Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, EXAUDI, James Weeks - Howard Skempton: Ben Somewhen
Howard Skempton’s first full-length disc for NMC - following the best-selling single Lento - is Ben Somewhen. It pairs chamber music performed by BCMG - ranging from solo cello to the exuberant yet very English Chamber Concerto - with choral music sung by EXAUDI, including the dancing, evocative setting of Shelley, The Voice of the Spirits. The title work takes its inspiration from the witty line drawings of Ben Hartley.
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, EXAUDI, James Weeks - Howard Skempton: Ben Somewhen (NMC D135)
CD Album
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ James Weeks, conductor - Chamber Concerto: I Con bravura |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ James Weeks, conductor - Chamber Concerto: II Tempo giusto |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ James Weeks, conductor - Chamber Concerto: III Grazioso |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ James Weeks, conductor - Chamber Concerto: IV Teneramente |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Clarinet Quintet: I Andante |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Clarinet Quintet: II Largo |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Clarinet Quintet: III Commodo |
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EXAUDI/ James Weeks, director - The Voice of the Spirits |
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EXAUDI/ James Weeks, director - The Bridge of Fire |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Suite from Delicate: Pulse |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Suite from Delicate: Triangle I |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Suite from Delicate: Easy |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Suite from Delicate: Triangle II |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Suite from Delicate: Solo |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Suite from Delicate: Ending |
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EXAUDI/ James Weeks, director - Roundels of the Year |
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EXAUDI/ James Weeks, director - Rise Up, My Love: I Rise up, my love |
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EXAUDI/ James Weeks, director - Rise Up, My Love: II How fair is thy love |
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EXAUDI/ James Weeks, director - Rise Up, My Love: III My beloved is gone down |
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EXAUDI/ James Weeks, director - Rise Up, My Love: IV How fair and how pleasant |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Ben Somewhen |
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, EXAUDI, James Weeks - Howard Skempton: Ben Somewhen (NMC D135)
Download Album
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ James Weeks, conductor - Chamber Concerto: I Con bravura |
1m 2s |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ James Weeks, conductor - Chamber Concerto: II Tempo giusto |
1m 23s |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ James Weeks, conductor - Chamber Concerto: III Grazioso |
1m 47s |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ James Weeks, conductor - Chamber Concerto: IV Teneramente |
1m 37s |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Clarinet Quintet: I Andante |
3m 0s |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Clarinet Quintet: II Largo |
2m 56s |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Clarinet Quintet: III Commodo |
2m 52s |
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EXAUDI/ James Weeks, director - The Voice of the Spirits |
7m 37s |
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EXAUDI/ James Weeks, director - The Bridge of Fire |
7m 11s |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Suite from Delicate: Pulse |
8m 44s |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Suite from Delicate: Triangle I |
2m 53s |
| 12. |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Suite from Delicate: Easy |
41s |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Suite from Delicate: Triangle II |
1m 30s |
| 14. |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Suite from Delicate: Solo |
3m 30s |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Suite from Delicate: Ending |
55s |
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EXAUDI/ James Weeks, director - Roundels of the Year |
7m 22s |
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EXAUDI/ James Weeks, director - Rise Up, My Love: I Rise up, my love |
3m 39s |
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EXAUDI/ James Weeks, director - Rise Up, My Love: II How fair is thy love |
1m 47s |
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EXAUDI/ James Weeks, director - Rise Up, My Love: III My beloved is gone down |
1m 14s |
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EXAUDI/ James Weeks, director - Rise Up, My Love: IV How fair and how pleasant |
2m 2s |
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group - Ben Somewhen |
12m 16s |
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