Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection & Choral Anthems

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Ying Huang (soprano) & Bo Skovhus (baritone), Olivia Robinson (solo soprano) & Iain Farrington (organ)

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Ballard Lane Preparatory School Choir & Bournemouth Sinfonietta, BBC Singers, Richard Blackford, David Hill

Mirror of Perfection is a response to texts by St Francis of Assisi, some of which (notably Canticle of Love III) are surprisingly erotic in content. The scoring, for string orchestra plus horns... — MusicWeb International, January 2013 More…

Release Date: 15th Oct 2012
Catalogue No: NI6205
Label: Nimbus
Series: Alliance
Length: 66 minutes

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Blackford: Mirrors of Perfection and Choral Anthems

Work length1:06:36

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Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Ballard Lane Preparatory School Choir and Bournemouth Sinfonietta, BBC Singers

Canticle of the Creatures

Track length7:09

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Canticle of Love I

Track length3:43

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Canticle of the Furnace

Track length3:14

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Canticle of Love II

Track length4:41

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Canticle of The Birds

Track length5:00

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Canticle of Love III

Track length5:31

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Canticle of Peace

Track length7:08

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A Westminster Te Deum

Track length9:51

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On Another's Sorrow

Track length5:14

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I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

Track length3:22

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From The Songs of Songs

Track length3:54

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A Lullaby of the Nativity

Track length3:56

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I Will Sing To The Lord

Track length3:53

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Richard Blackford is one of the pre-eminent concert and media composers of the UK. His music has been performed and broadcast all over the world and has been featured in the Adelaide, Cork, Montepulciano, Brighton, Cheltenham, Long Island and Berlin Festivals. His feature film credits include City of Joy, Prometheus and Song for a Raggy Boy, the latter winning eleven international film festival awards. He is the most performed media composer in Germany, having over one hundred and forty drama feature credits to his name for ZDF alone. UK TV credits include the acclaimed BBC BAFTA-nominated drama Fingersmith, A Little Bit of Lippy, Summer Solstice, Ruth Rendell Mysteries, 1940s House, Family, Finding Sarah, Preston Front and Shell Seekers, starring Vanessa Redgrave. In 2008 Richard was appointed the first ever Composer in Association with the Brno Philharmonic, who gave the world premiere of his Violin Concerto.

Both of his critically acclaimed choral works Mirror of Perfection and Voices of Exile were the subjects of television documentaries and have been frequently broadcast on Classic FM and BBC Radio 3. September 2011 saw the premiere of another major choral work

Not In Our Time, commissioned for the Centenary of the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, at the Cheltenham Music Festival. It was subsequently performed to great acclaim in Chicago in 2012.

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January 2013

Mirror of Perfection is a response to texts by St Francis of Assisi, some of which (notably Canticle of Love III) are surprisingly erotic in content. The scoring, for string orchestra plus horns and timpani, is sometimes reminiscent of Bliss...The performances throughout are excellent, and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta provide a rich accompaniment

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