gold; The Disappearance tells of a man abducted by supernatural forces; and The Stranger is the story of an independent-minded girl wooed by the devil in disguise.
Weir's writing combines lush descriptive soundscapes with ethereal choruses and Gaelic folk melodies; the romanticism of the three tales is offset by the sardonic humour and down-to-earth attitude of their protagonists, and of the composer herself.
Judith Weir's operas have been staged by the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bregenz and many others. • She was awarded the Queen's Medal for Music in 2007.
Weir has been commissioned by the CBSO, Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra.
She celebrates her 60th birthday this year.
"this excellent recording by BBC forces of her 1990 opera shows why she is so highly rated. Weir ingeniously meshes three Scottish folk tales...conveyed in pithily sardonic music. Excellent performances, especially by Jonathan Lemalu in the title-role." (The Times, July 2014)
