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Watch the video below to hear Richard Blackford introduce his work, Pieta.
Blackford: Pieta
Score
At the core of Blackford’s work is a setting of the Stabat Mater; but it also includes settings of two relevant poems by the celebrated Russian poet Anna Akhmatova from her poem cycle Requiem. The poems echo the words in Stabat Mater reflecting the grief of a mother for her son Lev, a student at Leningrad University, who, in 1938, at the height of Stalin’s terror, was arrested in his dormitory room and shipped to an Arctic labour camp.
Sheet Music
Pietà is a setting of the Stabat Mater by Richard Blackford, with additional poems by the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. It was first premiered on June 22nd 2019 at The Lighthouse, Poole with the London premier on October 19th at Cadogan Hall. Nimbus recorded this remarkable work after the premier.
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Recent highlights include: the commission and premiere of Songs Of Nadia Anjuman for soprano and string orchestra by Britten Sinfonia, Clarissa’s Tango (for violin and pianos) premiered, recorded and filmed by award winning young soloist, Clarissa Bevilaqua.
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