Lotte Betts-Dean / James Girling / Ligeti Quartet / Arthur Keegan
Release Date: 19 July 2024
Label: Delphian Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0801918343070
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: The Past & I
Description
Conceived during a residency at The Red House, Benjamin Britten's former home, in 2019, this collection of new compositions and arrangements by Arthur Keegan - developed in close collaboration with the performers - shows the profound influence of Thomas Hardy's poetry on composers throughout the twentieth century and into our own era. Hardy's characteristic themes are present throughout: the relentless passing of time; nature and the changing seasons; the effects on both of the modern world, with its machines and timetables. Keegan's Elegies for Emma, for voice and guitar, seeks to restore the voice of Hardy's first wife Emma alongside the regret-filled poems Hardy wrote after her death, while String Quartet No 1 'Elegies for Tom' weaves instrumental meditations on Hardy's poem 'Afterwards' together with interludes setting a later poem by Philip Larkin. Recently named Young Artist of the Year at the prestigious RPS Music Awards, mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean is joined by guitarist James Girling and the Ligeti Quartet in performances that linger long in the memory.
The Choir of Merton College, Oxford
Lotte Betts-Dean / James Girling / Ligeti Quartet / Arthur Keegan
Choir Of Merton College; Oxford; Benjamin Nicholas & Peter Phillips
12 Ensemble, Clement Power (conductor), GBSR Duo, Siwan Rhys (piano), Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
Ensemble Pro Victoria, Toby Ward
Choir of Merton College Oxford, Benjamin Hulett, Benjamin Nicholas
Tristan Hambleton, Simon Leppe
MZ Duo
Lotte Betts-Dean / James Girling / Ligeti Quartet / Arthur Keegan
12 Ensemble, Clement Power (conductor), GBSR Duo, Siwan Rhys (piano), Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
Oliver Triendl; Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen; Christel Lee; German Tcakulov; Jonathan R
Oleg Timofeyev; Elizaveta Miller
Marcel Brunner; Doriana Tchakarova
Liv Migdal; Mario Haring
Alinde Quartett
Von Bingen
