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A Walk with Ivor Gurney
Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano) & Simon Callow (narrator)
Tenebrae & Aurora Orchestra, Nigel Short
Connolly shows her characteristic care for words and line…Tenebrae and Aurora cherish their curving lines in the composer’s purest pastoral vein, and Simon Callow is a clear and sympathetic...
A Walk with Ivor Gurney
Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano) & Simon Callow (narrator)
Tenebrae & Aurora Orchestra, Nigel Short
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Connolly shows her characteristic care for words and line…Tenebrae and Aurora cherish their curving lines in the composer’s purest pastoral vein, and Simon Callow is a clear and sympathetic...
About
Tenebrae join the Aurora Orchestra with mezzo soprano Dame Sarah Connolly and narrator Simon Callow for ‘A Walk with Ivor Gurney’, an album of choral music celebrating the works of Ivor Gurney whose promising career as a composer was interrupted by World War I. Alongside four pieces of Gurney’s own music are works by his contemporaries, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Herbert Howells. The recording features a new piece by Judith Bingham commissioned by Tenebrae in 2013 for the choir with Dame Sarah Connolly.
Contents and tracklist
- Tenebrae, James Sherlock
- Nigel Short
- Christopher Deacon, James Sherlock, Tenebrae
- Nigel Short
Spotlight on this release
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Dame Sarah Connolly on A Walk with Ivor Gurney
8th Nov 2018
The great English mezzo talks to David about her new album exploring the music and poetry of the wartime composer Ivor Gurney, with Tenebrae and the Aurora Orchestra.
Awards and reviews
Christmas Issue 2018
Connolly shows her characteristic care for words and line…Tenebrae and Aurora cherish their curving lines in the composer’s purest pastoral vein, and Simon Callow is a clear and sympathetic narrator.
November 2018
Even in a smaller space, Tenebrae always sound rich and resonant, and they carry the choral pieces here with absolute control and authority. It’s a big listen, but a compelling one and RVW’s An Oxford Elegy – one of whose dead was, of course, Gurney – is genuinely moving.
October 2018
Here’s a nourishing, thoughtfully compiled release from Signum…Connolly teams up with Tenebrae under Nigel Short’s watchful lead to give a performance of breathtaking composure, spine-tingling atmosphere and palpable conviction…if the imaginative concept appeals, this is well worth seeking out.
7th October 2018
The disc’s title is from an extended piece for soloist and choir by Judith Bingham, commissioned by Tenebrae in 2013 and superbly sung by this top vocal ensemble. This is an album full of riches.
26th October 2018
Nigel Short’s peerless Tenebrae singers, backed by the Aurora Orchestra, offer nothing but sorrowful beauty and multiple reasons to give thanks.
