Chamber concerto (5:30) -- Clarinet quintet (8:43) -- The voice of the spirits (7:30) -- The bridge of fire (7:04) -- Delicate. Suite (18:12) -- Roundels of the year (7:15) -- Rise up, my love (8:35) -- Ben somewhen (12:16).
Note
The 1st work for 15 instruments; the 2nd work for clarinet, 2 violins, viola, and violoncello; the 3rd, 4th, 6th-7th works for choir (SATB); the 5th work a suite extracted from dance music for Delicate, for 2 violoncellos and percussion; the 8th work for double bass with flute, clarinet, harp, violin, viola, and 2 violoncellos.
Texts by Percy Bysshe Shelley (3rd work), James Elroy Flecker (4th work), John Drinkwater (6th work), and from the Song of Solomon (7th work).
Event (note)
Recorded Jan. 16-17, 2007 at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London (3rd-4th, 6th-7th works) and Apr. 14-15, 2007 at the CBSO Centre, Birmingham (remaining works).
Language (note)
Sung in English.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Skempton, Howard, 1947-
Title
Ben somewhen [electronic resource] : choral and chamber music / Howard Skempton.
Imprint
London : NMC Recordings, p2007.
Performer
John Tattersdill, double bass (8th work) ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (1st-2nd, 5th, 8th works) ; Exaudi (3rd-4th, 6th-7th works) ; James Weeks, conductor.
Event
Recorded Jan. 16-17, 2007 at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London (3rd-4th, 6th-7th works) and Apr. 14-15, 2007 at the CBSO Centre, Birmingham (remaining works).