Cannon: Lord of Light, String Quartet & 5 Chansons de femme

Featuring

John Sanders
Iris Dell'Acqua
Kenneth Bowen
Graham Titus
Margaret Price
Maria Korchinska

Jacques Parrenin
Marcel Charpentier
Denès Marton
Pierre Pénassou
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Three Choirs Festival Chorus
Parrenin Quartet
Philip Cannon

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Composer Biography

Philip Cannon, the composer, was born in Paris in 1929 to a Burgundian mother and a Cornish sailor father.

Composer Biography

Philip Cannon studied composition at the Royal College of Music with Gordon Jacob and also had lessons with Ralph Vaughan Williams and Paul Hindemith.

Recording & Production

The Richard Itter Broadcast Collection, from which these recordings are sourced, includes performances initially recorded on magnetic tape, with important ones transferred to acetate discs.

Compositional Technique

Philip Cannon's String Quartet, subtitled 'a personal exorcism of the many devils that beset us today', is a passionately dissonant and searingly dramatic piece.

Composition History

Philip Cannon's String Quartet, written in 1964, was initially rejected by the Cheltenham Festival but later won both the Grand Prix and the Critics' Prize at the Eighth International Composers' Competition in Paris in 1965.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Philip Cannon believed a composer's duty was to communicate, and that music is a social and spiritual art, echoing Bach's dictum: 'Music exists for the glory of God and the delight of men'.

Recording & Production

This album features recordings from the Richard Itter Broadcast Collection, which comprises over 1500 works recorded from BBC transmissions between 1952 and 1996.