The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Skempton / Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (CD, 2017) online kaufen

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Record LabelNmcq, NMC Records

UPC5023363023429

eBay Product ID (ePID)14046063194

Product Key Features

Release Year2017

FormatCD

GenreClassical Artists

ArtistSkempton / Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

Release TitleThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Dimensions

Item Height0.43 in

Item Weight0.22 lb

Item Length5.67 in

Item Width4.95 in

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Number of Discs1

NotesJust ten or fifteen years ago, the idea that two pieces might be enough to fill an album of Howard Skempton's music would have seemed astonishing, but here are two works, each over 30 minutes long. Skempton takes on Coleridge's epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and presents it sparsely for solo baritone (Roderick Williams) and small chamber ensemble (BCMG). The result is a stunning, dark and hypnotic journey. The second work (Only the Sound Remains) is a piece of extraordinary richness and variety, and is written for sixteen players, with the solo viola. The Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, recognized by Arts Council England as a National Portfolio Organization, emerged from within the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 1987 and quickly established a reputation for exciting performances, innovative audience-building and learning initiatives, and a central commitment to composers and the presentation of new work. As a world-leading contemporary ensemble, BCMG has premiered over 160 works, most commissioned through it's pioneering Sound Investment scheme, with a family of investors supporting each new piece.