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Augusta Read Thomas: Bell Illuminations

Joey Brink, Joseph Min, Emily Kim, João Francisco Shida, Kristina Bachrach, Brian Hong, Alexander Hersh, Jordan Bak, Benjamin Baker, John Corkhill, Carmen Pelton

The Choral Arts Society of Washington, Third Coast Percussion, The Chicago Philharmonic, Norman Scribner, Scott Speck

There’s something wonderfully wild and restless about this collection of works. The opening piece is written for a carillon of 72 bells and bathes the listener in an aural haze of beauty and... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2022, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Apr 2022
Catalogue No: NI6427
Label: Nimbus
Length: 77 minutes

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Thomas, Augusta: Crescat Scientia; Vita Excolatur

Work length4:25

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$1.40

Joey Brink, Joseph Min, Emily Kim, João Francisco Shida

Thomas, Augusta: Upon Wings of Words

Work length18:18

$3.50

$4.90

Kristina Bachrach, Brian Hong, Alexander Hersh, Jordan Bak, Benjamin Baker

I. Playful, Buoyant and Spirited

Track length8:56

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$2.10

II. Lyrical and Resonant

Track length4:57

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$1.40

III. Energized and Animated

Track length4:25

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Thomas, Augusta: Bebop Riddle for solo marimba

Work length4:54

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$1.40

John Corkhill

Thomas, Augusta: Ring Out Wild Bells To The Wild Sky

Work length14:27

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$2.80

Carmen Pelton
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Norman Scribner

Thomas, Augusta: Enchanted Invocation

Work length3:41

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$1.40

John Corkhill

Thomas, Augusta: Sonorous Earth

Work length31:45

$6.00

$8.40

Third Coast Percussion, The Chicago Philharmonic
Scott Speck

I. Invocation (Live)

Track length9:57

$1.50

$2.10

II. Prayer (Live)

Track length7:05

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$2.10

III. Mantra (Live)

Track length7:20

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IV. Reverie (Live)

Track length7:23

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$2.10

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"For composers beyond counting, the sound of bells has been a source of magnetic fascination since time immemorial (figures as disparate as Rachmaninoff and Jonathan Harvey immediately come to mind), but few have hardwired it in their creative psyche as deeply as Augusta Read Thomas. Previous releases in this series have already included a number of such works (Carillon Sky, Resounding Earth, Bells Ring Summer, Ripple Effects), but the present volume is the first one to concentrate upon this long-standing preoccupation. Each of the three major works gathered here is prefaced by a short miniature. On the process of composition, Thomas has said that 'it's like living inside of a poem… I think of myself, and have been described as, a poet-composer. I sculpt my music akin to how poets create, refine, and polish their poems.'"

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June 2022

There’s something wonderfully wild and restless about this collection of works. The opening piece is written for a carillon of 72 bells and bathes the listener in an aural haze of beauty and just a little delirium. Works for bells, strings and voices make for a disparate but impactful whole.

5th November 2022

[In Upon Wings of Words] Soprano Kristina Bachrach negotiates the gymnastic lines of the outer movements with technical assurance... [In the finale] the orchestral writing is colourful and subtle, the bells like a glittering decoration on top of the musical cake.

Augusta Read Thomas: Bell Illuminations

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