Pickard - Symphonies 2 & 6, Verlaine Songs
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Label: BIS
Cat No: BIS2721
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 3rd May 2024
Contents
Artists
Emma Tring (soprano)BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor
Martyn BrabbinsWorks
Symphony no.2Symphony no.6
Verlaine Songs
Artists
Emma Tring (soprano)BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor
Martyn BrabbinsAbout
This recording brings together three works composed over a period of almost forty years, providing a glimpse of the composer's creative range.
The Second Symphony, completed when Pickard was 23, is an extremely impressive and concentrated work. Its starting point was John Hersey’s book Hiroshima, which describes how vegetation quickly reasserted its presence amid the city’s ashes.
The Verlaine Songs feature six poems by the French poet Paul Verlaine. Chosen for their broad range of expression, the poems were grouped in an order that provides dramatic contrast and an overall progression of mood. The cycle was composed for the soprano Emma Tring, with her particular vocal characteristics very much in Pickard’s mind.
The Sixth Symphony, which completes this recording, was composed at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, and is dedicated to Robert von Bahr, founder of BIS Records. After a first movement dominated by a feeling of unease, the second offers relief from the darkness. This recording was the work’s first performance.
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