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End of My Days / Hughes, Manchester Collective
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End of My Days / Hughes, Manchester Collective

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Details

Composer
Traditional, Claude Debussy, John Dowland, Brian Elias, Gustav Mahler, Deborah Pritchard, Maurice Ra
Artist
Ruby Hughes, Manchester Collective
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jan 19, 2024
Catalog #
BIS-2628
UPC
7318599926285

About

The inspiration for this album came about from Ruby Hughes’ first collaboration with the Manchester Collective in the spring of 2020. During the first Covid lockdown, they built the programme of this recital for the purpose of touring the UK and uplifting their audiences at a time when we were all being confronted by challenging notions of mortality and isolation. As artists, they asked themselves what music might attend to the prevailing concerns of this time. Their answers came in the form of this offering.

The title of this album, End of My Days, comes from Errollyn Wallen’s song; a resounding celebration of life that embraces death without regret or sadness but with great verve and acceptance. The other songs, each in its own way, evoke silence and separation, but also love and hope and even the reassurance that we will return whence we came and light shall lift us into eternity. The concluding song, Deborah Pritchard’s Peace, is a message of hope, willingly received as the world emerged out of lockdown in 2021. Luminous tranquillity moves us into the light, towards eternity.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 5 Songs to Poems by John Clare: No. 1. Meet Me In The Green Glen 04:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    5 Songs to Poems by John Clare: No. 1. Meet Me In The Green Glen
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Brian Elias
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
  2. 2 Valencia 05:25
    Track
    2
    Title
    Valencia
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    Caroline Shaw
    Ensemble
    Manchester Collective
  3. 3 Along the Field: No. 2. Along the Field 04:13
    Track
    3
    Title
    Along the Field: No. 2. Along the Field
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes, Rakhi Singh
  4. 4 No. 1. Dante 02:44
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 1. Dante
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Manchester Collective
  5. 5 No. 3. Boris Pasternak 02:14
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 3. Boris Pasternak
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Manchester Collective
  6. 6 No. 4. Couplet 02:06
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 4. Couplet
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Manchester Collective
  7. 7 Book of Songs, Book 1: Go, crystal tears (arr. D. Bruce for voice and string quartet) 03:49
    Track
    7
    Title
    Book of Songs, Book 1: Go, crystal tears (arr. D. Bruce for voice and string quartet)
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Manchester Collective
  8. 8 Book of Songs, Book 2: Flow my tears (arr. D. Bruce for voice and string quartet) 06:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    Book of Songs, Book 2: Flow my tears (arr. D. Bruce for voice and string quartet)
    Duration
    06:57
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Manchester Collective
  9. 9 Da Day Dawn (arr. D. Grant for string quartet) 03:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    Da Day Dawn (arr. D. Grant for string quartet)
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Manchester Collective
  10. 10 2 Mélodies hébraïques: No. 1. Kaddisch (arr. S. Parkin for voice and string quartet) 05:39
    Track
    10
    Title
    2 Mélodies hébraïques: No. 1. Kaddisch (arr. S. Parkin for voice and string quartet)
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Manchester Collective
  11. 11 Are You Worried about the Rising Cost of Funerals?: No. 5. End of my days 05:18
    Track
    11
    Title
    Are You Worried about the Rising Cost of Funerals?: No. 5. End of my days
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Errollyn Wallen
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Manchester Collective
  12. 12 No. 1. La flûte de Pan 02:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 1. La flûte de Pan
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Manchester Collective
  13. 13 No. 2. La chevelure 03:52
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 2. La chevelure
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Manchester Collective
  14. 14 No. 3. Le tombeau des naïades 02:59
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 3. Le tombeau des naïades
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Manchester Collective
  15. 15 Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection": IV. Urlicht (arr. Manchester Collective for voice and string quartet) 05:08
    Track
    15
    Title
    Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection": IV. Urlicht (arr. Manchester Collective for voice and string quartet)
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Manchester Collective
  16. 16 Peace 03:00
    Track
    16
    Title
    Peace
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Deborah Pritchard
    Performer
    Ruby Hughes
    Ensemble
    Manchester Collective