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Elizabeth Maconchy - Music for Voices

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Label: Lorelt

Cat No: LNT127

Barcode: 0781064012726

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 28th January 2008

Works

Maconchy
Creatures - 1: The Hen and the Carp (1979); Creatures - 2: The Snail (1979); Creatures - 3: Rendez-vous with a Beetle (1979); Creatures - 4: Tiger! Tiger! (1979); Creatures - 5: Cat’s Funeral (1979); Creatures - 6: The Dove and the Wren (1979); Creatures - 7: Cat! (1979); Nocturnal - 1: Come! (1965); Nocturnal - 2: Will you come? (1965); Nocturnal - 3: In the Night (1965); Four Miniatures - 1: Light the lamps up, Lamplighter (1978); Four Miniatures - 2: For Snow (1978); Four Miniatures - 3: The Night will never Stay (1978); Four Miniatures - 4: For a Mocking Voice (1978); Sirens’ Song (1974); Prayer before birth (1972); This Day; On Stephenses day (1989); Two Epitaphs - 1: Our life is nothing but a winter’s day (1975); Two Epitaphs - 2: As the tree falls (1975); Propheta Mendax [The Lying Prophet] (1965); A Hymn to God the Father; The Ribbon in her Hair; The Voice of the City; The Armado; Still falls the Rain (1985)

Artists

BBC Singers
Richard Pearce (piano)

Conductor

Odaline de la Martinez

Works

Artists

BBC Singers
Richard Pearce (piano)

Conductor

Odaline de la Martinez

About

During her long composing life, Elizabeth Maconchy created a substantial body of choral works. She wrote for both professional and amateur choirs and there were many commissions as well as occasional pieces.

The compositions for voices (covering the whole period of her creative life) specially chosen for this CD are a selection from a wonderful legacy. In particular, they highlight Maconchy's instinct for matching the imagery of a poem, whether by William Blake, Sean O'Casey or her exact contemporary Louis MacNeice.

The BBC singers constitute the UK’s only full-time professional chamber choir. The versatility of this virtuoso 24 voice ensemble makes it a major force in British musical life.