The burning road Will Todd. The company of heaven / Benjamin Britten.

The burning road Will Todd. The company of heaven / Benjamin Britten.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Todd, Will
Corporate Authors: Crouch End Festival Chorus (Performer), National Sinfonia (Performer)
Other Authors: Maybee, Jennifer (Performer), Danby, Graeme (Performer), Dunwell, Ben (Librettist), Shaw, Fiona, 1958- (Performer), Pryce, Jonathan (Performer), Kinder, Charlotte (Performer), Nicholl, Harry (Performer), Knappitt, Paul (Performer), Turner, Matthew (Performer), Roberts, R. Ellis (Richard Ellis), 1879-1953 (Librettist), Temple, David (Conductor), Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976
Format: CD Audio
Language:English
Published: London : Silva Classics, p1998, c1999.
Subjects:
Dunwell, Ben > Musical settings.
Roberts, R. Ellis > (Richard Ellis), > 1879-1953 > Musical settings.
Cantatas, Secular.
Working class > England > Jarrow > Political activity > History > 20th century > Songs and music.
Unemployed > England > Jarrow > History > 20th century > Songs and music.
Cantatas, Sacred.
Michaelmas music.
Jarrow (England) > Demonstration, 1936 > Songs and music.
Uniform Title:Burning road
Description
Item Description:Silva Classics: SILKD 6021.
The 1st work a secular cantata for solo voices (SBar), chorus and orchestra; the 2nd work a sacred cantata for speakers, solo voices (ST), chorus, timpani, organ and strings.
Text of the 1st work by Ben Dunwell, based on the story of the Jarrow March of 1936 to protest the closing of the Jarrow Shipyards; text of the 2nd work selected by R. Ellis Roberts.
Compact discs.
Program notes by Ralph Woodward and the conductor, notes on the conductor, orchestra, chorus, and on the composer and author of the text of the 2nd work, and complete texts of both works (12 p.) inserted in container.
Physical Description:2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Participant or Performer:In 1st work: Jennifer Maybee, soprano ; Graeme Danby, baritone. In 2nd work: Fiona Shaw, Jonathan Pryce, speakers ; Charlotte Kinder, soprano ; Harry Nicholl, tenor ; Paul Knappitt, organ ; Matthew Turner, timpani. In both works: Crouch End Festival Chorus ; National Sinfonia ; David Temple, conductor.
Language:Both works sung in English.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recorded at Abbey Road, Studio One, Nov. 22, 1997 (1st work), and at Henry Wood Hall, London, July 18, 1998 (2nd work).

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