Judith Bingham's compositions stand out in the world of contemporary music and have been said to "connect and communicate with audiences on an immediate and direct level". The works on this disc draw on a wealth of literary and visual sources ranging from the pastoral introspection of Yeats to forgotten ghost towns of the American West.
BBC Singers
Richard Benjafield & Chris Brannick percussion
Iain Farrington organ Krysia Osostowicz violin Olivia Robinson soprano
David Hill conductor
Signum Classics SIGCD144
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Track Listing:
[1] Gleams of a Remoter World
The Shepheardes Calendar
[2] Winter
[3] Spring
[4] Autumn
[5] Water Lilies
Irish Tenebrae
[6] My Lagan Love
[7] The Road to Sligo
[8] The Crying of the Women at the Slaughter
[9] The Wake: Round the House and Mind the Dresser
[10] I Have a Secret to Tell
[11] I Know My Love
[12] The Sailor Boy
[13] Unpredictable but Providential
[14] Beneath these Alien Stars
Ghost Towns of the American West
[15] I Speak Out of the Desert
[16] The Gray Mask High in the Mountains
[17] The Voices of the Multitude
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