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Ben somewhen : choral and chamber music

Title
  1. Ben somewhen : choral and chamber music / Howard Skempton.
Published by
  1. London : NMC Recordings, [2007], ℗2007.
Author
  1. Skempton, Howard, 1947-

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Additional authors
  1. Tattersdill, John
  2. Weeks, James
  3. Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
  4. Exaudi (Choral ensemble), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Description
  1. 1 audio disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Uniform title
  1. Works. Selections
Alternative title
  1. Works.
Subject
  1. Instrumental ensembles
  2. Quintets (Clarinet, violins (2), viola, cello)
  3. Choruses (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied
  4. Ballets > Excerpts
  5. Double bass with instrumental ensemble
Contents
  1. 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
  1. The 1st work for 15 instruments; the 2nd work for clarinet, 2 violins, viola, and violoncello; the 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 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.
  2. Title from container.
  3. Texts by Percy Bysshe Shelley (3rd work), James Elroy Flecker (4th work), John Drinkwater (6th work), and from the Song of Solomon (7th work).
  4. Compact disc.
  5. Includes texts with program notes by Howard Skempton and James Weeks (23 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  1. 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)
  1. Sung in English.