In Damascus

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Label
Signum Classics
Release Date
August 4, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DOVE, JONATHAN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Sacconi Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      Owen, Padmore
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 04, 2017
    • UPC
      635212048726
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SIGCD487
    • LABEL
      Signum Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Energetic

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

      Performer: Charles Owen

    2. II. Very spacious

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

      Performer: Charles Owen

    3. III. Lively

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

      Performer: Charles Owen

    4. I. Quite fast

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

    5. II. Slow

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

    6. III. Stomping

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

    7. IV. Lively

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

    8. V. Fast

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

    9. VI. Gently moving

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

    10. I. A little while ago

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

      Performer: Mark Padmore

    11. II. And what if you weep alone

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

      Performer: Mark Padmore

    12. III. Two days ago

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

      Performer: Mark Padmore

    13. IV. Here and now in Damascus

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

      Performer: Mark Padmore

    14. V. The many faces of Damascus

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

      Performer: Mark Padmore

    15. VI. Instrumental

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

      Performer: Mark Padmore

    16. VII. Soon, we will be free

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

      Performer: Mark Padmore

    17. VIII. I don't think any nations

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

      Performer: Mark Padmore

    18. IX. On all my travels, I'd take a book

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

      Performer: Mark Padmore

    19. X. My heart is a black lump of coal

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

      Performer: Mark Padmore

    20. XI. My country

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet

      Performer: Mark Padmore


Even though Jonathan Dove is best known as a vocal or choral composer, with operas and works for children forming the backbone of his output, his chamber music reveals similar predilections for narrative, drama, atmosphere and a sense of the personal. His new commission from the Sacconi Quartet In Damascus was inspired by the violinist Hannah Dawson’s suggestion for a work that should reflect aspects of the conflict in Syria; not because music can offer any political solution, but simply as an expression of empathy, sorrow, even outrage at those terrible events. Featuring a performance by tenor Mark Padmore, the text is taken from prose-poems by Ali Safar that draw on his first- hand experiences in Syria, eloquently translated by Anne-Marie McManus. The Sacconi’s present this new work alongside his string quartet work Out of Time, and his Piano Quintet – performed with pianist Charles Owen.