Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times / Brabbins, BBC Singers
Details
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Artist
- Bbc Singers, Chloe Abbott, David Goode
- Format
- SACD
- Label
- BIS
- Released
- Oct 13, 2023
- Catalog #
- BIS-2651
- UPC
- 7318599926513
About
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 Chloë 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.
Tracklist 16 tracks
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1 No. 1. O nata lux 01:39
- Track
- 1
- Title
- No. 1. O nata lux
- Duration
- 01:39
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Ensemble
- BBC Singers
- Conductor
- Martyn Brabbins
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2 No. 2. Te lucis ante terminum 03:02
- Track
- 2
- Title
- No. 2. Te lucis ante terminum
- Duration
- 03:02
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Ensemble
- BBC Singers
- Conductor
- Martyn Brabbins
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3 No. 3. Ubi caritas et amor 02:52
- Track
- 3
- Title
- No. 3. Ubi caritas et amor
- Duration
- 02:52
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Ensemble
- BBC Singers
- Conductor
- Martyn Brabbins
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4 O magnum mysterium 02:58
- Track
- 4
- Title
- O magnum mysterium
- Duration
- 02:58
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Ensemble
- BBC Singers
- Conductor
- Martyn Brabbins
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5 I. Nebula 04:18
- Track
- 5
- Title
- I. Nebula
- Duration
- 04:18
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Performer
- Chloë Abbott, David Goode
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6 II. Alnitak 06:31
- Track
- 6
- Title
- II. Alnitak
- Duration
- 06:31
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Performer
- Chloë Abbott, David Goode
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7 III. Betelgeuse 05:59
- Track
- 7
- Title
- III. Betelgeuse
- Duration
- 05:59
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Performer
- Chloë Abbott, David Goode
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8 Ave Maris Stella 04:10
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Ave Maris Stella
- Duration
- 04:10
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Ensemble
- BBC Singers
- Conductor
- Martyn Brabbins
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9 Ozymandias 04:20
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Ozymandias
- Duration
- 04:20
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Ensemble
- BBC Singers
- Conductor
- Martyn Brabbins
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10 Tesserae 11:21
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Tesserae
- Duration
- 11:21
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Performer
- David Goode
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11 Introitus 02:36
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Introitus
- Duration
- 02:36
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Ensemble
- BBC Singers
- Conductor
- Martyn Brabbins
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12 Kyrie 02:15
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Kyrie
- Duration
- 02:15
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Ensemble
- BBC Singers
- Conductor
- Martyn Brabbins
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13 Gloria 05:57
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Gloria
- Duration
- 05:57
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Ensemble
- BBC Singers
- Conductor
- Martyn Brabbins
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14 Credo 07:05
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Credo
- Duration
- 07:05
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Ensemble
- BBC Singers
- Conductor
- Martyn Brabbins
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15 Sanctus 03:50
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Sanctus
- Duration
- 03:50
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Ensemble
- BBC Singers
- Conductor
- Martyn Brabbins
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16 Agnus Dei 03:49
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Agnus Dei
- Duration
- 03:49
- Composer
- John Pickard
- Ensemble
- BBC Singers
- Conductor
- Martyn Brabbins