Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – The Music of Colin Hand (2023) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – The Music of Colin Hand (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:17:56 minutes | 699 MB | Genre: Classical
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A selection of works from the generous output of the composer Colin Hand.Colin Hand (1929 – 2015) was born in Winterton, North Lincolnshire. Though he showed an early interest in music (he played the viola in his school orchestra) and started to compose at the age of twelve, his initial intention was to study for a career in biochemistry. Nevertheless, he eventually turned to music and studied the organ with Dr Melville Cook, receiving a Bachelor of Music degree from Trinity College, Dublin.

After qualification he spent fifteen years as a lecturer in further education and another fifteen years (part-time) as an examiner for Trinity College of Music, London. He composed steadily throughout his career and his works, exceeding 260 opus numbers, include choral, orchestral, organ, chamber music and songs. He also composed and arranged a significant amount of music for teaching purposes. In the 1970s he carried out extensive research on the composer John Taverner (c 1490 – 1545) and Renaissance music, for which he was awarded a PhD. His subsequent book John Taverner his Life and Music was published by Eulenburg Books, London, in 1978.

After retirement from official posts, he continued as a freelance composer and lived in Sibsey, near Boston in Lincolnshire, where he had close connections with the music at St Botolph’s church – the famous Boston ‘stump’. In his letter to Carl Dolmetsch with which Hand enclosed the score of Concerto Cantico, he observed, “the trouble with employing eclectic composers is that the end product can assume almost any form or style …” His considerable output exhibits a wide range of both (267 opus numbers, including arrangements) but is consistently imaginative and well-crafted. Hand’s comments in connection with the Three Lieder, in which he noted his evolving compositional style, are certainly revealing. Although of necessity only a small selection of his works is presented on this CD, hopefully it will be sufficient to be reasonably representative. Some of the pieces were dedicated to and / or first performed by the musicians recorded here, and the direct link between composer and performers is significant. Andrew Mayes

Tracklist:

1-01. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Petite Suite Champetre i. Entre (00:46)
1-02. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Petite Suite Champetre ii. Danse – Pastorale (00:58)
1-03. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Petite Suite Champetre iii. Tambourin (01:23)
1-04. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Petie Suite Champetre iv. Danse – Finale (01:05)
1-05. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Three Songs to Poems by John Fletcher i. Hymn to Pan (01:35)
1-06. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Three Songs to Poems by John Fletcher ii. Aspatia’s Song (01:44)
1-07. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Three Songs to Poems by John Fletcher iii. God Lyaeus (01:24)
1-08. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Concerto Cantico – i. Allegro (08:29)
1-09. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Concerto Cantico – ii. Moderato (04:07)
1-10. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Concerto Cantico – iii. Allegro improvisato (03:00)
1-11. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Three Lieder i. Dark Sunset (01:56)
1-12. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Three Lieder ii. Waves (02:14)
1-13. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Three Lieder iii. This Sad Serenity (03:17)
1-14. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Angelus for Tenor Recorder and Piano (03:37)
1-15. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Angelus for High Voice and Piano (03:47)
1-16. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Quartet Op. 252 i. Allegretto ritmico (01:20)
1-17. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Quartet Op. 252 ii. Allegretto scherzoso (01:32)
1-18. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Quartet Op. 252 iii. Andante piangevole (01:54)
1-19. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Quartet Op. 252 iv. Allegro comodo ma ritmico (01:16)
1-20. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Quartet Op. 252 v. Andante cantabile (01:49)
1-21. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Quartet Op. 252 vi. Allegro con energia (02:42)
1-22. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Three Bird Songs i. I watched a Blackbird (02:02)
1-23. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Three Bird Songs ii. The Darkling Thrush (04:13)
1-24. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Three Bird Songs iii. Proud Songsters (02:18)
1-25. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Sonatella (02:47)
1-26. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Two songs to French Poems i. La dimanche (Sunday) (00:48)
1-27. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – Two songs to French Poems ii. Le moulin a vent (The Windmill) (01:04)
1-28. Lesley-Jane Rogers, John Turner, Emma McGrath, Heather Bills, Harvey Davies, Tom Winpenny – In Nomine 6 – The Taverner Sonata (14:35)

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