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Title:
Chineke! Orchestra: Spark catchers [sound recording]
Author:
Parnther, Anthony.
EAN:
5023363025027
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
NMC Recordings, 2020.
Physical Description:
1 CD (62 min., 46 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Contents:
Concerto grosso. I. / Errollyn Wallen -- Concerto grosso. II. / Errollyn Wallen -- Concerto grosso. III. / Errollyn Wallen -- Concerto grosso. IV. / Errollyn Wallen -- The green fuse / James Wilson -- Dream song / Daniel Kidane (Roderick Williams) -- The spark catchers / Hannah Kendall -- Elegy - In memoriam - Stephen Lawrence / Philip Herbert -- Carry that sound / Julian Joseph.
Abstract:
Errollyn Wallen pays homage to Bach and Corelli in 'Concerto Grosso' with its combination of dance elements and the buoyant rhythms of Baroque and popular music. James Wilson's evocative 'The Green Fuse' is inspired by Dylan Thomas's poem 'The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower' and Julian Joseph's energetic 'Carry That Sound' combines elements of jazz and blues harmonies. Daniel Kidane's 'Dream Song' was written for the reopening of Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall in 2018 and sets words from Martin Luther King's powerful 'I Have a Dream' speech, sung by soloist Roderick Williams. Hannah Kendall's 'The Spark Catchers' draws on the dynamic poem by Lemn Sissay, commissioned for London's 2012 Olympics. Philip Herbert's poignant 'Elegy' is a tribute to Stephen Lawrence who was murdered in a racist attack in London in 1999.