約翰.皮卡爾: 亂世彌撒曲
大衛.古德 管風琴
馬汀.布拉賓斯 指揮
BBC歌手合唱團
BBC Singers/ Martyn Brabbins Chloe Abbott, trumpet David Goode, organ
Previous BIS releases of works by John Pickard have mainly featured instrumental compositions. This recording presents another facet of the British composer's work, with compositions for choir
under the expert direction of Martyn Brabbins as well as two instrumental pieces.
The five short Latin motets as well as Ozymandias, Pickard's opus 1, can be described as 'occasional pieces' composed during the composer's student years or for the choir he conducts at the
University of Bristol. They display solid tonal grounding and mainly homophonic writing and provide a stepping-stone to some of the more dissonant style found in the latter works. Written for the
BBC Singers, whose reputation is well established, the Mass in Troubled Times is an ambitious work bearing witness to a context of global uncertainty. The Mass is a collaboration with the writer
Gavin D'Costa, who conceived a complex text based on multiple sources in five languages, combining Western and Middle Eastern religious texts with poetry evoking the plight of refugees. Orion for
trumpet and organ, which is partly programmatic, evoking the most splendid constellation and allowing trumpeter Chloe Abbott to shine, and Tesserae for solo organ, with its dazzling virtuosity,
played here by the work's first performer, David Goode, complete this disc.
John Pickard (b. 1963)
1—3 ) Three Latin Motets for choir a cappella (1983—87) 7''40
4 ) O magnum mysterium WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING 2''58
for choir a cappella (2015)
5—7 ) Orion for trumpet and organ (2004) WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING 16''57
8 ) Ave Maris Stella for choir a cappella (1992) 4''10
9 ) Ozymandias for choir a cappella (1983) 4''20
Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley
10 ) Tesserae for organ (2009) 11''21
11—16 ) Mass in Troubled Times WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING 25''37
for 18 unaccompanied voices (2018). Text: Gavin D''Costa
TT: 74''30
BBC Singers
Martyn Brabbins conductor
Chloe Abbott trumpet / flugelhorn
David Goode playing the organ of
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, London