Julian Anderson - Heaven is Shy of Earth, The Comedy of Change
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Label: Ondine
Cat No: ODE13132
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 12th October 2018
Contents
Works
Heaven is Shy of Earth for mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestraThe Comedy of Change for 12 players
Artists
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)London Sinfonietta
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Conductor
Oliver KnussenWorks
Heaven is Shy of Earth for mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestraThe Comedy of Change for 12 players
Artists
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)London Sinfonietta
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Conductor
Oliver KnussenAbout
Julian Anderson was commissioned to write a substantial work for solo mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra for the 2006 BBC Proms. This resulted in the creation of Heaven is Shy of Earth, based on texts by poet Emily Dickinson. The work also features texts of Latin mass, although it is by no means a sacred work. The insertions change the whole structure away from denominational Christianity and bring the liturgy out into the natural world as a sort of secular Eucharist – a celebration and sanctification of nature itself. This substantial work ends in a beautiful climax of harmonious ecstasy.
The Comedy of Change is a work for 12 instruments which pays tribute to Charles Darwin and celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of his book The Origin of Species. The composer intended the work to function as both a free-standing concert piece and the score of a ballet. Anderson was concerned with both the inevitable and the unpredictable aspects of change. Anderson writes: ‘I preferred not to be too literal or illustrative: I hope the musical harmonies, textures, rhythms and melodies will be sufficiently vivid to suggest to listeners their own images; or else be heard as the abstract music they essentially are.’ ‘The word “comedy” is to be understood in all its senses, including the old Elizabethan one of a series of misunderstandings with a happy outcome’, the composer adds.
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