My Dancing Day: Choral Music by Richard Rodney Bennett / BBC Singers

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Album Summary

Performers

• Edward Goater (Voice)
• Olivia Robinson (Soprano)

Conductor

• Brough, Paul

Ensemble

• BBC Singers

Composers

• Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)
• Richard Rodney Bennett (Composer) (1936 - 2012)
• Cole Porter (1891 - 1964)
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)

Notes & Reviews:

As one of Britain's most respected and versatile musicians, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett has produced over two hundred works for the concert hall, and fifty scores for film and television, as well as having been a writer and performer of jazz songs for over fifty years.

This disc of compositions and arrangements performed by the BBC Singers showcases some of his most popular and beguiling works for choir and voice, drawn from classical and jazz music and featuring his ever-popular work "A Good-Night." This new release on Signum with the BBC Singers follows two other composer-led discs: Remoter Worlds (SIGCD144), featuring the music of Judith Bingham, and Choral Images (SIGCD092), featuring the music of Sir Michael Tippett.

American Record Guide, March / April 2013
This makes a lovely tribute to Richard Rodney Bennett, who died peacefully at his New York home on Christmas Eve. Bennett was a composer who excelled in a number of musical genres: the British choral tradition, film-scoring, collaborative piano, and jazz. He also wrote a full-length ballet, Isadora, which was premiered by the Royal Ballet in 1981. His superb work for film can be heard in such movies as "Far from the Madding Crowd", "Nicholas and Alexandra", and "Murder on the Orient Express".

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England (01/19/2012/01/20/2012).

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Works Details

Bennett, Richard R. : My Dancing Day, carol setting for chorus

• Conductor: Paul Brough
• Ensemble: BBC Singers
• Notes: Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England (01/19/2012/01/20/2012)
• Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 2008

Bennett, Richard R. : Gloria, Gloria, carol setting for chorus

• Conductor: Paul Brough
• Ensemble: BBC Singers
• Notes: Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England (01/19/2012/01/20/2012)
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 2010

Bennett, Richard R. : In the Bleak Midwinter, carol setting for chorus

• Conductor: Paul Brough
• Ensemble: BBC Singers
• Notes: Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England (01/19/2012/01/20/2012)
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 2010

Bennett, Richard R. : New Year Carol, carol setting for chorus

• Conductor: Paul Brough
• Ensemble: BBC Singers
• Notes: Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England (01/19/2012/01/20/2012)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 2009

Bennett, Richard R. : Town and Country, diptych for tenor & chorus

• Performer: Edward Goater (Voice)
• Conductor: Paul Brough
• Ensemble: BBC Singers
• Notes: Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England (01/19/2012/01/20/2012)
• Running Time: 7 min. sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 2002

Bennett, Richard R. : Serenades, suite for chorus

• Conductor: Paul Brough
• Ensemble: BBC Singers
• Notes: Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England (01/19/2012/01/20/2012)
• Running Time: 13 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 2007

Bennett, Richard R. : The Apple Tree, carol setting for chorus

• Conductor: Paul Brough
• Ensemble: BBC Singers
• Notes: Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England (01/19/2012/01/20/2012)
• Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 2009

Bennett, Richard R. : Four Poems of Thomas Campion, for chorus

• Conductor: Paul Brough
• Ensemble: BBC Singers
• Notes: Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England (01/19/2012/01/20/2012)
• Running Time: 11 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 2007

Bennett, Richard R. : A Good-Night, for chorus

• Performer: Edward Goater (Voice)
• Conductor: Paul Brough
• Ensemble: BBC Singers
• Notes: Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England (01/19/2012/01/20/2012)
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1999

Gershwin, George : Show is on

• Performer: Edward Goater (Voice)
• Conductor: Paul Brough
• Ensemble: BBC Singers
• Notes: Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England (01/19/2012/01/20/2012)
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Ellington, Duke : Sophisticated Lady, song

• Performer: Edward Goater (Voice)
• Conductor: Paul Brough
• Ensemble: BBC Singers
• Notes: Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England (01/19/2012/01/20/2012)
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1933

Porter, Cole : Every time we say goodbye, song (from "Seven Lively Arts")

• Performers: Olivia Robinson (Soprano); Edward Goater (Voice)
• Conductor: Paul Brough
• Ensemble: BBC Singers
• Notes: Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, England (01/19/2012/01/20/2012)
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern