Suckling - The Tuning | Delphian DCD34235

Suckling - The Tuning

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Label: Delphian

Cat No: DCD34235

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 28th January 2022

Contents

Artists

Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano)
Christopher Glynn (piano)
Principals of Aurora Orchestra

Works

Suckling, Martin

Her Lullaby
Nocturne for violin and cello
String Quintet 'Emily's Electrical Absence'
The Tuning

Artists

Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano)
Christopher Glynn (piano)
Principals of Aurora Orchestra

About

The everyday is transfigured in this intimate collection of chamber music and songs by leading young Scottish composer Martin Suckling: settings for mezzo-soprano and piano of five magical, moonlit poems by Michael Donaghy and a string quintet written in collaboration with the poet Frances Leviston, whose readings of her own texts frame the four movements of a piece which pays dual homage to Schubert and to Emily Dickinson.

Nocturne for violin and cello bears witness to Suckling’s night vigils at the composing desk, setting down his pen as the stillness starts to ripple with birdsong, while the cello solo Her Lullaby is a nostalgic reflection on the early years of parenthood that also displays Suckling’s characteristically refined harmonic palette.

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