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James McCarthy – Codebreaker; Will Todd – Ode to a Nightingale
Will Todd, James McCarthy

Hertfordshire Chorus

James McCarthy – Codebreaker; Will Todd – Ode to a Nightingale

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Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212049525
Catnr: SIGCD 495
Release date: 06 October 2017
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212049525
Catalogue number
SIGCD 495
Release date
06 October 2017
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About the album

Hertfordshire Chorus continue to build on their reputation for commissioning and performing some of the very best in contemporary choral music. In their first recording with Signum they are joined by the BBC Concert Orchestra for a 2CD set featuring James McCarthy’s Codebreaker (an exploration of the life of the pioneering computer scientist and mathematician Alan Turing) and Will Todd’s Ode to a Nightingale (setting the famous poem by John Keats).

De première van twee nieuwe opdrachtwerken van vooraanstaande Britse componisten
Het Hertfordshire Chorus is een van de meest voortreffelijke symfonische koren van het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Het staat bekend om zijn gepassioneerde zang van hoge kwaliteit en het uitvoeren van zowel bekende en geliefde als nauwelijks uitgevoerde werken.

Met dit album bouw het Hertfordshire Chorus voort aan zijn reputatie voor het opdracht geven en uitvoeren van enkele van de beste hedendaagse koorwerken. Op het dubbelalbum worden ze ondersteund door het BBC Concert Orchestra in uitvoeringen van James McCarthy’s Codebreaker, een verkenning van het leven van de vernieuwende computerwetenschapper en wiskundige Alan Turing, en Will Todd’s Ode to a Nightingale, op het beroemde gedicht van John Keats.

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Hertfordshire Chorus

Hertfordshire Chorus is one of the UK’s finest symphonic choruses and has a reputation for high-quality and passionate singing, commissioning new music, performing challenging and often rarely heard pieces as well as much-loved and well-known works.  It is at home in styles from the major classical works to jazz, music theatre, games music, rock and all points in between. David Temple MBE, one of the leading choral conductors in the country, has been its Musical Director since 2000. The Chorus performs regularly in the UK’s major concert halls, has appeared frequently with the BBC Concert Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, has worked with Daniele Gatti, Thomas Adès and José Carreras and has made numerous recordings.  Highlights of its engagements...
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Hertfordshire Chorus is one of the UK’s finest symphonic choruses and has a reputation for high-quality and passionate singing, commissioning new music, performing challenging and often rarely heard pieces as well as much-loved and well-known works. It is at home in styles from the major classical works to jazz, music theatre, games music, rock and all points in between. David Temple MBE, one of the leading choral conductors in the country, has been its Musical Director since 2000.

The Chorus performs regularly in the UK’s major concert halls, has appeared frequently with the BBC Concert Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, has worked with Daniele Gatti, Thomas Adès and José Carreras and has made numerous recordings. Highlights of its engagements include Porgy & Bess with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic under Wayne Marshall, the Game Music Festival with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Robert Kurdybacha and War Horse – The Story in Concert for BBC Radio in Coventry Cathedral.

Recordings have included Nova! Nova! – Joy to the World! (Louis Halsey) and Codebreaker/Ode to a Nightingale (James McCarthy and Will Todd) for Signum, as well as Michael Hurd Choral Music volume 2 for Lyrita. The Chorus has been broadcast on radio on many occasions, including on the BBC marking the Centenary of the 1918 Armistice performing Bliss Morning Heroes and Britten Ballard of Heroes, in Fauré Requiem and in a concert of Christmas music with José Carreras. Classic FM broadcast its concert celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation. On television it has provided soundtracks on a number of occasions as well as singers for programmes as varied as First Night of the Proms concerts, Spooks and The Unofficial Science of Home Alone.

The Chorus has a special fund to commission new music and under David Temple’s direction its drive to encourage young composers has produced some of the most outstanding and successful new choral music of recent years, including works by Shruthi Rajasekar, Will Todd, James McCarthy, Roland Perrin, Orlando Gough and Howard Haigh. The Chorus is also particularly proud of the work it does with children and young people to help encourage the next generation of choral singers and music enthusiasts.


