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Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

11/3/2017, 10 Tracks, 54:52

Featuring

  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Ailish Tynan
  • Roderick Williams
  • George Hill
  • Britten Sinfonia
  • Choir of King's College, Cambridge
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Stephen Paulus

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Performer Biography

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, founded in 1441 by the 19-year-old King Henry VI, has been home to one of the world's most loved and renowned choirs for over half a millennium.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The re-orchestration of Vaughan Williams's Dona Nobis Pacem for this recording aimed to reduce the number of players to match the Choir's forces while maintaining the original's dramatic effect.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, despite its deep roots in musical history, has always been at the forefront of technological innovation and records exclusively on its own label.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The second movement of Bernstein's Chichester Psalms conspicuously reveals material from his musical West Side Story, specifically a theme from an unused gangland song called 'Mix!'.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms was commissioned in late 1963 by the Very Reverend Walter Hussey, Dean of Chichester Cathedral, for the 1965 Southern Cathedrals Festival.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Ralph Vaughan Williams's Dona Nobis Pacem was composed in 1936 to mark the centenary of the Huddersfield Choral Society.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

For Dona Nobis Pacem, Ralph Vaughan Williams chose to set texts by American poet Walt Whitman, whose poetry had long fascinated and challenged him.

Source: Booklet

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