Poetry in Music

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Coro
Release Date
September 28, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TIPPETT MACMILLAN BRITTEN
    • PERFORMER
      Poetry In Music
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 28, 2015
    • UPC
      828021613425
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COR16134
    • LABEL
      Coro
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Secular
    Works ⌄

    1. Faire is the heaven

      Composer: William Henry Harris

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    2. Dance, Clarion Air

      Composer: Michael Tippett

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    3. When David heard

      Composer: Thomas Weelkes

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    4. The Gallant Weaver

      Composer: James MacMillan

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    5. Since I Believe in God the Father Almighty

      Composer: Ivor Gurney

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    6. When David heard

      Composer: Robert Ramsey

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    7. Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    8. 3 Motets, Op. 76: No. 2. There Is A Spirit

      Composer: Edmund Rubbra

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    9. The Fourth Set of Bookes: When David Heard

      Composer: Michael East

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    10. Take him, earth, for cherishing

      Composer: Herbert Howells

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    11. Lay a garland on her hearse

      Composer: Robert Lucas Pearsall

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    12. 5 Motets, Op. 37: No. 1. Eternitie

      Composer: Edmund Rubbra

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    13. When David heard

      Composer: Thomas Tomkins

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    14. Bring us, O Lord God

      Composer: William Henry Harris

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers


Does music add substance to words or is music inspired by them? Songs of departure and farewell are deeply rooted in the great tradition of British choral music, nourished by ancient myths of testing journeys, wayside transformations and homecomings. The transcendent nature of music and the power of poetry to challenge and alter perceptions of reality – harnessed by English composers over many centuries – flow through a programme that invites contemplation of life and death, of love and loss, creation and eternity. In a journey covering six centuries of musical history, The Sixteen performs a cappella anthems with powerful texts by writers as varied as Edmund Spenser, Christopher Fry and W.H. Auden.