Rebecca Dale - Requiem for my Mother | Decca 4834076

Rebecca Dale - Requiem for my Mother

Label: Decca

Cat No: 4834076

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 31st August 2018

Contents

Artists

Louise Alder (soprano)
Trystan Llyr Griffiths (tenor)
Hannah Dienes-Williams (soprano)
Edward Hyde (treble)
Cantus Ensemble
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Works

Dale, Rebecca

Materna Requiem
When Music Sounds

Artists

Louise Alder (soprano)
Trystan Llyr Griffiths (tenor)
Hannah Dienes-Williams (soprano)
Edward Hyde (treble)
Cantus Ensemble
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

About

Young British composer Rebecca Dale, the first female composer to sign to Decca Classics, releases her debut album ‘Requiem for my Mother’ – featuring two major works: her brand new Materna Requiem and her choral symphony When Music Sounds.

At the heart of Rebecca’s first recording is her Materna Requiem – a beautifully moving and uplifting tribute to her late mother, who died in 2010. The work draws from both the traditional text of the Catholic Mass and contemporary poetry and is a homage to parents everywhere. It features the voices of soprano Louise Alder, tenor Trystan Llyr Griffiths and young choristers Hannah Dienes-Williams and Edward Hyde (BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year 2016) alongside the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. The work receives its world premiere performance at The North Wales International Music Festival in St Asaph Cathedral on 22 September 2018.

Rebecca Dale says of the album: “It’s an amazing feeling to be releasing my first album and sharing my music with everyone. The Requiem is a very personal piece to me, and it uses melodies I wrote when I was a child so you could say I’ve been working on it for most of my life! When I first wrote the Requiem I didn’t even realise it would receive a performance so it’s a hugely exciting moment to hear it on record, and I hope the piece connects with people.”

The first track from Rebecca’s new album, ‘Pie Jesu’, expresses a parent’s love for their son or daughter – so instead of using a child’s voice as is tradition for this movement, it’s represented as a father singing to his newborn.

The process of writing the Materna Requiem has been somewhat cathartic for Rebecca – she describes the musical tribute to her mother as “a way for me to build a bridge back to her”. Rebecca is keen to help others who have suffered the loss of a parent and is a supporter of Winston’s Wish – the UK’s first childhood bereavement charity.

Rebecca’s work first came to public attention when BBC Radio 3 premiered her choral symphony When Music Sounds in 2014 and the track, ‘I’ll Sing’, went to No.1 on the Classical iTunes chart. It seems fitting that the whole piece is recorded on her debut album. Performed by the Cantus Ensemble – one of London’s leading chamber choirs – this inspiring orchestral work is a glorious counterpart to the Requiem and concludes the album in stunning style.

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