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Title:
Autumn sequence : the music of Douglas Steele and his circle.
Author:
Blake, William, 1757-1827.

Powell, John, bass-baritone.

Turner, John, 1943-

Hough, Stephen, 1961-

Lawson, Peter, 1950-

Hatfield, Peter.

Bettaney, Susan.

Williamson, Vanessa, mezzo-soprano.

Baker, Richard, 1925-

Hancock, Michael.

Suter, Jeremy.

Steele, Douglas, 1910- Works. Selections.

Cooke, Arnold. Songs of William Blake.

Cowlin, Philip. Lament.

Bussey, Martin. Scherzetto, recorder, piano.

Hough, Stephen, 1961- Elegy, recorder, piano.

Hancock, Emma. Pupazzetto.

Chetham's Lower School Choir.

Carlisle Cathedral (Carlisle, England). Youth Choir.

Carlisle Cathedral (Carlisle, England). Choristers.

Dalston Handbell Ringers.
Publication Information:
[England] : Campion : Cameo, ℗2005.
Call Number:
D STEE ASM V41
Series:
British composer series

British composer series.
Physical Description:
2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Campion/Cameo: CAMEO 2040/41 (CAMEO 2040--CAMEO 2041).

Compact discs.

Program notes, biographical notes on composer, and texts, all in English, ([22] p. : ill., port.) inserted in container.
Contents:
CD 1: Piano pieces: Slow air (2:33) ; In the style of sarabande (2:14) ; Envoi (2:08) ; Musical box (1:44) / Douglas Steele (Stephen Hough, piano) -- Five songs of William Blake : for baritone, recorder and piano / Arnold Cooke (John Powell, baritone ; John Turner, recorder ; Peter Lawson, piano) (11:08) -- Three short songs for unison voices and piano: Rats ; Lullaby for children in a bed ; The fox / Douglas Steele (Chetham's Lower School Choir ; Susan Bettaney, piano ; Peter Hatfield, conductor.) (4:25) -- Pieces for recorder and piano: Lament / Philip Cowlin. Scherzetto / Martin Bussey. Elegy / Stephen Hough. Pupazzetto / Emma Hancock (John Turner, recorder ; Stephen Hough, piano) (8:57) -- Songs: Thrice toss these oaken ashes in the air (1:52) ; Blow, blow thou winter wind (1:23) ; Under the greenwood tree (2:07) ; The land of lost content (1:00) ; Loveliest of trees (1:39) (Vanessa Williamson, mezzo-soprano ; Michael Hancock, piano). Organ pieces: On Gibbons' Angel's song (2:26) ; Arioso (4:49) ; On Norman Cocker's Ryburn (3:36) ; Three pieces on hymn-tunes: On a melody from Este's psalter (2:07) ; On Liebster Immanuel (1:15) ; On a fragment from Lyra Davidica (1:22) (Jeremy Suter, organ) / Douglas Steele.

CD 2: Autumn Sequence : for speaker, soloists, chorus and instrumental ensemble / Douglas Steele (Vanessa Williamson, mezzo-soprano ; Michael Hancock, tenor and tambourine ; John Powell, baritone ; Richard Baker, narrator ; John Turner, recorder and bell ; Peter Lawson, piano ; Jeremy Suter, organ ; Carlisle Cathedral Youth Choir ; Carlisle Cathedral Choristers ; The Dalston Handbell Ringers) (26:16).
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