| …fascinating as an insight into Carey [Blyton]’s formative experiences… | ||
| —Cliff Watkins, Salisbury Journal |
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| …fascinating as an insight into Carey [Blyton]’s formative experiences… | ||
| —Cliff Watkins, Salisbury Journal |
Click the quotation text to discover what it refers to!
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Lyrics from the Chinese: Seven Songs for High Voice and Piano by Carey Blyton.
This is a fine arrangement, by the composer, of his well-known work for voice and string orchestra, setting seven Chinese poems from 1121 BC–650 BC. This version offers the piece to a wider range of performance and is a superb addition to our Carey Blyton collection and to English Song generally.
The original version of the work, with string orchestra accompaniment, has been recorded by Ian Partridge with the Britten Sinfonia and is available on CD from Fand Music Press.
Peter Thompson’s Serenade is a seven-movement orchestral work in which the movements are linked by association, and which run continuously. The movements are subtitled: Homesickness; Reflection on Kindness; Delight; Heroes; Play; Lament; and Envoi.
Although written for a professional symphony orchestra, the work is approachable, stylistically, and is well within the range of enterprising youth and amateur orchestras. A performance by John Meccanico and the Dorico NotePerformer Orchestra illustrates this capably, if not with all the desirable subtlety.
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