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Track(s) taken from SIGCD311

Simple pictures of tomorrow

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Jacek Rzempołuch (tenor), NFM Wrocław Philharmonic Choir, Bob Chilcott (conductor)
Recording details: January 2012
Jan Kaczmarek Concert Hall of Radio Wrocław, Poland
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by Andrzej Sasin & Aleksandra Nagórko
Release date: November 2012
Total duration: 7 minutes 26 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor), BBC Singers, Bob Chilcott (conductor)

Reviews

'Freshness of timbre, individuality in the four voice-sections and genuine versatility of interpretive approach are major characteristics. It clearly helps to have the composer, formerly a chorister of distinction, at the tiller: the performances sound absolutely secure in intent and unfussily authoritative' (BBC Music Magazine)» More
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'Britain's Bob Chilcott has become a truly international figure in choral music in recent years, as this disc richly testifies, with 18 typically graceful and arresting pieces written for choirs in the Czech Republic, the US, Japan, Newfoundland and Germany, sung with warmth and commitment by the Wrocław Philharmonic. The album takes its title from a beautiful work originally written for 800 singers and players, with words celebrating nature's renewal by the poet Charles Bennett, who collaborated so successfully with Chilcott in his environmental epic The Angry Planet at this year's Proms' (The Guardian)
I wrote Simple pictures of tomorrow in 2004 for the twenty-fifth anniversary concert of the Manchester Chorale. I found this poem by Paul Eluard in a wonderful translation by Gilbert Bowen, and decided to set it as a double choir piece to reflect the richness of the message of the poem, which is both simple and complex.

from notes by Bob Chilcott © 2007

Other albums featuring this work

Chilcott: Man I sing & other choral works
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