Hush: Songs sacred and profane, tender, consoling, witty and urbane
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Label: Somm
Cat No: SOMMCD0608
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 31st January 2020
Contents
Works
Sigh No More LadiesThe Woman's 'If'
Changeling's Lullaby (with Jess Arrowsmith, arr. Papagena)
O viridissima Virga
Sweet Child o' Mine (arr. Suzzie Vango)
The Swallow leaves her nest, H119
Hamisha Asar (arr. Suzzie Vango)
Otche nash (Our Father)
I Lie
Jack's Valentine
Moonset
Kassia
Cor mio, deh, non languire
The Crown of Roses (arr. Geoffrey Weaver)
Kakwa Moma (arr. Uwe Knorrn)
Mouth Music (trans. D Keane, J Faulkner)
Shen Khar Venakhi (arr. Sarah Tenant-Flowers)
Sub O Salcie (arr. Ayanna Woods)
The snow it melts the soonest (arr. Winnie Bruckner)
Artists
PapagenaWorks
Sigh No More LadiesThe Woman's 'If'
Changeling's Lullaby (with Jess Arrowsmith, arr. Papagena)
O viridissima Virga
Sweet Child o' Mine (arr. Suzzie Vango)
The Swallow leaves her nest, H119
Hamisha Asar (arr. Suzzie Vango)
Otche nash (Our Father)
I Lie
Jack's Valentine
Moonset
Kassia
Cor mio, deh, non languire
The Crown of Roses (arr. Geoffrey Weaver)
Kakwa Moma (arr. Uwe Knorrn)
Mouth Music (trans. D Keane, J Faulkner)
Shen Khar Venakhi (arr. Sarah Tenant-Flowers)
Sub O Salcie (arr. Ayanna Woods)
The snow it melts the soonest (arr. Winnie Bruckner)
Artists
PapagenaAbout
Hush! unearths a treasure trove of songs largely neglected on disc to deliver a stunning follow-up to The Darkest Midnight. Where it hymned the cold, harsh glamour of sun-starved winter, Hush! – playful, poignant, poetic and primed with the expectation of joy – celebrates the warmth and light of love.
Typically for Papagena, Hush! is a centuries-spanning, genre-defying, culturally diverse recital marrying sacred and secular, ancient and modern, classical, traditional and even stadium rock. The result is an often gorgeous, always intelligent exploration of “hush” as a harbinger of consolation, of tranquil release and of mild admonition to pause, listen, feel and relish the quietly exultant glories of being alert and alive to the fleeting moment.
Papagena’s beautifully blended, pristine vocal signature illuminates ecstatic heights, anguished depths and love in all its multi-hued splendour with a becoming thread of wit and humour.
First recordings include The Woman’s ‘If’, Jim Clements’ knowing setting of Caitlin Moran’s wickedly arch re-imagining of Rudyard Kipling’s If from a modern female perspective, Papagena’s Suzzie Vango’s arrangement of American rock icons Guns N’Roses’ anthemic Sweet Child O’Mine and Geoffrey Weaver’s exquisite re-working of Tchaikovsky’s touching depiction of the Christ-child, Legend (The Crown of Roses). Traditional songs from English and Celtic sources are heard alongside pieces drawn from the profoundly moving religious heritage of Eastern Europe and Sephardic music.
Hailed by arts site The Prickle as “a young female Hilliard Ensemble”, Papagena’s The Darkest Midnight was judged “stimulating, varied and full of interest” by MusicWeb International, adding: “What sets the disc apart is the superb singing [of] an outstanding ensemble”.
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