A Woolf - Requiem
£19.90
In stock - available for despatch within 1 working day
Despatch Information
This despatch estimate is based on information from both our own stock and the UK supplier's stock.
If ordering multiple items, we will aim to send everything together so the longest despatch estimate will apply to the complete order.
If you would rather receive certain items more quickly, please place them on a separate order.
If any unexpected delays occur, we will keep you informed of progress via email and not allow other items on the order to be held up.
If you would prefer to receive everything together regardless of any delay, please let us know via email.
Pre-orders will be despatched as close as possible to the release date.
Label: Delphian
Cat No: DCD34240
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 23rd October 2020
Contents
Artists
Nicky Spence (tenor)Philip Higham (cello)
Iain Burnside (piano)
Anthony Gray (organ)
Vox Luna
Conductor
Alex WoolfWorks
RequiemArtists
Nicky Spence (tenor)Philip Higham (cello)
Iain Burnside (piano)
Anthony Gray (organ)
Vox Luna
Conductor
Alex WoolfAbout
As in Britten’s War Requiem, the traditional Latin texts are brought into dialogue with modern-day poetry – here, three poems by the Welsh writer Gillian Clarke (who was National Poet of Wales from 2008 to 2016). Initially these exist in the separate sound-world of a solo tenor and piano, with a solo cello creating the bridge to the liturgical sphere of choir and organ. Yet ultimately, Clarke’s very human concerns focus and inflect Woolf’s approach to the religious texts, confirming the work’s trajectory from despair into consolation.
Nicky Spence, fresh from his triumph at the 2020 BBC Music Magazine Awards, is the solo tenor, joined by Delphian artists Iain Burnside and Philip Higham; and Woolf conducts his own choir Vox Luna in this strikingly personal work.
Error on this page? Let us know here
Need more information on this product? Click here