Blackford - Pieta
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Label: Nimbus
Cat No: NI6396
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 3rd January 2020
Contents
Artists
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)Stephen Gadd (baritone)
Amy Dickson (soprano saxophone)
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Gavin CarrWorks
Canticle of Winter for soprano saxophone and string orchestraPieta
Artists
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)Stephen Gadd (baritone)
Amy Dickson (soprano saxophone)
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Gavin CarrAbout
Canticle of Winter was written during the winter of 2019, and was inspired by the last stanza of Robert Frost’s poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening: the sense of restlessness, of something unresolved, despite the beauty of the winter landscape, permeates the music. The dynamic range of the entire piece is from ppp to barely more than mf, and it is the soft, plangent sound of the soprano sa xophone that evokes the stillness of the winter night and the traveler’s journey through it. Canticle of Winter was first performed on October 19th 2019 by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at Cadogan Hall, London, conducted by Gavin Carr. The soloist was Amy Dickson, to whom the work is dedicated.
“The alternation of strong and violent music with rapture, exultation and ecstasy is surely what distinguishes Blackford’s work…this rich, romantic and discerning new work…nothing less than a masterpiece.” - Roderic Dunnett, The Church Times
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