David Bednall: Sudden Light: Choral Works

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It’s a bold composer who takes on the Thomas Tallis of Spem in alium at his own game, but David Bednall does just that…The results are impressive…Bednall’s setting is constantly evolving and... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 21st Jul 2017
Catalogue No: DCD34189
Label: Delphian
Length: 70 minutes

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Bednall: Lux orta est iusto

Work length7:41

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The Epiphoni Consort
Tim Reader

Bednall: Rise up, my love

Work length7:37

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Stephen Farr (organ)
The Epiphoni Consort
Tim Reader

Bednall: Te lucis ante terminum

Work length2:50

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Matthew Pochin (tenor)
The Epiphoni Consort
Tim Reader

Bednall: 3 Songs of Love

Work length11:04

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The Epiphoni Consort
Tim Reader
Recorded: 28-30 October 2016
Recording Venue: St. John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, London, UK

No. 1, First Love

Track length3:21

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No. 2a, Though You Are in Your Shining Days

Track length1:25

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No. 2b, The Cloths of Heaven

Track length2:17

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No. 3, Then and Now

Track length4:01

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Bednall: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

Work length4:59

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The Epiphoni Consort
Tim Reader

Bednall: Welcome All Wonders

Work length8:21

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The Epiphoni Consort
Tim Reader
Recorded: 28-30 October 2016
Recording Venue: St. John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, London, UK

XI. Tribus Miraculis Ornatum

Track length3:32

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XIII. But Peaceful Was the Night

Track length4:49

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Bednall: Tota pulchra es

Work length4:13

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Emma Morgan (soprano)
The Epiphoni Consort
Tim Reader

Bednall: Everyone Sang

Work length5:17

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Stephen Farr (organ)
The Epiphoni Consort
Tim Reader

Bednall: Sonnet 98

Work length4:48

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The Epiphoni Consort
Tim Reader

Bednall: A Wedding Prayer

Work length3:20

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Stephen Farr (organ)
The Epiphoni Consort
Tim Reader

Bednall: Sudden Light

Work length2:27

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The Epiphoni Consort
Tim Reader

Bednall: The Argument of His Book

Work length3:41

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The Epiphoni Consort
Tim Reader

Bednall: Welcome All Wonders

Work length4:24

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The Epiphoni Consort
Tim Reader

II. Alleluia

Track length4:24

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There is something in the music of David Bednall that speaks of the English genius; it is present in his harmonic language, in its extended diatonic chords and shimmering polytonal beauty, and there too in the folk-like melodies of many of the works on this recording. His art grows from the ground of native tradition, that of the Anglican cathedral and collegiate choir and its revival in the decades since the First World War; it owes a debt to those who ‘collected’ English folksong, while it was still there to collect; and it connects with the richness of English lyrical poetry. A disciple of Vaughan Williams, Finzi or Howells? His music also harbours traces of Messiaen, Duruflé and Vierne. The Epiphoni Consort and their director Tim Reader are passionate advocates of Bednall’s music, and this enterprising debut recording – opening with the ravishing depiction of luminosity that is his 40-part motet Lux orta est iusto – serves to highlight why Bednall is well on his way to becoming one of the UK’s best-loved living choral composers. The Epiphoni Consort was established in 2014 to bring together singers who have advanced vocal and choral training but other primary careers. It has since developed a reputation for creative programming with a commitment to the music of living composers. In 2015, the choir was winner of Tenebrae’s Locus Iste Competition, following which they joined Tenebrae on stage at St James’, Spanish Place. The Consort performed at Sir Terry Pratchett’s memorial at the Barbican and made its first TV appearance in 2016 in a BBC4 documentary, The Joy of Rachmaninov. In 2017 it featured in the BBC2 documentary Terry Pratchett: Back In Black.

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December 2017

It’s a bold composer who takes on the Thomas Tallis of Spem in alium at his own game, but David Bednall does just that…The results are impressive…Bednall’s setting is constantly evolving and shifting in perspective, in ways which do decisively beyond mere mimicry of Tallis’s original composition.

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