Simpson: Complete Choral and Organ Music

Featuring

Matthew Best
Iain Quinn
Corydon Brass
Corydon Singers
Robert Simpson

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Compositional Technique

The work Tempi consists entirely of Italian musical terms, and the music reflects the meaning of these terms.

Performer Biography

Matthew Best, the conductor on this album, founded the Corydon Singers in 1973 and the Corydon Orchestra in 1991, and has recorded a highly regarded Bruckner cycle with these groups.

Compositional Technique

For Media morte in vita sumus, composer Robert Simpson set his own English text, but had David Nightingale translate it into Latin to make its message universally understood.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The title Eppur si muove, meaning 'But it does move', refers to Galileo's words after being forced to recant his view of the Earth revolving around the sun, highlighting the concept of 'movement' as crucial to Simpson's art.

Composition History

The choral work Media morte in vita sumus was composed for the Aylesbury Choral Society, who also gave its first performance.

Composer Biography

Robert Simpson's music is generally conceived instrumentally rather than vocally, similar to Beethoven, despite his appreciation for operatic and choral music.