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Judith Weir: The Vanishing Bridegroom

Ailish Tynan, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, Martyn Brabbins

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: NMCD196

Release Date:  21 July 2014

Label:  NMC Recordings

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  5023363019620

Genres:  Classical  Opera  

  • Description

    Judith Weir's opera, commission by Glasgow District Council for the 1990 City of Culture celebrations, takes three Scottish folktales, all concerned with disappearance: The Inheritance features a runaway bride, a singing forest and a lost sum of gold; The Disappearance tells of a man abducted by supernatural forces; and The Stranger is the story of an independent-minded girl wooed by a sinister stranger.

    Weir's writing combines lush descriptive soundscapes with ethereal choruses and Gaelic folk melodies; the romanticism of the three tales is offset by the sardonic humour and down-to-earth attitude of their protagonists, and of the composer herself.

    Ailish Tynan soprano

    Anna Stéphany soprano

    Andrew Tortise tenor

    Owen Gilhooly baritone

    Jonathan Lemalu bass baritone

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Deathbed
      • 2. Cold, Icy Rain
      • 3. The Dying Man Sits Up
      • 4. The Dying Man Dies
      • 5. Gone!
      • 6. I Knew Your Father
      • 7. The Passion
      • 8. The Bride's Father Materialises
      • 9. The Wedding
      • 10. I Would Sleep Wherever His Bed Might Be
      • 11. He Ended the Wedding
      • 12. At the Lover's House
      • 13. A Priest Appears
      • 14. The Wood
      • 15. Let Me Go!
      • 16. The Bride and the Good Robber Vanish
      • 17. The Reckoning
      • 18. Shame!
      • 19. Conclusion
      • 20. The Hill
      • 21. At Home
      • 22. Towards the Hill
      • 23. The Endless Expense
      • 24. At Home
      • 25. People Just Disappear
      • 26. The Friend Enters, Distraught
      • 27. People Don't Just Disappear
      • 28. The Policeman and Friend Leave
      • 29. The Hill 1
      • 30. He's Gone 1
      • 31. The Hill 2
      • 32. He's Gone 2
      • 33. The Hill 3
      • 34. Towards Home

      Disc 2

      • 1. The Daughter
      • 2. And She Was to Lie
      • 3. And She Was to Lie
      • 4. The Stranger Performs a Miracle
      • 5. Come Away With Me
      • 6. What a Charming Young Man
      • 7. Hooves!
      • 8. The Priest Marks a Circle
      • 9. No Fire Shall Burn Me
      • 10. The Stranger Assaults the Circle
      • 11. The Stranger Appears Transformed
      • 12. Hosts of Angels On Thy Side