Hugh Benham: Songs for Times and Seasons Amy Carson & Nicola Rose

• Hugh Benham (b. 1943): Lovely Spring:
• 1 Benham: Lovely Spring 01:46
• Love and Friendship:
• 2 Benham: Love and Friendship 01:48
• An Autumn Rain-Scene:
• 3 Benham: An Autumn Rain-Scene 03:29
• Dream-Song:
• 4 Benham: Dream-Song 03:57
• The Shepherd:
• 5 Benham: The Shepherd 01:18
• Ah, Sun-flower!:
• 6 Benham: Ah, Sun-flower! 02:37
• To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love:
• 7 Benham: To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love 03:05
• Total Runtime 18:00

Info zu Hugh Benham: Songs for Times and Seasons

Hugh Benhams „Times and Seasons“ wird von der Sopranistin Amy Carson und der Pianistin Nicola Rose aufgeführt und ist ein lyrischer Zyklus aus vier Liedern, die vom Wandel der Jahreszeiten inspiriert sind und die bewegenden Verse der englischen Dichter Christina Rossetti, Emily Brontë, Thomas Hardy und Walter de la Mare aus dem 18. und 19. Jahrhundert vertonen. Lebendige musikalische Bilder fangen die flüchtige Schönheit des Frühlings, die Beständigkeit der Freundschaft, die Melancholie des Herbstregens und das Geheimnis der Dämmerungsträume ein.

Diese Aufnahme enthält außerdem drei kontrastreiche Vertonungen von William Blake, die von pastoraler Unschuld bis zu visionärer Intensität reichen und Hugh Benhams Ausdruckskraft und Sensibilität für Texte unter Beweis stellen.

Amy Carson, Sopran
Nicola Rose, Klavier

Amy Carson
was the youngest of the first girl choristers at Salisbury Cathedral. She went on to be a choral scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge. She has made highly acclaimed appearances on the opera stage and screen, most notably starring as Pamina in Kenneth Branagh’s film of The Magic Flute when she was only 21. She has performed internation- ally both as a soloist and ensemble singer with many professional groups, including The Sixteen, the Monteverdi Choir, The Gabrieli Consort and the OAE.

Nicola Rose
began her musical training as one of the first girl choristers at Salisbury Cathedral. She studied piano at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where she is now a Junior Fellow, then at the National Opera Studio in London.

She works regularly as a répétiteur for Welsh National Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, Music Theatre Wales, Barefoot Opera, BBC National Chorus of Wales, and as a vocal coach in Italy, Switzerland and Oxenfoord. Nicola works as a pianist and Music Leader for the charity, The Forget-Me-Not Chorus.

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