I Am The Song
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BERNARD HUGHES
I Am The Song
BBC Singers, Bernard Hughes
[ Signum / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 15 April 2016
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Following in Signum's series of composer-led releases with the BBC Singers, this new disc represents the culmination of a collaboration between British composer Bernard Hughes and the choir that began in 2002. Combining modern poetry by E. E. Cummings and Siegfried Sassoon alongside Norse poetry, Hughes combines both ancient and modern elements into his compositions, which are ably performed by the BBC Singers under Paul Brough.
Bernard Hughes's music has been performed at major venues in Britain and abroad and received a number of broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. He was runner-up at the 2009 British Composer Awards for the choral work The Death of Balder (featured on this recording).
Tracks:
1. Two Choral Fanfares: Everyone sang
2. Two Choral Fanfares: I am the Song
3. Three Swans: The Bereaved Swan
4. Three Swans: The Silver Swan
5. Three Swans: Riddle
6. The winter it is past
7. The Death of Balder: Prologue
8. The Death of Balder: Act One
9. The Death of Balder: Interlude
10. The Death of Balder: Act Two
11. anyone lived in a pretty how town
12. Revelation Window
13. A Medieval Bestiary: Prologue
14. A Medieval Bestiary: The Beasts of the Land
15. A Medieval Bestiary: The Panther
16. A Medieval Bestiary: First Sermon
17. A Medieval Bestiary: The Beasts of the Water
18. A Medieval Bestiary: The Whale
19. A Medieval Bestiary: Second Sermon
20. A Medieval Bestiary: The Beasts of the Air
21. A Medieval Bestiary: The Phoenix
22. A Medieval Bestiary: Third Sermon
