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Pickard: Symphony No. 5 & 16 Sunrises / Brabbins, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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Composer
PICKARD, JOHN
Artist
Featherstone, G. Cox, N. Cox, Augustyniak, Fisher, Brabbins
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jul 07, 2017
Catalog #
BIS-2261
UPC
7318599922614

About



Born in 1963, John Pickard is best known for a series of powerful orchestral and instrumental works and previous recordings on BIS of his music have received critical acclaim in reviews such as Gramophone (''simply stunning''), American Record Guide (''superb works in wonderful readings'') and BBC Music Magazine (''an absolute triumph''). The present album brings together some of Pickard's most recent orchestral compositions, in performances by two of his long-time collaborators: the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Martyn Brabbins. The opening work is Symphony no. 5, which was composed in 2014 with these performers in mind. Lasting some thirty minutes, the symphony is in a single continuous movement. It requires no less than three timpanists who are placed at the back of the orchestra to the right, left and centre, leading to some dramatic antiphonal exchanges. The symphony is followed by Sixteen Sunrises, the result of the composer's wish to compose a piece ''filled with light''. The title of the piece refers to the number of sunrises that can be observed during a twenty-four-hour period from the International Space Station, as it orbits the earth. Musical depictions of sunrises are normally gradual processes, but viewed from the ISS, a sunrise occurs in a matter of seconds, and it is the idea of suddenly shifting from darkness to light that formed the basis of the shape of Pickard's piece.

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 I. Tempestoso 09:29
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Tempestoso
    Duration
    09:29
    Composer
    John Pickard
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Martyn Brabbins
  2. 2 II. Prestissimo (bar 282) 04:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Prestissimo (bar 282)
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    John Pickard
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Martyn Brabbins
  3. 3 III. Maestoso (bar 398) 06:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Maestoso (bar 398)
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    John Pickard
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Martyn Brabbins
  4. 4 IV. — (bar 510) 10:53
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. — (bar 510)
    Duration
    10:53
    Composer
    John Pickard
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Martyn Brabbins
  5. 5 Sixteen Sunrises 14:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sixteen Sunrises
    Duration
    14:38
    Composer
    John Pickard
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Martyn Brabbins
  6. 6 Concertante Variations (Presteigne Concerto) 12:59
    Track
    6
    Title
    Concertante Variations (Presteigne Concerto)
    Duration
    12:59
    Composer
    John Pickard
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Martyn Brabbins
  7. 7 Toccata (after C. Monteverdi) 02:06
    Track
    7
    Title
    Toccata (after C. Monteverdi)
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    John Pickard
    Ensemble
    BBC National Orchestra of Wales
    Conductor
    Martyn Brabbins