Radnor Songs
(2005)
Text: Simon Mundy
soprano, piano
duration: 15 minutes
1 The Buzzard; 2 Four; 3 Summergill; 4 Flat Out; 5 Radnor (New); 6 Radnor (Old), Church and Harp
Gemini Publications
Commissioned by Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts
First performance 29 August, 2005
Rachel Nicholls (s), Paul Plummer (pft)
St Andrew's Church, Presteigne, Wales
Review available
See also: The Buzzard
| Radnor Songs
for soprano and piano
Radnor Songs, a cycle of six settings of atmospheric poems by Simon Mundy which evoke the history and beauty of the Welsh Border Marches, has been commissioned by the Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts and will receive its first performance on 29th August 2005 by Rachel Nicholls (soprano) and Paul Plummer (piano) at St Andrew's Church, Presteigne.
The first performance of The Buzzard was given by Gillian Keith (soprano) and Simon Lepper (piano) in St Andrew's Church, Presteigne, on 25 August, 2003, and was written for A Garland for Presteigne to celebrate the Presteigne Festival in its twenty-first year. The composers who contributed to the Garland were Michael Berkeley, James Francis Brown, John Joubert, Geraint Lewis, David Matthews, John McCabe, Cecilia McDowall, Rhian Samuel, Hilary Tann and Adrian Williams. This jubilant cycle was recorded in January 2004 for the Metronome label at the Royal Academy of Music.
© 2005, Cecilia McDowall |