Bax: Nonet, Oboe & Harp Quintets, Clarinet Sonata & Elegie
1/26/2024, 9 Tracks, 1:13:28
Featuring
Ian Brown
Philippa Davies
Gareth Hulse
Michael Collins
Elizabeth Wexler
Marcia Crayford
Roger Chase
Christopher Van Kampen
Duncan McTier
Skaila Kanga
Iris Juda
Nash Ensemble
Sir Arnold Bax
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Composer's Artistic Vision
Bax's music was deeply influenced by the romance of the west of Ireland, which he discovered at age seventeen through the early poetry of Yeats.
Performer Biography
The Nash Ensemble, the performers on this album, has commissioned over 118 new works and given first performances of over 255 pieces.
Composition History
The music on this recording was written between 1916 and 1934, a period considered the peak of Bax's compositional powers.
Compositional Technique
Bax often composed for specific players, whose technique influenced his instrumental writing, especially for the harp.
Performer Biography
The Nash Ensemble has won multiple awards, including the Edinburgh Festival Critics music award and two Royal Philharmonic Society's small ensemble awards.
Composer Biography
Sir Arnold Bax, the composer, was born into a well-off nonconformist family in south London and later moved to a large Hampstead mansion.
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