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Track(s) taken from CDH55421

Nunc dimittis, version 1979

First line:
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace
composer
1979; title music for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier ... Spy
author of text
Luke 2: 29-32

Wells Cathedral Choir, Alan Thomas (trumpet), Matthew Owens (conductor), David Bednall (organ)
Recording details: February 2006
Wells Cathedral, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Julian Millard
Release date: November 2006
Total duration: 3 minutes 4 seconds

Cover artwork: Three Ladies Singing (detail). Louis Welden Hawkins (1849-1910)
Private Collection / Bridgeman Images
 

Other recordings available for download

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John McDomnic (trumpet), John Scott (conductor), Huw Williams (organ)
Chichester Cathedral Choir, Alan Thurlow (conductor), Jeremy Suter (organ)
Jesus College Choir Cambridge, Rebecca Crawshaw (trumpet), Mark Williams (conductor), Robert Dixon (organ)
Although the composer admits that the creative act can be a struggle, many of his works spring to life, Minerva-like, fully formed in Burgon’s imagination. His Nunc dimittis, for example, conceived for the BBC’s acclaimed dramatization of John le Carré’s novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, briefly entered the UK pop chart’s Top 10 in 1979. It has since established an enduring place in the church repertoire. Burgon observes: ‘Like many of my best pieces, it came to me very clearly and complete. And I always thought of it as being part of a tradition of sacred music, not a piece deliberately written in a “pop” style.’

from notes by Andrew Stewart © 2006

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