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Bliss composed The Enchantress in 1951, the year of his sixtieth birthday, for Kathleen Ferrier. The text is a free adaptation of the Second Idyll of Theocritus, made by Henry Reed, and well suited to Bliss’s love of classical Greek authors.
Meditations on a Theme by John Blow, from 1955, was written for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), the first in a number of commissions from the John Feeney Trust. Inspired by John Blow’s Coronation Anthems, the work is a set of variations on a Sinfonia from that collection, each variation reflecting the text of a verse from Psalm XXIII.
Described as a sacred cantata, Mary of Magdala was Bliss’s second Feeney Trust Commission, composed during 1962 and 1963. For a libretto, Bliss turned to Christopher Hassall, his collaborator on three previous works, including The Beatitudes. Bliss conducted the premiere at the Three Choirs Festival in 1963, and wrote in his programme note: ‘One of the loveliest stories in the New Testament is that in the 20th chapter of St John’s Gospel, telling of how Mary Magdalene, lingering at the sepulchre, was the first to see the risen Christ. She, supposing him to be the gardener.’
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus give of their best under their former chief conductor Sir Andrew Davis, and the contributions from the soloists, Dame Sarah Connolly and James Platt, are outstanding. © Chandos
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The Enchantress (Arthur Bliss)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer - Dame Sarah Connolly, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer - Dame Sarah Connolly, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer - Dame Sarah Connolly, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer - Dame Sarah Connolly, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer - Dame Sarah Connolly, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Meditations on a Theme by John Blow (Arthur Bliss)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Mary of Magdala (Arthur Bliss)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer - Neil Ferris, Conductor, MainArtist
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer - Dame Sarah Connolly, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer - Neil Ferris, Conductor, MainArtist
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer - Neil Ferris, Conductor, MainArtist - James Platt, MainArtist, BassVocals
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer - Neil Ferris, Conductor, MainArtist
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer - Dame Sarah Connolly, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer - Neil Ferris, Conductor, MainArtist - Dame Sarah Connolly, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer - James Platt, MainArtist, BassVocals - Dame Sarah Connolly, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Sir Arthur Bliss, Composer - Neil Ferris, Conductor, MainArtist - Dame Sarah Connolly, MainArtist, MezzoSopranoVocals
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Album review
Bliss composed The Enchantress in 1951, the year of his sixtieth birthday, for Kathleen Ferrier. The text is a free adaptation of the Second Idyll of Theocritus, made by Henry Reed, and well suited to Bliss’s love of classical Greek authors.
Meditations on a Theme by John Blow, from 1955, was written for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), the first in a number of commissions from the John Feeney Trust. Inspired by John Blow’s Coronation Anthems, the work is a set of variations on a Sinfonia from that collection, each variation reflecting the text of a verse from Psalm XXIII.
Described as a sacred cantata, Mary of Magdala was Bliss’s second Feeney Trust Commission, composed during 1962 and 1963. For a libretto, Bliss turned to Christopher Hassall, his collaborator on three previous works, including The Beatitudes. Bliss conducted the premiere at the Three Choirs Festival in 1963, and wrote in his programme note: ‘One of the loveliest stories in the New Testament is that in the 20th chapter of St John’s Gospel, telling of how Mary Magdalene, lingering at the sepulchre, was the first to see the risen Christ. She, supposing him to be the gardener.’
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus give of their best under their former chief conductor Sir Andrew Davis, and the contributions from the soloists, Dame Sarah Connolly and James Platt, are outstanding. © Chandos
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:48
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Sir Andrew Davis BBC Symphony Orchestra Dame Sarah Connolly James Platt BBC Symphony Chorus
- Composer: Arthur Bliss
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Classical Secular Vocal Music Cantatas (secular)
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
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