Birtwistle: The Moth Requiem

In 2014—the composer’s 80th year—Harrison Birtwistle remains one of the most popular voices in contemporary composition in the UK and beyond. This new collection of premiere recordings draws together recent commissions with older works to mark the occasion, with characteristically flawless performances from the BBC Singers under Nicholas Kok. They are joined by The Nash Ensemble and baritone Roderick Williams.

SIGCD368 73 minutes 50 seconds

'I doubt whether anything the year brings for Birtwistle’s 80th birthday is going to dim the lustre of this excellent recording of his choral music. Nor surpass it in importance, perhaps—it seems to m ...
'When Birtwistle introduced the UK premiere of The Moth Requiem at a 2013 Prom, he initially engaged his audience by suggesting that our negative view of moths was conditioned by the havoc they ...