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Paul Stanhope: Requiem (CD)

    Paul Stanhope: Requiem (CD)

    Artists: 
    Sam Allchurch,  
    Sydney Chamber Choir,  
    Richard Butler,  
    Lankshear

    Product Code: 0199350420634

    $24.99

    Paul Stanhope’s Requiem won the APRA/AMC Art Music Award for best choral work in 2022; Limelight magazine described it as ‘a piece for our times’. Interweaving the traditional texts of the Requiem with contemporary poetry by four female poets – Neela Nath Das from India, Mary Elizabeth Frye and Emily Dickinson (both American) and Australian Indigenous poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal – Stanhope offers an uplifting and ultimately life-affirming music experience that brings together consolation, connection to country, commemoration and celebration.

    This world premiere recording featuring the Sydney Chamber Choir and soloists Chloe Lankshear and Richard Butler captures the beauty, strength and emotion of this profoundly moving work.

    Tracklist

    PAUL STANHOPE b. 1969
    Requiem
    I. Introit
    II. Tree Grave (Oodgeroo Noonuccal)
    III. Kyrie / The Rain of Merciful Cloud (Neela Nath Das)
    IV. Song (Oodgeroo Noonuccal)
    V. Sanctus
    VI. Agnus Dei / Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep (Attrib. Mary Elizabeth Frye)
    VII. Dawn Wail for the Dead (Oodgeroo Noonuccal)
    VIII. Lux aeterna
    IX. In paradisum / Hope is the Thing with Feathers (Emily Dickinson)

    Chloe Lankshear soprano
    Richard Butler tenor
    Sydney Chamber Choir

    Nicola Bell / Matthew Tighe oboe / cor anglais
    David Rowden clarinet / bass clarinet
    Andrew Barnes / Laura Brown bassoon
    Euan Harvey horn • Emily Granger harp • Jess Ciampa percussion

    Sam Allchurch conductor