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Airplane Cantata
Gabriel Jackson

Gabriel Jackson

Airplane Cantata

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212038123
Catnr: SIGCD 381
Release date: 25 August 2014
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212038123
Catalogue number
SIGCD 381
Release date
25 August 2014
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About the album

The BBC Singers continue their series of releases featuring works by their official Associate Composer with a new collection of world premiere recordings of works by British composer Gabriel Jackson. The central work of the program – Airplane Cantata – explores the early days of aviation through the journals, news reports and accounts that surrounded this world-changing era. Featuring characteristically precise performances from the BBC Singers, they are joined on this disc by the world-renowned pianola player Rex Lawson.
Wereldpremières van Jackson in precieze uitvoeringen
De BBC Singers zetten hun serie opnames van werken van hun officiële Associate Composer – een unieke kans voor enkele van de meest getalenteerde artiesten om werken voor het ensemble te schrijven – voort met een collectie wereldpremièreopnames van de Britse componist Gabriel Jackson.

Tijdens zijn functie als Associate Composer, van 2010 tot 2013, schreef Jackson acht werken voor de BBC Singers, waaronder een tweetalige compositie voor twee koren. Dit album bevat de vier wereldlijke werken op Engelse teksten en een eerder opdrachtwerk uit 2007. Deze composities illustreren zijn aanpak van het medium en bezegelen zijn relatie met de BBC Singers.

Het centrale werk van het programma, Airplane Cantata, verkent de vroege dagen van de luchtvaart door middel van de kranten, nieuwsreportages en verslagen die dit tijdperk dat de wereld veranderde omringden.

De uitvoeringen van de BBC Singers zijn kenmerkend precies. Op dit album worden ze ondersteund door de wereldberoemde pianolaspeler Rex Lawson.

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BBC Singers

BBC Singers   Chief Conductor David Hill Principal Guest Conductors Paul Brough and Bob Chilcott Conductor Laureate Stephen Cleobury Associate Composer Judith Weir   The BBC Singers hold a unique position in British musical life. Performing everything from Byrd to Birtwistle, Tallis to Takemitsu, their versatility is second to none. The choir’s unrivalled expertise in performing the best of contemporary music has brought about creative relationships with some of the most important composers and conductors of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Poulenc, Britten, Judith Bingham and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.   Following a successful 90th anniversary season, the BBC Singers’ 2015-16 season is as thrilling and diverse as ever. A third season of concerts in London’s newest concert venue, Milton Court Concert Hall, includes Monteverdi’s Vespers with I...
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BBC Singers Chief Conductor David Hill Principal Guest Conductors Paul Brough and Bob Chilcott Conductor Laureate Stephen Cleobury Associate Composer Judith Weir The BBC Singers hold a unique position in British musical life. Performing everything from Byrd to Birtwistle, Tallis to Takemitsu, their versatility is second to none. The choir’s unrivalled expertise in performing the best of contemporary music has brought about creative relationships with some of the most important composers and conductors of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Poulenc, Britten, Judith Bingham and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
Following a successful 90th anniversary season, the BBC Singers’ 2015-16 season is as thrilling and diverse as ever. A third season of concerts in London’s newest concert venue, Milton Court Concert Hall, includes Monteverdi’s Vespers with I Fagiolini, Handel’s Saul with a host of first-rate soloists, a magical presentation of Dylan Thomas’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales led by Chief Conductor David Hill and a poignant concert remembering the battle of the Somme. The Singers at Six series of early-evening concerts in the atmospheric surroundings St Giles’ Cripplegate continues with American Songs and music by Elgar, Judith Bingham and James MacMillan.
Based at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios, the BBC Singers also give free concerts at St Paul’s Knightsbridge, as well as appearing at major festivals across the UK and beyond.
This world-class ensemble is committed to sharing its enthusiasm and creative expertise through its nationwide outreach programme. This includes frequent collaborations with schoolchildren, youth choirs and the amateur choral community, as well as with the professional composers, singers and conductors of tomorrow.
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