Howard Skempton - Ben Somewhen, etc | NMC Recordings NMCD135

Howard Skempton - Ben Somewhen, etc

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Label: NMC Recordings

Cat No: NMCD135

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 3rd September 2007

Contents

Works

Skempton
Chamber Concerto

Skempton
Clarinet Quintet

Skempton
The Bridge of Fire

Skempton
The Voice of the Spirits

Skempton
Suite from Delicate

Skempton
Roundels of the Year

Skempton
Rise up, my Love

Skempton
Ben Somewhen

Artists

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Exaudi

Conductor

James Weeks

Works

Skempton
Chamber Concerto

Skempton
Clarinet Quintet

Skempton
The Bridge of Fire

Skempton
The Voice of the Spirits

Skempton
Suite from Delicate

Skempton
Roundels of the Year

Skempton
Rise up, my Love

Skempton
Ben Somewhen

Artists

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Exaudi

Conductor

James Weeks

About

Astoundingly, this is Howard Skempton’s first full-length disc for NMC — his CD single, the deceptively simple orchestral study Lento (NMC D005), was one of NMC’s first releases in 1992 and has been one of our best sellers ever since.
 
This disc contrasts Skempton’s choral works—including the dancing, evocative setting of Shelley’s The Voice of the Spirits and the spiritual Rise up, my love—with chamber music ranging from solo cello (the Suite from ‘Delicate’) to the exuberant, yet very English, Chamber Concerto.
 
Ben Somewhen, a commissioned piece from BCMG for solo double bass and ensemble, received its premiere in April 2005. The work is inspired by the matchstick drawings of Ben Hartley depicting rural life - an example of his work appears on the front cover of this disc.

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