Skempton: Bolt from the Blue

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Audio Samples

Album Summary

Performers

• Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Juliet Fraser
• Jonathan Saunders (Bass Baritone)
• Julia Doyle (Soprano)

Composer

• Howard Skempton (Composer/Accordion) (1947 - )

Notes & Reviews:

Howard Skempton's music strikes a chord with many listeners through its deceptive simplicity, beauty and accessible nature. A student of Cornelius Cardew, Skempton was greatly influenced by Satie, Cage and Feldman. This CD of miniatures intersperses choral works with solo piano pieces.

Notes & Reviews:

REVIEWS:

The Wire (p.56) - "[T]his is music that wears its heart very much on its sleeve....The final setting of Yeat's 'He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven' is simply exquisite."

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Works Details

Skempton, Howard : Starlight, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1996

Skempton, Howard : Swedish Caprice, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Period Time: Contemporary

Skempton, Howard : Horham, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1994

Skempton, Howard : Lyric Study, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1995

Skempton, Howard : Liebeslied, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2001

Skempton, Howard : Memorial Prelude, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1996

Skempton, Howard : Five Poems of Mary Webb, for chorus

• Running Time: 7 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1989

Skempton, Howard : The Snare, for chorus

• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1992

Skempton, Howard : Rose-Berries, for chorus

• Running Time: 1 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1990

Skempton, Howard : The Mold Riots, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1986

Skempton, Howard : Resister, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2002

Skempton, Howard : Emerson Songs, for 2 voices

• Performers: Juliet Fraser; Jonathan Saunders (Bass Baritone)
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2003

Skempton, Howard : Nocturnes, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1995

Skempton, Howard : Leamington Spa, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1997

Skempton, Howard : The Durham Strike, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Skempton, Howard : Music, for chorus

• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2004

Skempton, Howard : Snape Interval, for chorus

• Running Time: 1 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2004

Skempton, Howard : Poems (2) of Edward Thomas, for chorus

• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1996

Skempton, Howard : Four by the Clock, for chorus

• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2001

Skempton, Howard : Music, when soft voices die, for chorus

• Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1992

Skempton, Howard : Bolt from the Blue, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1997

Skempton, Howard : Monogram, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1997

Skempton, Howard : Decision Time, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1995

Skempton, Howard : Sweet Chariot, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Skempton, Howard : Well, Well, Cornelius, for piano

• Performer: Daniel Becker (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Skempton, Howard : He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, for chorus

• Performer: Julia Doyle (Soprano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1999