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- Richard Rodney Bennett
Four Poems of Thomas Campion (2007)
- Novello & Co Ltd (World)
Commissioned by the BBC for the BBC Proms
Programme Note
Thomas Campion (1567-1619) was a poet, musician and physician. His works include four Books of Airs, for which he wrote both words and music.The authorship of the fourth poem of this cycle, The Hours of Sleepy Night, was formerly uncertain, but is now generally accepted as that of Campion. The four poems were written between 1613 and 1618.
Media
Four poems of Thomas Campion: Winter Nights
Four poems of Thomas Campion: Never Weather-beaten Saile
Four poems of Thomas Campion: Fire, fire!
Four poems of Thomas Campion: The Hours of Sleepy Night
Reviews
...Bennett comes up with a huge range of striking colours and translucent textures to match words perfectly designed for music. The scoring for unaccompanied choir is hugely imaginative, the individual parts clean-edged and well defined.
12th August 2007
Discography
My Dancing Day
- Labelsignum
- Catalogue NumberSIGCD293
- ConductorPaul Brough
- EnsembleBBC Singers