Bliss - Mary of Magdala, The Enchantress, Meditations on a Theme by John Blow
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Label: Chandos
Cat No: CHSA5242
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 1st November 2019
Contents
Artists
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)James Platt (bass)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Andrew DavisWorks
Mary of MagdalaMeditations on a theme of John Blow
The Enchantress
Artists
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)James Platt (bass)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Andrew DavisAbout
Meditations on a Theme by John Blow, from 1955, was written for the CBSO, the first in a number of commissions from the John Feeney Trust. Inspired by John Blow’s Coronation Anthems, the work is a set of variations on a Sinfonia from that collection, each variation reflecting the text of a verse from Psalm 23.
Described as a sacred cantata, Mary of Magdala was Bliss’s second Feeney Trust commission, composed during 1962 and 1963. For a libretto, Bliss turned to Christopher Hassall, his collaborator on three previous works, including The Beatitudes. Bliss conducted the premiere at the Three Choirs Festival in 1963, and wrote in his programme note: ‘One of the loveliest stories in the New Testament is that in the 20th chapter of St John’s Gospel, telling of how Mary Magdalene, lingering at the sepulchre, was the first to see the risen Christ. She, supposing him to be the gardener.’
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus give of their best under their former chief conductor Sir Andrew Davis, and the contributions from the soloists, Dame Sarah Connolly and James Platt, are outstanding.
Recorded in Surround Sound.
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