Henry McGray; Naomi Kilby; Brockless Centenary Strings; Brockless Centenary Vocal Quartet; David Smith; Adrian Brockless - Brian Brockless: An English Elegy - Vocal and Instrumental Music - TOCC0823

Brian Brockless: An English Elegy - Vocal And Instrumental Music

Henry McGray; Naomi Kilby; Brockless Centenary Strings; Brockless Centenary Vocal Quartet; David Sm

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Cat No: TOCC0823

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Release Date: 06 November 2026

Label: Toccata Classics - Cd / Toccata Classics

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 5060113448231

Genres: Classical Chamber Music

Composer/Series: Brian Brockless

Description
Brian Brockless (1926-95), London-born and -bred, was a conductor, organist, teacher and composer whose career embraced orchestral performance, sacred music, musical education and the revival of Renaissance polyphony. After studying with Herbert Howells, Matyas Seiber and Sergiu Celibidache, he taught harmony and orchestration at the Royal Academy of Music and served for many years as Director of Music at a City of London church. This album - the first recorded survey of his music - ranges from works for string orchestra and piano to songs, sacred vocal music and music for organ, most of them prepared from unpublished manuscripts. The music as a whole is marked by an essential Englishness, one which looks to earlier traditions and also reflects the modernity of the second half of the twentieth century.