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Composer: CUNNINGHAM, Tom ((b.1946)) |
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ID: DCD34060
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Choral Collection
Subcollection: Choral and Organ
Choral settings of Scottish poetry from Robert Burns to Alexander McCall Smith
These collaborations between noted 'Edinburghians' Alexander McCall Smith and Tom Cunningham appear on disc here for the first time, in a programme of Scottish poetry settings by some of today's leading composers. From the ethereal tenderness of Cunningham's Lullaby to the muscular angularity of Ronald Stevenson's Medieval Scottish Triptych, Laudibus responds with affection and athleticism to the expert direction of UK choral doyen, Mike Brewer.
Producer’s note: “It was not so sunny when we recorded Scotland at Night…On 3-5 January whilst Laudibus was in Colinton Parish Church in Edinburgh to record this collection, the boiler gave out! Anyway, I offered as much support to the ever-spirited Mike & his crew as I could from the Minister's office (things are quite plush in Colinton, and thankfully the heating system in the Minister's suite runs off a newer-fangled & more efficient boiler!). You would never know that these lush sounds were recorded in a sub-freezing environment!” Paul Baxter
Track listing
1 Dream Angus arr. John Powell
2-7 Scotland at Night - Tom Cunningham
8 My Heart’s in the Highlands - Arvo Pärt
9 So Deep - James MacMillan
10 Address to Edinburgh - Howard Skempton
11 The Gallant Weaver - James MacMillan
12-16 The Painter’s Eye - Tom Cunningham
17-19 A Medieval Scottish Triptych - Ronald Stevenson
20 Ye Banks and Braes arr. Mike Brewer
21 The Seagull - John Hearne
Total playing time [64:17]
premiere recordings except tracks 8, 9, 11, 21 |
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ID: DCD34096
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Opera Collection
Subcollection: Opera
The Macbeth story as played out in a troupe of baboons in Botswana? This fanciful idea inspired the writer Alexander McCall Smith and the composer Tom Cunningham to come up with their chamber opera, The Okavango Macbeth. Set in the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana, the opera deals with the efforts of an ambitious female baboon, Lady Macbeth, to encourage her husband, Macbeth, to murder the dominant baboon, Duncan. The response to the opera’s premiere in the No 1 Ladies’ Opera House, led many to conclude that in this extraordinary and unusual tale a new operatic gem has emerged.
Lady Macbeth: Beth Mackay
Macbeth: Rónan Busfield
Duncan: Andrew McTaggart
Primatologists: Nicholas Morris, Jamie Rock & Jessica Leary
Lady Macbeth’s Friend: Lucinda Stuart-Grant
Chorus: Edinburgh Studio Opera
Orchestra: Mr McFall’s Chamber
Conductor: Michael Bawtree
Track listing
DISC ONE
Act One
1 At that time
2 This is the history of the baboons
Act Two
3 On whitened sand
4 Over there
5 Now listen: watching is waiting
6 The sky is our god
7 It is so good to have a friend
8 My lord Macbeth is come
Act Three
9 Evening, and now we take stock
10 But we are scientists
11 The task of government falls on my shoulders
12 I am tired ...
13 In Africa
14 Now he sleeps
15 It will not be easy
16 The order of our world is changed
17 How naturally lies this body
Total playing time [49:25]
DISC TWO
Act Four
1 Duncan is dead!
2 The order has changed
3 We cannot doubt
4 Affairs of state
5 See, he is nothing now
6 On whitened sand the river flows
7 It would be a simple act
8 Our time to each of us will come
9 No one could be happy to see
10 I am alone
11 Is there no comfort?
12 What might seem a harsh end
Total playing time [33:38] |
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