Concerto for double string orchestra (22:23) -- Five negro spirituals : from A child for our time. Steal away (2:30) ; Nobody knows (1:19) ; Go down Moses (2:35) ; By and by (1:10) ; Deep river (2:48) -- Little music : for strings (10:36) -- Evening canticles. Magnificat (4:49) ; Nunc dimittis (2:55) -- Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli (18:30).
Event (note)
Recorded at Great Hall, Birmingham University, June 27-29, 1987 (1st work), May 18-19, 1991 (3rd, 5th works), at Dorchester Abbey, Oxon., May 14-15, 1990 (2nd work), and at the Chapel of St. John's College, Cambridge, July 25-27, 1991 (4th work).
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998.
Title
Concerto for double string orchestra [electronic resource] ; Corelli fantasia ; Negro spirituals ; Little music ; St John's service / Tippett.
Imprint
Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, England : Nimbus Records, p1995.
Performer
English String Orchestra ; William Boughton, conductor (1st, 3rd, 5th works) ; Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford ; Stephen Darlington, conductor (2nd work) ; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge ; George Guest, conductor (4th work).
Event
Recorded at Great Hall, Birmingham University, June 27-29, 1987 (1st work), May 18-19, 1991 (3rd, 5th works), at Dorchester Abbey, Oxon., May 14-15, 1990 (2nd work), and at the Chapel of St. John's College, Cambridge, July 25-27, 1991 (4th work).