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Storm
Judith Weir

BBC Singers

Storm

Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212042120
Catnr: SIGCD 421
Release date: 19 June 2015
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Signum Classics
UPC
0635212042120
Catalogue number
SIGCD 421
Release date
19 June 2015
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The BBC Singers continue their critically lauded and award-nominated series of composer-led recordings with a new disc of works by Master of the Queen’s Music Judith Weir. Recorded in the unique acoustic of the Temple Church, London, the BBC Singers are joined by the church’s choristers and the contemporary music ensemble Endymion in a retrospective of Weir’s works drawn from a 25-year period. Among Ms. Weir’s many achievements are the many staged performances her operas have received in the UK, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium and the USA, as well as numerous commissions
Een terugblik op de werken van Weir
De BBC Singers zetten hun door de critici geprezen serie van opnames van werken van een specifieke componist voort met een album met werken van Judith Weir, die de titel of Master of the Queen’s Music draagt. De muziek is opgenomen in de unieke akoestiek van de Temple Church in Londen. De BBC Singers worden in hun terugblik op Weirs werken uit een periode van 25 jaar ondersteund door de koorzangers van de kerk en het hedendaagse muziekensemble Endymion.

Storm vond zijn oorsprong in een droevige gebeurtenis. In 1994 vroeg een docente op een lokale school, Mrs Sylvia Collins aan Weir om een toonzetting te maken op Shakespeares Our revels now are ended (uit The Tempest) in nagedachtenis van haar zoon, die overleed tijdens een vliegtuigcrash in de winter van 1993. Vervolgens begon Weir, in verrukking gebracht door de schoonheid en mogelijkheden van Shakespeares woorden, aan een suite van korte toonzettingen op teksten uit The Tempest. Elk deel van Storms probeert zich op een van de concepten van het toneelstuk te concentreren.

Missa el Cid verkent de intrigerende relatie tussen oorlog en religie. Een deel van de tekst van het werk is afkomstig uit de 13e-eeuwse Cantar del Mio Cid. De branie schoppende held van dit epos, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, lijkt te genieten van zijn gevechten, en moedigt zichzelf aan met religieuze uitdrukkingen. Weir stelde zich bij het componeren een mis voor die door hem en zijn troepen bezocht wordt.

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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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