Robert Saxton - The Wandering Jew | NMC Recordings NMCD170

Robert Saxton - The Wandering Jew

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Label: NMC Recordings

Cat No: NMCD170

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 13th June 2011

Contents

Artists

BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Singers

Conductor

Andre de Ridder

Works

Saxton, Robert

The Wandering Jew

Artists

BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Singers

Conductor

Andre de Ridder

About

Robert Saxton’s long-awaited radio opera, commissioned by the BBC, is a modernist take on the tale of the Wandering Jew – the shoe-mender condemned by Jesus to wander the Earth until the Second Coming after he refused to help him on his way to his Crucifixion.

The opera introduces many legendary characters, following medieval and other myths, including Faust, Mephistopheles, Kundry and Wotan.

Underneath its surface lies a structure relating to the annual cycle of Jewish and Christian festivals in eight scenes of sweeping orchestral and choral music, enhanced by studio post production from Antony Pitts.

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