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David Temple (conductor)

Composer(s)

Will Todd

English composer Will Todd is well known for his beautiful and exciting music. His work encompasses choral works large and small, opera, musical theatre and orchestral pieces, as well as jazz compositions and chamber works. His anthem, The Call of Wisdom, was performed at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations with a TV audience of 45 million people. His breakthrough work, Mass in Blue (originally titled Jazz Mass), has been performed hundreds of times all over the world. His arrangement of Amazing Grace was performed at President Obama’s Inauguration Day prayer service in 2013 and as part of the BBC’s Nelson Mandela Thanksgiving Service.
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English composer Will Todd is well known for his beautiful and exciting music. His work encompasses choral works large and small, opera, musical theatre and orchestral pieces, as well as jazz compositions and chamber works. His anthem, The Call of Wisdom, was performed at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations with a TV audience of 45 million people. His breakthrough work, Mass in Blue (originally titled Jazz Mass), has been performed hundreds of times all over the world. His arrangement of Amazing Grace was performed at President Obama’s Inauguration Day prayer service in 2013 and as part of the BBC’s Nelson Mandela Thanksgiving Service.

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Disc #1
01.
Codebreaker: Opening
00:56
(James McCarthy) Hertfordshire Chorus, Julia Doyle, BBC Concert Orchestra
02.
Codebreaker: Wondrous Light
03:00
(James McCarthy) Julia Doyle, Hertfordshire Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra
03.
Codebreaker: Gordon Brown's Apology
03:56
(James McCarthy) Julia Doyle, Hertfordshire Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra
04.
Codebreaker: Song of Songs
03:47
(James McCarthy) Julia Doyle, Hertfordshire Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra
05.
Codebreaker: Deep is the Night
03:17
(James McCarthy) Julia Doyle, Hertfordshire Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra
06.
Codebreaker: Deep is the Night
02:49
(James McCarthy) Julia Doyle, Hertfordshire Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra
07.
Codebreaker: I shall meet him again
03:40
(James McCarthy) Julia Doyle, Hertfordshire Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra
08.
Codebreaker: Outbreak of War
02:41
(James McCarthy) Julia Doyle, Hertfordshire Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra
09.
Codebreaker: At Sea
08:09
(James McCarthy) Julia Doyle, Hertfordshire Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra
10.
Codebreaker: De Profundis
09:28
(James McCarthy) Julia Doyle, Hertfordshire Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra
11.
Codebreaker: A Mother's Lament
03:41
(James McCarthy) Julia Doyle, Hertfordshire Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra
12.
Codebreaker: If Death is Kind
06:44
(James McCarthy) Hertfordshire Chorus, Julia Doyle, BBC Concert Orchestra

Disc #2
01.
Choral Symphony No. 4, Ode to a Nightingale: Introduction
03:09
(Will Tod)
02.
Choral Symphony No. 4, Ode to a Nightingale: My heart aches
02:57
(Will Todd)
03.
Choral Symphony No. 4, Ode to a Nightingale: O for a draught of vintage
02:01
(Will Todd)
04.
Choral Symphony No. 4, Ode to a Nightingale: Fade far away
04:20
(Will Todd)
05.
Choral Symphony No. 4, Ode to a Nightingale: Away! away!
02:30
(Will Todd)
06.
Choral Symphony No. 4, Ode to a Nightingale: I cannot see
03:24
(Will Todd)
07.
Choral Symphony No. 4, Ode to a Nightingale: Darkling I listen
04:13
(Will Todd)
08.
Choral Symphony No. 4, Ode to a Nightingale: Thou wast not born for death
02:07
(Will Todd)
09.
Choral Symphony No. 4, Ode to a Nightingale: Forlorn!
06:38
(Will Todd)
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